Sony has achieved this by adding a white pixel to the regular RGB arrangement, and optimizing the DSP algorithms for better image. For comparison's sake, the brightest screen on a current smartphone we've heard of is the 700 nits one on the LG Optimus Black.
Sony claims that in regular mode the phone draws half the power of conventional RGB LCD displays. The commercialized prototype is just 3" with VGA resolution for now, so smartphones with this one probably won't be at the high end of Sony Ericsson portfolio, but we hope the Japanese are working on the size and resolution.
| Table of Specifications |
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| Screen size | 3.0 inches |
| LCD mode | Vistarich™*2, transmissive |
| Number of display dots | 1.23M-dot (640 x RGBW x 480) |
| Color reproducibility | NTSC ratio 60% |
| Contrast ratio | 1000 : 1 |
| Viewing angle | Vertical/horizontal160 degrees |
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In the meantime, as if to remind the world again where it stands with its LCD screens, Sony outed a funny promo for the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc, where the handset is used to make flowers bloom. A few treehugging types placed eight of the phones on a contraption, and cranked the 4.2" Mobile BRAVIA Engine displays over some unsuspecting plants, trying to make them blossom, which they did, and the whole experiment can be seen in the promo video below.
via Engadget & TechCrunch
