Samsung unveils the Galaxy S4, with a 5" Full-HD (441 PPI) Super AMOLED display
Samsung unveiled their new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4. As expected, it sports a 4.99" Full-HD (1920x1080, 441 PPI) Super AMOLED display behind a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. This phone will launch...
View ArticleDiamond Pixel: the unique GS4 sub pixel arrangement
When Samsung launched the GS4, they said the Super AMOLED display uses PenTile. Back in January, it was reported that Samsung will adopt a new subpixel scheme that uses diamond sub-pixels, but up until...
View ArticleSamsung's KN55S9C sub-pixel design
French site Lesnumeriques posted an article on Samsung's KN55S9C curved OLED TV, in which they include a macro-photo showing the TV's sub pixels up close:As you can see, the blue subpixels are bigger...
View ArticleSpeculation on the Galaxy Note 3 sub-pixel arrangement
When Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 3 they said it's got a 5.7" Full-HD Super AMOLED display (386 PPI) - but they didn't reveal what is the sub-pixel arrangement. Some sites say it is a Pentile...
View ArticleDisplayMate: the Galaxy Note 3 has the best performing OLED display ever,...
DisplayMate, the display testing, measurement and calibration experts just got their hands on a pre-release Galaxy Note 3 production unit, with its 5.7" Full-HD Super AMOLED display (386 PPI, PenTile)....
View ArticleWill Oculus Rift adopt an OLED display for their consumer HMD?
The Oculus Rift is a VR HMD being developed by Oculus VR. The high profile company raised $16 million (partly by crowdfunding) and already offer "development kits" HMDs. Their consumer version (Oculus...
View ArticleVisionox's new Z-Type AMOLED RGB sub-pixel arrangement reaches 570 PPI
Visionox developed a new RGB pixel arrangement for OLED technologies that allowed them to reach 570 PPI. The company refers to this new technology as Z-Type arrangement and it includes 3 sub-pixels...
View ArticleThe GS5 Diamond Pixel architecture is not the same as the GS4
When Samsung first released the GS5, we thought the 5.1" FHD Super AMOLED display is pretty similar to the 4.99" FHD one used in the GS4. But DisplayMate found out that this is a much superior display...
View ArticleDisplayMate: the OLED displays in Samsung's new tablets are the best tablet...
DisplayMate posted yet another interesting display shoot-out, this one testing Samsung's new QHD (2560x1600) Super AMOLED displays used in the upcoming Galaxy Tab S (8.4 and 10.5) tablets. As these...
View ArticleTianma shows a 5.5" Full-HD AMOLED prototype
The OLED Association reports that Shanghai Tianma demonstrated a new 5.5" Full-HD (400 PPI) AMOLED prototype. This is the highest-resolution display ever shown by the Chinese display maker, and...
View ArticleeMagin reports their financial results for Q3 2015, updates on...
eMagin, the OLED microdisplay maker, reported their financial results for Q3 2015. Revenues were $5.4 million - down from $7 million in Q2 2015 due to a decrease in both product sales and R&D...
View ArticleSDC developed a 806 PPI OLED display for VR applications
Samsung Display developed a new high-resolution OLED display, specifically for VR applications. The 5.5" panel, on display at SID DisplayWeek, sported a 3840x2160 resolution - or 806 PPI. The panel...
View ArticleNouvoyance explains why PenTile OLEDs last longer
A few months ago Samsung said that the new Galaxy S3 has a Pentile display (a 4.8" 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED one to be exact) because PenTile increased the lifetime of OLED panels. I have discussed this...
View ArticleSamsung announces the Galaxy Note II: 5.5" glass-based Super AMOLED HD...
Samsung announced the successor to the popular "Phablet"Galaxy Note, the Note 2 - with a 5.5"HD Super AMOLED display (1280x720, non-Pentile). Yes - this is a 'regular' glass based AMOLED panel, and not...
View ArticleThe Galaxy Note 2 uses a non-pentile OLED display at 267 PPI
When Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 2, with its 5.5" 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED display, I assumed it was a Pentile display. But it seems that the Note 2 actually uses an RGB matrix in a unique...
View ArticleDoes the Galaxy Note 2 use Ignis' AdMo-p technology?
Yesterday I posted about the Galaxy Note 2 subpixl scheme, with the 5.5" 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED display featuring 267 ppi (with three subpixels per pixel). Our readers pointed out that the new scheme...
View ArticleDisplayMate - the iPhone 5 LCD display is superior to the S3 AMOLED
Update: I just talked to DisplayMate's Raymond Soneira, and he says that the power-consumption test was done on an all-white screen. This is the worst-case scenario for an OLED, and so real-world...
View ArticleThe Galaxy Note 2 launches in Korea, will soon launch worldwide
Samsung announced today that the Galaxy Note 2 has launched in South Korea. It will soon launch worldwide in 128 countries via 260 mobile carriers. The Note II is the successor to the popular...
View ArticleWill Samsung use diamond or hexagonal sub pixels in their new AMOLEDs?
According to Digitimes, Samsung's upcoming "next-gen" AMOLED panels will use a new pixel layout. Reportedly, Samsung are developing hexagon and diamond shaped pixels. This means that Samsung will...
View ArticleSamsung unveils the Galaxy S4, with a 5" Full-HD (441 PPI) Super AMOLED display
Samsung unveiled their new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4. As expected, it sports a 4.99" Full-HD (1920x1080, 441 PPI) Super AMOLED display behind a Corning Gorilla Glass 3. This phone will launch...
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