AMOLED and SLCD screens compared

August 5, 2010 | By Surur

AMOLED screens compared to SLCD screens

SLCD vs AMOLED

Due to AMOLED screen shortages it appears HTC’s first Windows Phone 7 devices will feature Sony’s Super LCD screen. CNET Asia has had the opportunity to compare the two screens on practice on the same device, an HTC Desire, and published some pictures.

They note that colours are more vibrant but less accurate on the AMOLED screen. They also felt the outdoor performance was better on SLCD screens due to better contrast.

HTC notes that their SLCD move does not mean they have abandoned AMOLED, and that the technology still still show up on current and future devices, presumably based on the supply situation.

See one more picture after the break.

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AMOLED (top) vs SLCD (bottom) in sunlight.

See more pictures at CNET Asia here.

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About Surur

Site Admin and Windows Phone enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s. He is currently sporting a HTC 7 Trophy.

Tagged amoled, slcd, windows phone 7

http://www.facebook.com/slygamer Steve Williams

It is interesting that the two screens word-wrap differently.
Jos Dewey

This is bullcrap, so which one is better?

If they aren't abandoning AMOLED then it means there are advantages to it over SLCD. I'm not going to buy a unit with SLCD because there is a shortage of AMOLED, if SLCD was better then the trend would have been towards SLCD in the first place.

What, is SLCD a lot more costly or something? Because otherwise it sounds like AMOLED is still the way to go, availability notwithstanding.

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I think that there are some strong points to SLCD (horizontal viewing angle and outdoor visability), but AMOLED screens are beautiful. I have a cowon s9 mp3 player and the black levels and brightness is like nothing else that I've seen with my own two eyes. I will agree that in sunlight (not just bright sunlight), its difficult for me to see the screen (one of the perks to having a bluetooth mp3 player is that you dont have to touch it to change the track) and it definitely takes away from my experience with the device (especially when I wanted to watch a movie) but in better conditions, I have to re-iterate, the screen is beautiful.

milad

maybe its comparable to AMOLED…but Super-AMOLED blows away everything and its not close.

Jos Dewey

Too bad Super AMOLED is so rare still. I would get a Galaxy S but lack of LED flash and TouchWiz ugly interface are deal breakers for me.

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