Seeing as Apple's pretty OLED screen is its only saving grace for their iPhone 4G and rumors of an updated OLED iPad are just around the corner, one might wonder, what's this OLED business about and why are people touting it like it's the greatest thing ever?
Update: Sorry about the misinformation. The iPhone uses a retina IPS display, not OLED. Thanks for catching that guys!
Here's what OLED is, explained in 30 seconds or less:
OLED stands for organic LED used primarily in technologies that have screen displays. The biggest difference compared to traditional LCD is the higher contrast ratio (which makes things easier to read) and does not require a backlight to function (which means black really means the pixels are 'off'). It also uses less power, has faster response times, and is theoretically cheaper to produce than LCD or plasma (once technology catches up).
Hopefully that clears some things up. OLED is truly awesome and they weren't lying all along. Though it does make me want to print a huge 100" OLED screen onto my wall to watch some Planet Earth.
What do you guys think? Is OLED worth the hype? Let us know in the comments!
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Comments (4)
what does "Seeing as Apple's pretty OLED screen is its only saving grace" mean?
If you mean the iPhone 4, it does not have an OLED screen. During the keynote address Jobs actually downplayed the benefits of OLED, saying instead that the IPS tech employed by Apple in the iPad and iPhone 4 are superior. I just wish they used IPS in their laptops.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/retina-display.html
BTW, one of the key disadvantages of OLED displays on mobile devices is their poor visibility in sunlight. I'm also not sure that the pixels can be as small as the ones on the Retina display yet.
Uh, Apple doesn't use OLED displays in any of their products. iPad uses an IPS display panel. The iMac does too. I suspect they're coming across the lineup before too long.
OLED is too expensive, while the dvice article says there are rumors the truth is the original article states that if the Apple iPad had Oled that the iPad would cost $1000. The OLED screen for an Ipad alone would cost apple $500. With the profit margins that apple must cover the price would more likely be $1299. Each Apple iPad costs apple $260 in parts. Apple needs to demand a high return because they need to cover the high advertising, production, service, and more.
everything in this article....is kind of wrong. who wrote this?