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Yesterday Samsung announced that they’re going to being mass production of a 3.3 inch AMOLED screen, with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, and that has a multitouch layer built into the screen itself, during March. Usually when one builds a multitouch screen they start with a plain old display, and then slap a multitouch sensor on top. With this new 3.3 inch beauty, the touch sensor is 0.001 mm thick and comes built in. It saves cost, allows the screen to be brighter, and will yield even thinner devices.
Will we see this on the next iPhone? Apple has signed a deal with LG for screens, but it’s unknown whether that also include screens for mobile devices, so the best I can say is I don’t know. Will we see this in Samsung handset first? My spidey sense tells me yes. Will we see a huge number of 3.3 inch devices hit the market by the end of this year? I most certainly hope so. I’m sick and tired of screens getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger. My pocket is only so large.
[Via: Korea IT Times]
[Picture unrelated to this article, it's a Sony OLED TV in case you're wondering]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
