OLED/AMOLED Not Realistic for iTablet, How About for 4th Gen iPhone?
Ars made some waves in the iTablet rumor pool this morning, taking a look and determining that a 10" OLED (organic light emitting diode) or AMOLED (active matrix light emitting diode) aren't realistic given current supply constraints. Basically, only Samsung and LG are equipped to make the panel, and According to Barry Young, Managing Director of the OLED Association:
"On the Samsung configuration they could produce about fourteen 10.1-inch panels per substrate," he told Ars. "With a 70 percent yield, if all their capacity was dedicated to 10.1-inch, they could produce about 150,000 per month. Given that Samsung cannot meet its current order backlog, they are unlikely to build that many 10.1-inch displays."
"LG has 10 to 15 percent of Samsung's capacity," Young said.
So that means 1) Apple wouldn't be able to make very many 10" OLED/AMOLED iTablets and 2) the ones they did make would be very expensive.
Another complication? If Apple switches to OLED/AMOLED for the 4th generation iPhone (like the display on the new Google Android Nexus One), that would mean an even greater constrains on the supply for any iTablet use.
All things considered, given the costs and constraints, I'd rather have OLED on my iPhone. What about you?
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I'd like a higher resolution display, OLED, AMOLED, or not. The iPhone looks darn near blurry when held up next my other phones.
I would like a higher def LCD. I know everyone loves this new oled, but it's more important that my mobile device can be used in the sun than it having blacker blacks.
Two things - first we have no idea what the size of the so-called iTablet is or exactly what it's supposed to be good for, so not having OLED/AMOLED on it may be a non-issue. Second, even though the Nexus screen is brighter and higher resolution, neither video nor text actually look better on it because of Apple's superior implementation on the hardware they're using. Do I want OLED on my next iPhone? Sure. But I would expect it to be superior to both my current iPhone and the Nexus, or why pay for it.
I'd rather have a nice, accurate, high-res LCD like the Droid's than a hard-to-read-in-direct-sunlight, oversaturated OLED like the N1. I seriously doubt Apple will go with OLED on either the new iPhone or the tablet when it seems, at the moment, to have as many disadvantages as advantages.
From what I understand, the OLED is much more energy efficient. I'd definitely like to see better battery life in the next iPhone.
Oled screens are far superior for watching videos on than normal lcd screens have you even tried one?? Well this certainly was the case when coming to 3gs from omnia HD the difference was huge and that was with having iPhone screen on full brightness which I am not foolish enoughto do now when watching vids
I'd rather not have OLED on either. Maybe it'd be fine on a notebook on TV, but cellphone screens need to work in bright sunlight. A higher res LCD would be OK, if it didn't break all the existing apps. Really though, the iPhone screen is just fine now. Only geeks are obsessed with pixel counts and bleeding-edge technical specs. The majority of users don't care. The OS/software, general design, accessories, carrier, etc. are more important.
Rene, you really need to work on your writing skills. Seriously. The info you guys present is good but the writing lets it way down.
"Ars made some waves in the iTablet rumor pool this morning, taking a look and determining that a 10″ OLED (organic light emitting diode) or AMOLED (active matrix light emitting diode)." - err, sorry they determined that an OLED or AMOLED what..? The line just stops dead in its tracks without telling us what they determined.
"All things considered, given the costs and constraints, I’d rather of OLED on my iPhone." You'd rather 'of' OLED? Don't you mean you're rather 'have' OLED?
I've seen similar mistakes in several articles, but just wanted to flag this one right here and now.
Jack, don't be a Jacka$$. So he made a couple mistakes because he has a life. Rene is, IMHO, one of the most talented writers out of all the other bloggers. And call me crazy, I re-read the darn thing twice, but nowhere did I encounter anything in the way of anyone soliciting your opinion.
At any rate, yes, me want AM(OLED), and maybe a slightly larger screen. It's funny, but a few tenths of an inch actually do make a difference. If that's too much to ask, please give us 480x800. I'm a resolution whore, so let me throw it out there. Would 640x800 make sense at all? I've handled a 480x800 HTC HD2, and its enormous 4.3" screen is just gorgeous. Oh yea, and make MobileMe free, please?
@Jack, thanks, fixed.