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'Retina' vs SAMOLED+ - stop the BS
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Apple will use OLED in iPhones when they feel the technology is ready for them. If you haven't noticed, Apple is extremely conservative when it comes to implementing new technology. That isn't to say that Apple will NEVER switch from LCD technology... I don't see what the big deal is. It will happen eventually, and right now there's nothing wrong with an LCD Retina Display.. it looks great.
PS. the iPad display resolution is too low.
PS. the iPad display resolution is too low.
At least with the retina display I don't have to worry about battery draining quicker if I have light backgrounds displayed on the screen.....
It's not about pixel density, it's about pixel density AND screen size...retina means you can't see individual pixels. The PPI that achieves that differs based on screen size, simply because larger screen = longer viewing distance. I'd imagine the iPad is borderline retina display since you use it at table distance, not 6" like with a phone
That being said, I'm not obsessed with the iPhone enough to try and say retina > samoled. I have a Samsung focus, which has the same samoled screen as the galaxy s (or is it amoled...I'm not sure). It's beautiful, but the only real advantage I actually see in day to day use is the quality of the blacks...and colors do pop better, but thats especially noticeable with windows phone 7. I don't think it'd matter as much with how iOS is designed.
Of course, in my opinion the advantage with the iPhone screen comes not so much with the pixel density, but the fact that the screen is laminated directly onto the glass...it makes the screen appear painted onto the glass, not as if it's sitting behind the glass on other phones. It's a great aesthetic
That being said, I'm not obsessed with the iPhone enough to try and say retina > samoled. I have a Samsung focus, which has the same samoled screen as the galaxy s (or is it amoled...I'm not sure). It's beautiful, but the only real advantage I actually see in day to day use is the quality of the blacks...and colors do pop better, but thats especially noticeable with windows phone 7. I don't think it'd matter as much with how iOS is designed.
Of course, in my opinion the advantage with the iPhone screen comes not so much with the pixel density, but the fact that the screen is laminated directly onto the glass...it makes the screen appear painted onto the glass, not as if it's sitting behind the glass on other phones. It's a great aesthetic
We do know yet if Prime will use pentile matrix (SGSII does not) but even if it does at this PPI it probably will not matter a bit as the pattern will not be recognizable anyways.
That's not really a very good argument. On samoled screens, light backgrounds drain the battery more quickly, true, but with a light background it's equivalent to the drain with an LCD.
It's the fact that black pixels aren't lit that make samoled great on batteries..black on an LCD is still a light pixel, just like white on a samoled
We do know the specs of the display, it's the same one that was just released on the Korean Galaxy SII HD. It's a 4.65" Super AMOLED screen with 1280x800 resolution and yes, a PenTile matrix. It will be a less noticeable effect than the one on the original Galaxy S and Nexus S series, but it will be there.