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Guess who announced a 5.7" QHD AMOLED display with record pixel density (hint: it's not Samsung)

Guess who announced a 5.7" QHD AMOLED display with record pixel density (hint: it's not Samsung)

Posted: 10 Apr 2014, 03:37, by Daniel P.

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Guess who announced a 5.7" QHD AMOLED display with record pixel density (hint: it's not Samsung)

We've been hearing about an eventual Quad HD (1440x2560 pixels) Super AMOLED display from Samsung for a while now - first rumored to appear in the Galaxy S5, then in a mysterious "luxury" F series of smartphones with premium design by Samsung, or allegedly in a Note 4. That's why one would expect that Samsung will be the company to unveil a Quad HD AMOLED panel first, but the industry is full of surprises, and it's AUO that did it.

This Taiwanese company goes at the name of AU Optronics, and is one of the largest display panel makers, with a diverse flock of customers, which include Samsung itself. Despite that the CEO Paul Peng recently dismissed OLED as a viable alternative to LCD, citing yield and cost issues, AUO has been digging on the technology for quite a while now, and those efforts are definitely paying off.

AUO issued a press release that it has "successfully developed the world's highest-resolution 5.7-inch WQHD AMOLED panel." This Quad HD screens has 1440x2560 pixels of resolution, and breaks the 500ppi barrier, clocking in at exactly 513ppi. The highest-resolution panel on a phone so far is the 5.5" QHD 538ppi screen of the Oppo Find 7a, but this one is with LCD technology, and not even on sale yet. The other one announced with a QHD panel is the 6" Vivo Xplay 3S, which can be bought right now, but it is again LCD, and with 490ppi it doesn't reach the elusive 500 mark.

Thus, the 5.7" panel that AUO announced, is the highest-resolution AMOLED display unveiled to date, and the company said it has created a 6" Quad HD AMOLED panel, too. In addition, the Taiwanese have filled the niche for tiny AMOLED screens as well, announcing a 1.6" panel for wearable devices. Not only that, but AUO made a breakthrough with in-cell touch technology, releasing one of the thinnest AMOLED display packages, in the form of a 5" HD 720p screen with just 0.57mm thickness and 10-point touch, which is a prime candidate for ultrathin midrangers.

The moral of the story is that if AUO was able to muster a 5.7" Quad HD AMOLED display with 513ppi, then we can safely assume that the Galaxy Note 4 will sport at least such a screen, unless Samsung decides to go all fancy on us, and release it with a YOUM flexible panel.

source: AUO (translated) & Myce

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posted on 10 Apr 2014, 03:40 36

1. sriuslywtf (Posts: 297; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)

That chick is manly

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 04:48 7

11. sipha (Posts: 438; Member since: 12 May 2012)

You've completely lost it..

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 14:10 7

31. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)

You sir are 100% correct... In an Austin Powers voice "She's a man baby"...

+1

posted on 22 Apr 2014, 00:01 1

40. ali17chin (Posts: 17; Member since: 01 Apr 2014)

you must have been in Thailand a lot.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 03:41 5

2. Just.Saying (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Apr 2013)

Keep the display, I want the girl

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 04:11 25

8. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)

That's not a girl.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 09:46 2

21. fireblade (Posts: 717; Member since: 27 Dec 2013)

that's a woman

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 10:15 7

25. ArtSim98 (Posts: 3535; Member since: 21 Dec 2012)

that's a man

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 10:42 8

27. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

Shemale.

posted on 27 Apr 2014, 16:42

42. emdot82 (Posts: 14; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)

Is a hermaphrodite

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 03:47 17

3. KillerKeyboard (Posts: 344; Member since: 21 Nov 2013)

Waiting for:

"QHD IS OVERKILL! Human eyes can't tell the difference! Do something with the battery instead!"

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 03:57 10

6. tech2 (Posts: 3487; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)

Nyah......as long as it isn't Samsung not many would say that.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 04:47 18

10. phljcnth (Posts: 496; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

QHD IS OVERKILL! Human eyes can't tell the difference! Do something with the battery instead!

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 04:51 11

12. Finalflash (Posts: 3492; Member since: 23 Jul 2013)

QHD IS OVERKILL! INCREASE THE BATTERY SIZE. (I don't fear your reverse psychology BS)

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 05:15 1

14. KillerKeyboard (Posts: 344; Member since: 21 Nov 2013)

Fearless wow!

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 10:07 2

24. dorian827 (Posts: 160; Member since: 28 Jul 2012)

I agree, battery is much more important.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 14:16 1

32. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)

The only thing you said that is right is "Do something with the battery ".

Everything else is just bogus BS you are spewing. In the world of technology things move forward... The next step in the evolution of the Smart Phone screen is QHD.

It's just the way it is... It's NEVER overkill.

Just you wait, battery tech will jump significantly in the VERY near future, so please just keep it together.

Technology constantly evolves, & it's NEVER overkill. It makes everything better & better.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 19:03

34. geordie8t1 (unregistered)

Actually in the past 15+years of mobile phones, the thing that has evolved the least is the battery. Yes ok its got a bit smaller and the power has gone up a bit but its been only a gradual increase compared to EVERYTHING else which has shot forward at crazy speeds. I do wish that batteries would take a bit of a leap forward. There should be no reason to think that for example a galaxy note 3 cannot have a minimum of 5000mAh battery. Giving probable usage times of 2-3 days on med to high use. Not to much to ask i dont think :-)

posted on 11 Apr 2014, 10:55

37. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4888; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)

It will, it will. It's inevitable.

posted on 11 Apr 2014, 11:48

38. KillerKeyboard (Posts: 344; Member since: 21 Nov 2013)

Quotation marks. I said I'm waiting for comments like that, because that's the sort some people say when the topic is like this.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 04:01 1

7. GreekGeek (Posts: 1276; Member since: 22 Mar 2014)

So hard-pressed to even tell the difference between 359ppi vs 441 ppi !!!

But hey, I ain't complaining...513ppi is a huge welcome....I just hope these OEMs will still give us the 720p/1080p option in the years to come

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 05:09 8

13. naveenstuns (Posts: 177; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)

Just give a damn option to CHOOSE RESOLUTION in settings!!!

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 11:10

30. grahaman27 (Posts: 361; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)

that would be smart.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 06:48 1

15. vincelongman (Posts: 5048; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)

AU Optronics are well known for their AHVA displays (similar to IPS and PLS)
Very good to see them competing with Samsung's AMOLED displays

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 07:29 1

17. hung2900 (Posts: 965; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)

AMOLED production is costly with high interval of deviation (means more difficult for quality control) in a high quantity production.
I don't think they can find enough orders to get over the initial fix cost for that.

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 07:02

16. loveHEAVYMETAL (unregistered)

boring...
i am waiting for smartphone with 4k/8k display
#ILovePIXEL

posted on 10 Apr 2014, 08:33

18. cR203 (Posts: 204; Member since: 27 Jan 2013)

I welcome QHD displays. They are going to put more strain on a phone's internals but I think that it would be nice to have such a high resolution. I currently have the note 3 which has the best display I've ever seen. Being a samsung galaxy owner for the past few years i have seen amoled displays get better and better. I think a amoled display of this size would be awesome. I really look forward to seeing samsung's 2k Super Amoled display. To me they make the best Amoled display's period. When I look at my first galaxy s and compare it to my note 3 it shows how far amoled displays have come.