AMOLED displays, of
Samsung fame, don't have a backlight like the LCD ones, but are rather
using the photons that each pixel emits itself. Those organic diodes
that comprise OLED displays, have been mastered by Samsung and LG to the
extent that they have TV panels made out of them, so why not tablets,
too?
Until recently it was tough and
cost-prohibitive to make mid-size OLED screens in the 8-10" range, so
Samsung focused mainly on phones and TVs for commercializing said
technology. The tables have turned, it seems, as Korean media is
reporting that Sammy is preparing to launch premium 8" and 10" slates
with Super AMOLED screens.
Samsung already had the Galaxy Tab 7.7
introduced with such a display, which was quite ahead of its time,
sporting a 196ppi OLED screen, and high-end metallic chassis. It was
more of a proof of concept, though, while now the Koreans are allegedly very serious about their tablet efforts going into 2014,
given the success of competing brands, and the general user switch to
tablets, which is expected to explode. Thus in Q1 next year, claim the
sources, along with the Galaxy S5 and four other phones, Samsung is also said to release a few tablets sporting high-res AMOLED displays.
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