Japan Display (JDI) is the latest company to announce a WQHD display. Its 5.5-inch WQHD LCD display module is set to begin production and will begin shipping in April. The new display panels will be manufactured using the company’s enhanced low-temperature poly-silicon (LTPS) technology which promises both “high transmittance and low power consumption.” The camera device and image processing technologies incorporated […]
Displays
Samsung Display already working on UHD AMOLED displays for mobile devices
2014 is by now widely expected to be the year that flagship smartphones will come with WQHD (2560×1440) displays. With MWC 2014 just around the proverbial corner, the first announcements may come in less than a month. If further proof was needed, Samsung Display confirmed this week’s Semiconductor and Display Technology Roadmap Seminar 2014 that it was getting such displays […]
LG begins mass production of OLED panel for smartphones
LG Display today announced that it is set to begin mass production of what it bills as “the world’s first flexible OLED panel for smartphones.” Using plastic instead of glass, the company has managed to make the panel both bendable and unbreakable. The 6-inch display is vertically concave from top to bottom with a radius of 700mm, about twice the […]
LG and Samsung to begin flexible display mass production in October
Both LG Display and Samsung Display are set to begin mass production of flexible displays this month. According to The Korean Times, LG will be able to produce 35,000 displays a month while Samsung could see production hit 1.5 million displays a month at their Korean plants. The report does not specify exactly what sizes the displays will be but […]
Poll: What is the perfect size for your tablet’s display?
In a recent poll we asked you what was the perfect size for your smartphone’s display. Displays ranging in size from 4 to 5-inches accounted for over 50% of your answers. Now we turn our attention to tablets. In our latest poll, we ask you to tell us what is the perfect size for your tablet. Do you prefer a smaller […]
LG Display announces first quad HD LCD panel for smartphones
Take a good look at that FHD (1080×1920) display on your smartphone. Are things looking a little fuzzy? Do you find detail lacking? Don’t you wish you could have a better display? Fortunately for you, such displays are on their way. LG Display today announced the world’s first quad HD AH-IPS LCD panel for smartphones. The 5.5-inch display offers a […]
Poll: What is the perfect size for your smartphone’s display?
In our latest poll, we want to know what you think is the ideal smartphone display size. It was not long ago that a 4-inch display was considered gigantic but the latest generation of devices are blurring the lines between smartphones and tablets with displays now exceeding 6 inches. With our smartphones now our tool of choice for so much […]
Smartphone Displays to Hit Resolution of 2560 by 1600 in 2014?
With this year’s flagship devices now sporting Full HD (1080×1920) displays with pixel densities as high as 440 pixels per inch (PPI), we can expect such displays to make their way to ever cheaper devices in the coming months and years. So how will top-tier devices maintain their superiority over cheaper models? Flexible displays are one possibility but manufacturing challenges […]