Thread: Nokia Lumia 900 Official : "Born for the USA" !
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jalyst is offline jalyst
2012-01-10 , 14:05
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Originally Posted by Kangal View Post
So basically they are all AMOLED displays, nearly all Samsung sourced, with differences in:
-screen size
-resolution
-subpixel coordination (PenTile vs PenTile&white + RGB)
-"Super" sensor (viewing angles, polarizer, brightness, consumption)

To simplify things, they can be grouped into 4 categories:
1)Super AMOLED (RGB)
2)Super AMOLED (PenTile)
3)AMOLED (RGB)
4)AMOLED (PenTile)

1) Only available on SGSII
2) Available on RAZR, Droid4 and all Samsung phones (Wave, Galaxy S, Galaxy Nexus, Note)
3) Nokia Lumia 900
4) Nexus One, Desire, etc etc (many phones from 2010)
My understanding too basically....
Although (1) & (3) is also known as SAMOLED+ & AMOLED+ respectively.
The "+" refers to RGB (non-PenTile) sub-pixel config, but is more-so Samsung's exclusive marketing name IIRC.

I did a bunch of research yonks back, & found everything that defines the "Super" in SAMOLED (escapes me now, will dig up).
This enabled me to conclude that the N9's CBD AMOLED (despite not being appended w/"Super") is basically a SAMOLED (Pentile).*
That would make the 900 a SAMOLED (RGB), assuming the rumors are correct about it's sub-pixel configuration.

*These were two of the reasons reasons, but quite sure there was more to it:
Originally Posted by qwazix View Post
"Super" stands for the gimmick that it has the touch sensor integrated
"CBD" stands for a polarizer filter on top of it (Nokia only, samsung also have polarizers but don't advertise it)
Last edited by jalyst; 2012-01-10 at 14:19.