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How (smartphone) displays are evolving?

Previously, we talked about the types of displays. Let's take a look at how these displays are evolving in a short brief.   Touchscreen Former CEO Apple, Steve Jobs introducing iPhone      When we were bored with the physical keypad to control our device. But 2007 changed it. The evolution began there. Apple introduced the first-ever iPhone with touch screen capability. But it isn't the first smartphone with touchscreen capability, the honor goes to LG KE850 (aka LG PRADA). LG announced this phone a month before Steve Jobs announced the iPhone on 9th January 2007.       The revolution began in this period. More companies started working on smartphones with touchscreen capability. Curved                            Samsung Galaxy Round (how it started)      When we think of display, often we will think of the flat one. But it doesn't end there. Our hands are curved,...

Here's what under your display : LCD vs OLED

Of course, you might have heard that OLEDs are the great one can opt for.  We're not gonna say ' hey, that's not the case'.   Instead, let's look at the reason with some detail. Introduction        We encounter displays everywhere in our daily life. May it be Smartphones, Television, Laptops, Computers, Smart Watches and in many areas. Normally a good display should have better colour accuracy, better viewing angles and better brightness though. What makes a display better in these areas. Let's look at it Comparison      In LCDs we are looking at the light which is created at the backmost portion of the display, then the light passes through a variety of colour filters. So, this is how it works in case of LCD. Whereas in the case of LEDs, it is just the same but for the backlighting, we use the LEDs. So yeah, LEDs are also a kind of an LCDs there's no argument there. But there is something special about OLEDs. Why so. Because the differe...