Microscope Photos of 4s Display

[rose3fa]

I took some photos of my iPhone 4s display with a microscope.

Photos are of the RGB pixels and of finger oil and the same surface cleaned of oil.

 

[rose3fa]

A couple more of the glass (?)

Two images of what I think is the glass, with a square grid. The vertical lines, however, seem to be on one side of the glass and the horizontal lines on the other.

 

[lordofthereef]

Outside of some cool looking pics, is there a takeaway point to this?

 

[Small White Car]

Love it. Very cool.

 

[3bs]

I took some photos of my iPhone 4s display with a microscope.

Photos are of the RGB pixels and of finger oil and the same surface cleaned of oil.

What microscope did you use?

 

[rose3fa]

Outside of some cool looking pics, is there a takeaway point to this?

I thought the images were interesting and I would share for others who think the same.

What microscope did you use?

Olympus BX61

 

[lordofthereef]

I thought the images were interesting and I would share for others who think the same.

Fair enough. Wasn't being critical (I realize it may have come off that way). Just thought there might be more there than I was aware of.

 

[Subjugator]

Pretty cool

 

[Intell]

That grid is the capacitive sensor for detecting touch points. They are visible to the naked eye under certain light conditions such as direct sun light and the screen off.

 

[maflynn]

I have to say that this is pretty cool

 

[Mac.World]

Olympus BX61

If you know someone with a pentile screen, a la Galaxy S3 or Note, you'll be able to see the extra green pixel giving the screens the bluish white tint, like HID headlights.

It would also be interesting to see the difference in the make up of the capacitive screen tech and the diff between the iPhone 4s Gorilla Glass and S3's Gorilla Glass 2.

 

[skidbubble]

That is very cool, OP. After seeing the finger oil one, it made me feverishly wipe my phone down with an alcohol pad. Gave me the heebie-jeebies. I actually have read that the average cell phone harbors more germs & bacteria than a toilet in a gas station bathroom. Seeing your pics, I believe it.

 

[Technarchy]

Very cool

Thanks for sharing.