Samsung Mobile Display to produce better AMOLEDs, have integrated touch functionality

By on Feb 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM
General February 1, 2010

Samasung Moble Display LogoYesterday, Samsung Mobile Display announced that they will be producing a new 3.3″ AMOLED display, complete with on-board capacitive touch sensors. The WVGA screen will boast a 480×800 resolution and, purportedly, will bring image clarity to the next level thanks to a touch sensor that is a mere 0.001mm thick (on average a human hair is 0.018 to 0.08 mm thick). The on-board touch sensor, “marks the first time that a touch sensor was placed over an AMOLED substrate” reports the Korean IT Times. Typically, the touch-sensing glass panel and LED screen are manufactured separately and later connected; by putting both components on the same substrate Samsung was able to achieve minimal thickness and better screen clarity. Samsung hopes that this new, improved, and easy-to-manufacture AMOLED will increase manufacturer demand for LED displays. We can’t wait.

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  • petetion

    Vote to get Miguel Alvarez and LaToya (aka …….) banned.
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  • ChrisNYC

    The screen must look amazing.

    It’s like a race between going bigger (iPad) and going ultra-tight on the pixels.

    It’s amazing what can be seen on a small screen.

  • SUGAR GROVE

    Lets hope its in the next version of the iPhone..

    Steve Jobs seems to have a plan ready to face the new Android competition: The next iPhone will be an A+ update.

  • Frogford Ryder

    Hopefully that is not *TOO* thin for a technology which encourages stylus pressure … would be a little concerned about fracturing the screen.

    And a beautiful display is only 1/2 the battle. I have a Tilt, which was hobbled to not include the appropriate processing power and/or video chip necessary to watch any type of video. Would be awful if they matched the screen with a flawed video chip.

  • Scott

    3.3″ seems a little small. I’m shocked it’s not 3.7″, as that seems to be the new screen size that’s becoming popular. The resolution is a great thing, but AMOLED screens are not easy to see in sunlight.

  • bizguy

    Will it be useful in direct sunlight, though?

    • Andrew Munchbach

      That is the $64,000 question.

  • ChrisNYC

    @Sugar Grove

    “Lets hope its in the next version of the iPhone..”

    There’s a reason it isn’t there now, and I’m betting daytime light issues.

    Considering Apple went way beyond 1080P for the new Mac, I’m wondering why the iPhone isn’t bleeding edge as well.

  • Peter Cuevas

    Sounds good, I mean, AMOLEDs are good enough right now, imagine this…

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