OnePlus isn't going to let itself be victim to the OnePlus 3 haterade be
it for the PenTile display, the weird color gamut it has or for the RAM management.
It seems that Samsung will use Super AMOLED
for PenTile displays and Super AMOLED Plus for non-pentile display, regardless of pixel density.
The PPI is high enough to compensate
for the pentile display which offers better battery performance...
Also, a color gamut range of 72 percent
for the PenTile is also a lot better than the 55 - percent NTSC that most LCD based tablet displays are capable of.
For the PenTile also boasts of an enhanced brightness of 600 cd / m2 so as to facilitate its use in outdoor environments.
Not exact matches
For now, OLED displays over 250 PPI use
PenTile technology.
PenTile uses Sub-pixel Rendering and Anti-Aliasing that partially compensates
for this shortfall.
Samsung chose
for the full polycarbonate version with corners of metal and Super AMOLED display which has a sort of
Pentile structure!
For additional background and information see the iPad Retina Display Technology Shoot - Out article that compares and analyzes the new iPad, the iPad 2, and iPhone 4, and the Samsung Galaxy S OLED Display Technology Shoot - Out that compares and analyzes the evolution of the OLED displays on the Galaxy S I, II, and III and compares and analyzes
PenTile displays compared to standard RGB displays.
The
PenTile display makes pixelation of the screen, somewhat of a problem
for those that pay extra attention to it and the MotoBLUR elements don't make things easier either.
Samsung is claiming an excellent WQXGA 2560 x 1600 resolution
for the new 10.1 - inch, 300dpi
PenTile prototype display.
However, Samsung will have the
PenTile display
for public consumption during next week's SID 2011 event.
Now as
for the availability of tablet devices laced with the new
PenTile display, Samsung has said it will be around the later half of this year.
I'll trade qHD and
pentile for a smaller size on a phone any day of the week.
Samsung still uses a
PenTile Super AMOLED panel to deliver the punchy colours and excellent black levels, making it a great canvas
for video and reading.
Samsung seems to have stopped using this brand and are now focused on
Pentile scheme
for all of its AMOLED panels.
Read here
for Nuovoyance (Samsung's company in charge of
PenTile) explanation.
There are other advantages to
PenTile displays (
for example longer liftime, which will be explained below).
But even Samsung admits that a real - stripe RGB matrix is better than
Pentile, for example here's some marketing image from Samsung showing how a non-Pentile display (the Super AMOLED Plus) is better than the pentile Super
Pentile,
for example here's some marketing image from Samsung showing how a non-
Pentile display (the Super AMOLED Plus) is better than the pentile Super
Pentile display (the Super AMOLED Plus) is better than the
pentile Super
pentile Super AMOLED:
Samsung launched two new phones today
for the Korean market - the Galaxy Note LTE and the Galaxy Nexus LTE - and both phones feature Super AMOLED HD displays (with
PenTile technology).
Joel says that in current OLED technology
for a display with a resolution of more than 230 ppi it's hard
for Samsung to achieve good lifetime without
PenTile.
It turns out that my calculations about the
pentile matrix were incorrect - it fact it uses 2 sub-pixels
for each pixel while a «real» RGB matrix (or Real - Stripe as Samsung calls it) uses 3 sub-pixels
for each pixels - and here's your 50 % increase.
The Note II does have a HD Super AMOLED Plus (non
pentile) screen though
for though buying it im sure you will enjoy it — my 2 cents
Samsung Electronics and Nouvoyance Demonstrate 10.1 - inch, 300dpi WQXGA
PenTile RGBW Prototype Display
for Tablet Market
Not only has the dpi been decreased from the Tab S, Samsung in their infinite wisdom, and in move consistent with their efforts to undermine themselves at every opportunity, has also switched to a disgusting
Pentile submatrix
for the display.
It may be that the Super AMOLED HD will be used
for tablet displays as we speculated before, or it may be that this display will feature higher resolution (but not really HD) using
PenTile matrix.
For the benefit of those who haven't followed this controversy, here's a refresher:
PenTile displays generally don't deliver the pixelation - free appearance that you'd rightfully expect when you purchase a smartphone with a stated resolution of 1280 x 720 and a pixel density of 306ppi.
Compared to the
PenTile display on a Lumia 800
for example, which is both smaller and has a lower resolution, the GS III was infinitely nicer to look at, to the point where the word «
PenTile» was totally forgotten after a couple of days of acclimatization.
Instead of having just a single red, blue, and green sub pixel per actual pixel,
pentile displays have a RGBG sub pixel layout which has two green sub pixels
for each red and blue.
For a while, Samsung begun using a display type called Super AMOLED Plus, which does not use a pentile sub pixel layout and also improves viewability in direct sunlight — traditionally a weakness for AMOL
For a while, Samsung begun using a display type called Super AMOLED Plus, which does not use a
pentile sub pixel layout and also improves viewability in direct sunlight — traditionally a weakness
for AMOL
for AMOLED.
The display is low resolution compared to many flagships (exacerbated by its size and
Pentile subpixel array), which is a bit of a disappointment if you want to use the phone
for VR when Daydream inevitably lands on it.
Whereas the
PenTile - addled Galaxy S3 was clearly inferior to the HTC One X's Super LCD2 display, the Galaxy S4's 1080p Super AMOLED part is more accurately balanced than its predecessor, while retaining the perfect contrast that Samsung is famous
for.
Of course, Samsung's
PenTile subpixel layout means that this screen does not look as sharp as some other Full HD displays, but I stick with my conclusion that this screen is sharp enough
for most.
The display uses a diamond
PenTile pixel layout, which means every pixel on the screen shares red, green, and blue subpixels with the pixels around it — unlike previous iPhone LCD screens which have dedicated RGB subpixels in a stripe
for every pixel on the screen.
For a start, there's none of the
PenTile grain that some find so frustrating on Samsung AMOLED panels, with the G2's screen being bright, colorful, and grain - free.
Samsung may say that the use of
PenTile on its Super AMOLED HD displays is in order to keep it working
for longer, but is the company holding out on us?