Samsung: our smartphones will get thinner, more premium, and with higher display resolutions

11. UglyFrank (Posts: 1939; Member since: 23 Jan 2014)

They won't use it 8K for like 4/5years and Apple won't use it for about 20

22. AlikMalix (unregistered)

I hope that no device I'm interested in use anything above 400ppi Just no point other than drain battery and slow down the OS... I look at my 5S and I couldnt care less if there's more pixels crammed in...

76. j2001m (Posts: 3005; Member since: 28 Apr 2014)

Does not drain battery on oled screens and the cpu can easy deal with 2k on samsung phones,

88. TechieXP1969 (Posts: 14522; Member since: 25 Sep 2013)

I disagree. The first 4K smartphone will likely appear within 2 years with 8K coming within 4. Just watch.

make sure you remember this post.
We are already using 2K displays on phones, well at least some us us are.

15. Awalker (Posts: 1689; Member since: 15 Aug 2013)

I think you'll see 4K phones next year.

27. seven7dust (unregistered)

typical useless gimmicks. 8k makes sense on Tvs not on phones.

30. AlikMalix (unregistered)

I think 4K is pointless.. I was being sarcastic..

36. mat87 (Posts: 4; Member since: 12 Mar 2013)

It is...unless You take into consideration incredible possibilities of VR technology. I think that this is the point why Samsung want to add ppi to displays. Right now You can have 3d cinema at home. I was shocked when I put this on with my Note 4. Incredible quality!!!!

42. AlikMalix (unregistered)

That makes sense... I haven't tried anything VR.. but maybe that's the future.

10. engineer-1701d (unregistered)

the soc will go down so small it will take a 1/4 of the phone and the rest will be battery and display, wider battery same juice

17. TheStanleyFTW (Posts: 249; Member since: 20 Feb 2013)

WHY DO COMPANIES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT LOOOOONG BATTERY LIFE??? Fast charging is good but not if my battery dies every 5 hours...GOD. My mothers Xperia Z3 Compact got beast battery life, yet the only thing they could do to make the successor better is faster charging (And even better battery life?) :)

78. j2001m (Posts: 3005; Member since: 28 Apr 2014)

Sorry the most selling phone I.e. IPhone as a crap battery, s6 is smaller amd as a bigger battery and the battery lasts a long time over it,

18. phljcnth (Posts: 497; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

I think there's something more in creating a thinner device other than for ergonomics and aesthetics purposes. Samsung could be gunning for a foldable device that fits in the pocket. A tri/bifoldable tablet-cum-phone should be 3-5mm thin and so Samsung must work on new tech that will fit in that chassis. This is just a theory though.

23. AlikMalix (unregistered)

-cum- ...?

35. phljcnth (Posts: 497; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)

Don't make me Google that for you.

13. galanoth (Posts: 426; Member since: 26 Nov 2011)

As technology progresses and components get more power efficient, battery life will improve.

16. MrET1 (Posts: 110; Member since: 29 Jan 2015)

Samsung knows what they are doing. The screen in the S6 for example has 77% more pixels than the one in the S5 and still uses 20% less power. The whole 'higher resolution display kills battery life' thing is only true for LCD, Amoled doesn't have that issue.

24. bodzio1809 (Posts: 362; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)

Still you are loosing a lot of performance.

28. seven7dust (unregistered)

agreed , still don't get this trend of going for more pixels and getting less performance and less battery life

when most reviews say that it's pointless and makes no difference , I personally can't see the difference at all between 2k, 1080p and 900p , it's a freaking 4-5" screen for gods sake.

33. bodzio1809 (Posts: 362; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)

People love numbers. They will keep telling to themselves that they see difference. The truth is that they can notice difference only when they stare from very small distance and they look for pixels. They just want to justify buying device with too high resolution.
It's like Apple users fingers get bigger. Number lovers are getting much better vision with time. In future they will see difference between 4k and 8k screen on 5' smartphone :-)

41. drunkenjay (Posts: 1075; Member since: 11 Feb 2013)

they will if you use gear vr. which was the main reason for the quad hd displays.

45. bodzio1809 (Posts: 362; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)

Gear VR should use separate screen. Even QHD on 5.1' screen could be not enough.

49. MrET1 (Posts: 110; Member since: 29 Jan 2015)

You won't notice a performance hit either since most of the rendering except for UI and benchmarks happens in 1080p. Games you play on a 1440p phone are rendered in 1080p and then stretched to fill the screen. And the UI and webpages only require 2D rendering which for 1440p is not much more demanding than for 1080p. Actually the only 3D applications that run in 1440p are 3D benchmarks.

This same thing happens on early 1080p phones like the S4 and One M7, they render demanding games in 720p and then stretch it to fil the screen. All of this is done for the sake of fluid gameplay on >30fps. Game developers don't want your phone to run a game in low framerates since that would be bad for the ratings on their games.

79. j2001m (Posts: 3005; Member since: 28 Apr 2014)

Nope as all there score even with 2k kill the dev 810

89. bodzio1809 (Posts: 362; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)

Imagine new Exynos with "only" fullHD screen. Much better performance and 1-2 hours more screen time. Also check graphic onscreen tests. They doesn't look so good.