Japan Display is launching flexible LCD screens soon

26 January 2017
Apple’s Japanese screen supplier says it will start mass production of flexible LCD panels in 2018.

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  • 27 Jan 2017

Anonymous, 26 Jan 2017Check displaymate reviews. It's not even close. They use re... moreSometimes our eyes is better than those "real equipments" or the display tech that available today. For example our eyes can see more colors than sRGB color gamut or even DCI-P3 color gamut.
Looking with your own eyes is the best and the most simple way to find out whether the display is good or not. there's always a possibility a test using a sensitive equipments can go wrong from human error, equipments failure, wrong method or even paid reviewer.

but let's see the display mate test since there is not Xperia XZ review i'm gonna use iPhone as a reference because both iPhone and Xperia XZ uses IPS LCD display.

Looking at viewing angle numbers it looks like both my eyes and displaymate got the same result the display get dimmer at extreme angle but the colors and contras still looks good.

Now lets compare to your beloved Note 7 display

when viewing from 30° the brightness of Note 7 have small decrease (21% Decrease) vs iPhone (between 44%-57% decrease) so the OLED on Note 7 stay brighter.

For contras ratio hands down the Note 7 is better thanks to infinite contras ratio but according to displaymate iPhone contras ratio still very good.

For colors
According to displaymate "Color differences less than 1 JNCD are visually indistinguishable, while values greater than 1 JNCD are visually noticeable when the two colors are touching on-screen."

White point
0.8-0.9 JNCD for the iPhone vs 1.5 JNCD for Note 7

Primary color (RBG)
1.3-1.5 JNCD iPhone vs 6.5 JNCD for Note 7

Color mixtures
1.2-2.1 JNCD iPhone vs 3.0 JNCD note 7

looking at those numbers it seems the IPS LCD display on iPhone has less color shift (better) than Pentile OLED on Note 7.

You see my friend Pentile OLED is not perfect and not better in everything both display tech has their own pros and cons.

    Anonymous, 26 Jan 2017Check displaymate reviews. It's not even close. They use re... moreThat they may but at the end of the day the average user wants to see what's being displayed on the screen. If it meets their minimum expectation, then it's good and there's no need for the extra unutilised capacity.

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      • Anonymous
      • 3SL
      • 27 Jan 2017

      That's a clear case: as we know Apple will launch 3 new iPhones in September. All will have slimmer side bezels and the display will wrap around it a little bit. While the all-new iPhone 8 will have this as OLED, iPhone 7s and 7s Plus will have it as LCD.

        Alien , 27 Jan 2017JDI is the best! Now if only they would add that technology... moreI dont think audible screen tech is possible with lcd....
        Its because of panels backlight layer or sth...

        But hey, then again all said flexible lcd was impossible.
        And look what wonders JDI does wih lcd :-)

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          • ndn
          • 27 Jan 2017

          JDI is the best! Now if only they would add that technology where sound comes straight from the display itself like Sony's TV. No more speakers!
          Japanese quality is the best!
          By the way, I checked those AMOLED burn-ins links and damn! I would be so pissed off if my phone would have burn-ins!
          I'd rather choose LCD without burn-ins.. Too bad cos I like the blacks on AMOLEDs.

            Anonymous, 27 Jan 2017Foldable phones are also gimmick tho . Why just settle with... moreI dont believe foldable is a gimmick, its the near future, open your 5 inched sandwich device and voila, an 8 inch screen pops up. But indeed Im actually more prone to JDIs new two panel screen tech incorporated into mobile. I believe its more resiliant than foldable although that 2mm edge ruins it.

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              • Anonymous
              • t7X
              • 27 Jan 2017

              just keep improving LCD. oled panels too hard to make.

                Huawei definitely buying this. Stop copying Samsung. We need newer design. I dont need to see soap bar Honor Magic again.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • UD{
                  • 27 Jan 2017

                  Tann Hauser, 26 Jan 2017Edge screen is gimmick nonsense. Im interested in Foldable... moreFoldable phones are also gimmick tho . Why just settle with a bendable phone like iPhones ?Which is helpful in cases we sat on our phone accidentally. Like somehow we need foldable phones in real life >_>

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                    • Anonymous
                    • AIA
                    • 27 Jan 2017

                    Send it to india please

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vaN
                      • 27 Jan 2017

                      Amoled and Oled are energy efficiet, but i like LCD because of the glare effect.

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                        • 27 Jan 2017

                        Genza, 26 Jan 2017What do you think about this? https://forum.xda-develop... moreI agree with this. I got an s6 and coupled it with a three year old xperia z. As i use mainly the z as my gps phone (thank god, free navigation google maps). And web browsing as i do wantto take care of my s6 amoled screen. I dont have burn ins as brightness tends to be at 10% and i only use it for capturing images and movies.

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                          • 26 Jan 2017

                          japanese rocks!!

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                            • 3J9
                            • 26 Jan 2017

                            IPS NEO LCD has the best viewing angles on the market.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • thw
                              • 26 Jan 2017

                              Anonymous, 26 Jan 2017I don't like burn-in colour on my galaxy s6.Lol. Liar, you don't have s6 because you hate sammy very much.
                              The truth is: "your z2 screen is now burnin".

                                Edge screen is gimmick nonsense.
                                Im interested in Foldable display phones tho.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vV5
                                  • 26 Jan 2017

                                  Anonymous, 26 Jan 2017flexible ... LCDs ... BLEH! Enjoy the sucky viewing angles.... moreI don't like burn-in colour on my galaxy s6.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 26 Jan 2017

                                    Genza, 26 Jan 2017Just looking at my Xperia XZ from extreme angle i don't see... moreCheck displaymate reviews. It's not even close. They use real equipment to check screens not ... their eyes.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • JbI
                                      • 26 Jan 2017

                                      AnonD-237389, 26 Jan 2017Ips lcds have great viewing angle, so I should ask you in w... moreYou're misinformed. Apparently you're the one not living in this universe.

                                      In this universe the best phone IPS screen is punished badly by the best AMOLED screen
                                      iphone 7: http://www.displaymate.com/iPhone7_ShootOut_1.htm
                                      Note 7: http://www.displaymate.com/Galaxy_Note7_ShootOut_1.htm

                                      Check the viewing angles, and hopefully change your mind. It's a sign of a better mind when it changes opinion when presented with such damning evidence.

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