Production cost of AMOLED screens is now lower than LCD's

25 March, 2016
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  • AnonD-261377
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  • 27 Mar 2016

Lower life span of blue subpixels is known fact!
Next nonsense please...

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    • Anonymous
    • 6XU
    • 27 Mar 2016

    I will go for LCD.
    Because I don't like Samsung phones.

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      • AnonD-166796
      • sby
      • 27 Mar 2016

      Anonymous, 26 Mar 2016Interesting. How have you managed 'a couple years use' on a... moreYou know what I mean. I got no burn in regardless

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        • Anonymous
        • 0Tv
        • 26 Mar 2016

        Jin1234, 26 Mar 2016PenTile displays have some advantages over other premium sm... moreOf course it costs less it is less subpixels. An 720p pentile is the same as a 540p non pentile. Of course the effects are less visible, pixels on a 540p mobile screen are less visible.

        They're basically ripping people off by calling lower resolutions as higher.

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          • AnonD-278523
          • t4n
          • 26 Mar 2016

          AnonD-472910, 26 Mar 2016yes i can, yeah for now amoled is cheaper but on average LC... morelol... the amoled of galaxy s7 is great.. you can check the dis-playmate website.. the always on display on g5 is crap. you can check any review... and check s7's display is great. i don't argue with fools

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            • AnonD-501554
            • A2r
            • 26 Mar 2016

            LCD or Amoled is not a big deal for me if the reviews for that particular phone is good and it will passed all the benchmark then the phone is good. Most company will go for cheap parts but good performance I think then will sell it with a better price.

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              • AnonD-472910
              • kaK
              • 26 Mar 2016

              AnonD-442022, 26 Mar 2016The reason LCD is so widely used is price , Amoled displays... moreget your ignorance out of here, technology vs technology, amoled is inferioir in colour accuracy(off reds,teal and hues in white),sunlight legibility/brightness, longevity(burn ins for amoled), of course there are amoleds better than lcds because of varying qualities, BUT like i keep saying over and over.. because of the physics behind backlit screen amoled cannot be better in these cases.

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                • AnonD-504710
                • sS6
                • 26 Mar 2016

                Lol.
                Diff ppl, diff taste...
                Some ppls like sweet things, some like sour etc.
                Just pick what the most suitable for u.
                No need to defend or attck some company

                  AnonD-289575, 25 Mar 2016L. E. D better than L. C. D... Btw can anyone tell me why d... morePenTile displays have some advantages over other premium smartphone displays. One is that it is possible to achieve an HD resolution on an AMOLED screen at lower cost than other technologies, and most reviewers note that 720p resolution displays make the PenTile effect less obvious than lower resolution PenTile displays. The second advantage is lower power consumption: the use of a PenTile display makes it more energy efficient and thinner than equivalent LCD screens, giving it better battery life than the
                  IPS LCD. A PenTile AMOLED screen is also cheaper than an RGB stripe AMOLED. It is also more preferable because Pentile matrix able to produce brighter images compare to RGB matrix with the same amount of power output.

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                    • AnonD-442022
                    • Fht
                    • 26 Mar 2016

                    AnonD-472910, 25 Mar 2016i disagree, i would say you have not used a top quality ips... moreThe reason LCD is so widely used is price , Amoled displays are way ahead in all departments except cost

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                      • Kg$
                      • 26 Mar 2016

                      All my phone that uses amoled and super amoled panels usually burns my screen. tsk. its quite annoying to see burn on my screen. ips lcd is enough for me...ips lcd with high ppi not that much ppi.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • pXf
                        • 26 Mar 2016

                        The next development of OLED screens for smartphones should be 120 HZ or less response time instead focusing on more useless pixels.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • pqp
                          • 26 Mar 2016

                          AnonD-289575, 25 Mar 2016L. E. D better than L. C. D... Btw can anyone tell me why d... moreThe reason why they use pentile matrix is the burn-in problem. But it doesn't solve that problem.

                          http://www.alphr.com/realworld/386635/are-amoled-displays-at-risk-of-burn-in

                          The PenTile also make the screen more pixelated, so it requires higher screen resolution to hide the pixelation than an RGB LCD.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • pqp
                            • 26 Mar 2016

                            AnonD-513998, 25 Mar 2016Oh, that's good to hear. I hope they then will finally step... moreI can confirm your comment. I aslo had a Samsung with AMOLED.

                            That contrast gradient is a good example of the burn-in. The AMOLED's pixels are used unevenly depending on the color, therefore their degradation will be different. This degradation is the burn-in. That's why it will burn in/colors degrade even if your phone does not display static image for long periods.

                            I noticed the black crush too. I play games rather than watching movies on phones. Some games have dark scene, and the AMOLED screen doesn't show all details.

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                              • AnonD-472910
                              • kaK
                              • 26 Mar 2016

                              Subzz, 26 Mar 2016Direct sunlight? Check out S7 from samsunglike i said GENERALLY lcd have better sunlight legibility and this is a fact because of backlight if quality is equal between both the brightest lcd is brighter than the brightest amoled

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                                • AnonD-472910
                                • kaK
                                • 26 Mar 2016

                                AnonD-278523, 26 Mar 2016and why do you think so??? an amoled can be the brightest a... moreyes i can, yeah for now amoled is cheaper but on average LCD still cheaper, your arguement about LCD and always on display, please go check out an lg g5 that has even more energy efficiency for its always on display check out the reviews here, you are a liar s7 is NOT colour accurate it is oversaturated and has off TEAL and whites with hues, you said that amoled "CAN BE" brighter i agree because of varying qualities BUT because an lcd has BACKLIGHT the brightest lcd will ALWAYS be brighter than the best amoled, this is not an opinion it is physics so better sunlight legibility ON AVERAGE again different quality screens this result will vary

                                not to mention no threat of burn ins.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 7Ch
                                  • 26 Mar 2016

                                  Martin, 25 Mar 2016ips is best.Best at what?

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                                    • regs
                                    • swM
                                    • 26 Mar 2016

                                    Fido dido 13, 26 Mar 2016Poled means plastic leds ! For flexible screensSo as all other OLEDs

                                    And it means Platic OLED, not LED. It just a brand name. All OLEDs made of flexible organic material.

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                                      • Fido dido 13
                                      • 3pS
                                      • 26 Mar 2016

                                      regs, 26 Mar 2016amoled is a brand of samsung. lg has poled. joled will have... morePoled means plastic leds ! For flexible screens

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • uS$
                                        • 26 Mar 2016

                                        Anonymous, 26 Mar 2016Just wait for Jdi's amoled; it is going to be more advance ... moreBy more advanced does that mean it is costlier?

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