LG Announces World’s Slimmest Smartphone Display; A 1080p, 5.2inch Beauty

 Finally! After seeing phones of ginormous proportions, with no real effort to check the thickness of phones off late, LG has launched a beauty. The world’s slimmest smartphone display.

Touted as the thinnest 5.2 inch LCD display, LG has surely made the headlines with this creation. Measuring in at just 2.3 mm in thickness, this phone is the first of its kind to  support a resolution of 1080×1920 with real RGB sub pixels. G calls the technology behind this screen the Advanced One-Glass-Solution (OGS). This tech involves inserting dual flexible printed circuits between the LCD panel and touch film. This results in 30% fewer lines on the panel.

Specs:

• 5.2 inch
• Full HD-1080p
• Just 2.3 mm thick
• 2.3 mm bezel

Having true RGB value for each and every pixel, its brightness is to output a brightness of 535 nits(unit to measure brightness). This makes this screen, the first ever full 1080p display to have such a high brightness level. It will also provide an enhanced touch experience, better “grip-ability,” and a larger visible display space.

Unlike most other display prototypes that bend and fold but have no practical use in devices immediately, this screen is said to be already incorporated in the LG Optimus G2! The thickness of the phone can finally be minimal without compromising on features like display and camera.

Advantages

1. A screen this size certainly improves your mobile viewing experience. With the apt brightness settings to enjoy an HD movie.
2. Having an LCD this slim might actually make it possible for an OEM to engineer a phone that is sufficiently thin, but also makes more room for a large battery.
3. With a 5.2 inch LCD that offers a good grip, the problem of handling huge phones without slipping put is eliminated.

Press Release

Seoul, Korea (July 11, 2013) – LG Display [NYSE: LPL, KRX: 034220], a leading innovator of display technology, today announced that it will unveil the world’s slimmest Full HD LCD panel for smartphones. The state-of-the-art 5.2-inch panel is an exciting advancement for the premium mobile device market enabling sleeker Full HD smartphones featuring better “grip-ability” and a superior viewing experience.

Only 2.2mm thin with a 2.3mm bezel, LG Display’s new panel is both slimmest and narrowest among existing Full HD LCD panels designed for mobile devices. This world’s slimmest Full HD LCD panel will provide larger visible display space on smartphones, critical as mobile devices are used for multimedia viewing more than ever before. Additionally, the panel will make devices easier to grip as well as lighter in weight.

Key to realizing the world’s slimmest panel is LG Display’s Advanced One-Glass-Solution (OGS), the latest touch technology enabling an enhanced touch screen experience, developed and applied to the new panel for the first time ever. Dual Flexible Printed Circuits, superior to a single circuit, have been inserted between the panel and touch film, reducing the number of lines on the panel by more than 30 percent. Utilization of a direct bonding system has also resulted in Optical Clear Resin between the panel and touch film for greater brightness.

The new panel’s superiority in displaying resolution, brightness, and contrast ratio results in enhanced outdoor readability. By utilizing 1,080X1,920 pixels consisting of Red, Green, Blue (RGB) sub-pixels, the panel is a true Full HD display. And with a brightness of 535 nits at maximum, LG Display’s panel outperforms all current mobile Full HD LCD panels. Finally, measuring contrast in real-life surroundings with Ambient Contrast Ratio results in a reading of 3.74:1 based on 10,000 lux, confirming the perfect performance of the panel even in strong outdoor sunlight conditions.Renowned testing firm Intertek has officially certified these results.

“Today’s introduction of the world’s slimmest Full HD LCD panel represents an exciting advancement for the high-end smartphone segment, and is possible due to our world-class expertise in IPS and touch technologies,” said Dr. Byeong-Koo Kim, Vice President and Head of LG Display’s IT and Mobile Development Group. “LG Display will continue its commitment to developing products that maximize consumer value as well as opening new doors for the mobile and tablet PC industry.”