I think he's talking about the Incredible. HTC has a shortage of amoled screens, so they switched to the SLCD from now on. They are supposed to be hitting shelves anytime.
I think he's talking about the Incredible. HTC has a shortage of amoled screens, so they switched to the SLCD from now on. They are supposed to be hitting shelves anytime.
Correct. The SLCD screen has a backlight that is always on dark colors are washed out by the backlight. The AMOLED only powers each LED to display a color so you get a true black. This is why AMOLED has better power consumption than LCD, but SLCD is advertised as comparable to AMOLED for power consumption. The backlight in an LCD/SLCD is what makes those screens easier to read in bright/direct sunlight. The biggest complaint of AMOLED is that it's hard to read (some say nigh impossible). There's also Super AMOLED but those are only available for the Galaxy S line of devices due to manufacturing shortages (probably not going to change until 2012). Super AMOLED should have better power consumption than AMOLED/SLCD and helps with the sunlight issue. I don't have anythign comparing sharpness (like text) between Super AMOLED and SLCD, but I do know that the 720p Avatar on the Tmobile USA Vibrant (a Galaxy S phone) looks pretty damn amazing, with very good picture clarity in the background details.
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