While rumors don't indicate a resolution bump, it's worth noting that Samsung typically
uses an PenTile subpixel arrangement in its OLED panels.
The screen
uses a PenTile diamond pixel layout, which you can see in the picture below.
We know that Samsung said that the new displays feature 50 % more sub-pixels, and today we confirmed that Samsung no longer
uses Pentile matrix in the new displays - which is great news - they are using regular RBG.
When Samsung launched the GS4, they said the Super AMOLED display
uses PenTile.
The Note's Super AMOLED HD display has a far better resolution, but it's also bigger and the display
uses PenTile (as opposed to real stripe on the Super AMOLED Plus SII).
Samsung's two flagship mobile phones, the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2 both have 1280x720 HD Super AMOLED displays, but they are quite different: the S3
uses a Pentile sub-pixel architecture while the Note 2 has a unique RGB matrix.
Samsung simply calls this Super-AMOLED because
it uses PenTile technology (it appears they are not using the Super AMOLED HD brand, they simply calls this an HD Super AMOLED display).
Samsung
uses PenTile technology in virtually all of their Super AMOLED displays, which are used in most of the company's smartphones - including the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.
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.
For now, OLED displays over 250 PPI
use PenTile technology.
Just a few minutes ago we posted about Samsung's claim that
they used Pentile in the Galaxy S3 because it lasts longer.
The first phone to
use this pentile type was the Galaxy S4 (later phones adopted a slightly different Diamond pattern).
Samsung's Super-AMOLED displays
use a Pentile matrix sub-pixel design.
According to the report, the OLED does not
use PenTile.
According to our information, that AMOLED display does not
use PenTile, which probably means it's a Super AMOLED Plus panel, the same one that Samsung uses in their own Galaxy 7.7 Tab.
It features a 4.65» HD Super AMOLED display (1280x720, 316PPI,
using PenTile technology) with a curved glass, a dual - core 1.2 Ghz CPU, Full - HD video encoding, 5mp camera, NFC, 1 GB of RAM and 16 / 32 GB of internal memory.
The interesting bit is that it is said that this phone will sport Samsung's new Super AMOLED HD display rather than the Super AMOLED Plus used in regular S II phones - and that Super AMOLED HD will
use PenTile matrix again.
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.
It features a 4.65» HD Super AMOLED display (1280x720,
using PenTile technology) with a curved glass, a dual - core 1.2 Ghz CPU, Full - HD video encoding, 5nmp camera, NFC, 1 GB of RAM and 16 / 32 GB of internal memory.
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 AMOLED.
As best we can tell, Motorola has chosen to
use a PenTile display with an LCD screen on the X2.
Not exact matches
PenTile uses Sub-pixel Rendering and Anti-Aliasing that partially compensates for this shortfall.
Its Super AMOLED capacitive screen supports 720 x 1280 pixels resolution, but
using a matrix
PenTile type display less efficient than the traditional RGB.
Like the S3, the Note 2 boasts an HD Super AMOLED display, but one that
uses an RGB pattern instead of
Pentile.
For the
PenTile also boasts of an enhanced brightness of 600 cd / m2 so as to facilitate its
use in outdoor environments.
The matrix
used in such AMOLED displays has limited colour accuracy due to the «
PenTile matrix» which displays green subpixels and alternating red and blue subpixels.
Any info about whether the subpixel layout is RGB or
PenTile, and whether an anti-burn-in technology like Ignis MaxLife is
used?
Samsung seems to have stopped
using this brand and are now focused on
Pentile scheme for all of its AMOLED panels.
This is not a
PenTile display as each pixel
uses three subpixels (RGB matrix):
Close - up photography of the phone's 4.7 in panel taken by website FlatPanelsHD reveal the Galaxy Nexus» OLED
uses Samsung's
PenTile pixel layout.
While the AMOLED is more vibrant and bright, the S - LCD shows a sharper image (this is due to the AMOLED's
PenTile pixel matrix that
uses two subpixels per pixel instead of three).
I assumed Samsung will
use the same
PenTile arrangement
used in most of their AMOLED displays.
Newer Super AMOLED displays
use a different
PenTile matrix (Diamond Pixel pattern).
At 230 ppi and below, actually,
PenTile is not recommended (as the Pentile pattern is too visible), and indeed Samsung uses Super AMOLED Plus displays (which use real - stripe and not Pentile) in the 230 ppi range or
PenTile is not recommended (as the
Pentile pattern is too visible), and indeed Samsung uses Super AMOLED Plus displays (which use real - stripe and not Pentile) in the 230 ppi range or
Pentile pattern is too visible), and indeed Samsung
uses Super AMOLED Plus displays (which
use real - stripe and not
Pentile) in the 230 ppi range or
Pentile) in the 230 ppi range or lower.
Looking closely, you see a slight difference - because of the
PenTile technology of the Super AMOLED (which Samsung no longer
uses in the Super AMOLED Plus display).
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.
It seems that Samsung will
use Super AMOLED for
PenTile displays and Super AMOLED Plus for non-
pentile display, regardless of pixel density.
While I feel the iPhone 4's «Retina» aka IPS LCD is a direct competitor as it is the same screen
used in the iPhone 4S, the
use of the old Super AMOLED «
Pentile» Display instead of the «RGB Matrix» Super AMOLED Plus is quite unfair.
Super AMOLED Plus drops the
PenTile matrix
used in Samsung's previous generation AMOLEDs, and so have 50 % sub pixels (see explanation here).
The original Super AMOLED
used Samsung's
PenTile Matrix scheme (shown above on the right)- which
uses a shared green pixel (RGBG).
The extra screen size also serves another useful purpose: it helps to mitigate the effect of the strange
PenTile technology that Samsung
uses in its AMOLED smartphones these days.
The extra screen size helps to mitigate the effect of the
PenTile technology that Samsung
uses in its AMOLED phones.
The OnePlus 5T is
using a 6 ″ 1080p Optic AMOLED panel from Samsung with a Diamond
Pentile arrangement, and I have had very few problems with it.
Our only real display gripe has to do with the
PenTile matrix pattern — the jagged edges visible in certain fonts and UI elements due to the irregular subpixel pattern being
used.
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.
Most of the differences between the P - OLED display and comparable AMOLED displays seem to be fairly miniscule, with them even
using a similar
PenTile - style diamond subpixel arrangement, however there is one key difference.
The V10's display is LCD instead of AMOLED, which means that the effective color resolution of the Honor V10 is higher than the Mate 10 Pro's AMOLED display, as it
uses a RGB matrix instead of a
PenTile matrix, but it remains to be seen how the display quality holds up to the Mate 10 Pro's display.
Its large display was beautiful despite its lower resolution, likely due to
using IPS LCD and its RGB subpixel layout instead of the crispness - killing
Pentile AMOLED that phones like the OnePlus 3
used at the same 1080p resolution.
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.
As we'd expect from a modern SuperAMOLED screen, colors on the Alpha's screen are bright and vibrant, however look close enough and you'll be able to see individual pixels, partly due to the
PenTile subpixel pattern being
used.