I have noticed a question reoccurring recently about some larger SVGA phones being announced at CES. It can be said in general that an WVGA format (800 x 480) OLED phone with more than 4.1-inch diagonal will be an RGB stripe display rather than PenTile OLED. Such a large WVGA format, such as that in the newly announced Nokia Lumina 900 (4.3-inch WVGA) would be too coarse of a pixel density to recommend PenTile due to increased pattern visibility. For sizes of 4.1″ or less for WVGA it is necessary to use PenTile to enable the manufacturing of a phone that meets the required specifications for an OLED display in a phone. This says nothing about any given manufacturers preference for RGB stripe over PenTile or PenTile over RGB stripe, but a simple decision based upon the size and resolution of the display.
You might have had the opportunity to read some not-so-flattering information about PenTile on the web recently. While we're always excited to hear people discussing our technology, we'd like to correct some misinformation and share a little bit of our own perspective.
That's what we're going to do here. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask. We'd love to answer them.
Learn about pentile technology for:
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nouvoyance: I am assuming you are comparing the exact same content and application...
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JoelPollack: It is not as simple as 2 subpixels instead of three. PenTile utilizes...
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Stanley Su: Hello, I have one question about pentile panel to ask you. I discovere...
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Godless: "what is wrong with PenTile anyway" Well, 2 subpixels instead of 3 alo...
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: Let me provide a short reply now and a longer response later this week...
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