By Galaxy Nexus has just been unveiled recently by Google and Samsung. There has been a lot of fuss around this device since it’s the first to come up with Ice Cream Sandwhich. Besides this, there are other features that have drawn attention. Among these there’s the 4.65″ OLED display which has led so far to a great debate. Let’s see whether this feature is a plus or a minus.
The successor to the LCD technology, OLED is considered to be the next big thing in display technology. Galaxy Nexus is not the first handset to come up with OLED display but what makes a difference is that the AMOLED displays are produced and developed by Samsung.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus OLED screen is 4-5 inches using a 1280×720 HD resolution. One of the things that got the attention was the size of the screen which might be quite large for the consumer.
Still, the pixel density is said to be of 315 ppi (pixels per inch)which places Galaxy Nexus on a slightly lower level than iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. These two come with a pixel density of 326 ppi.
Some people would qualify this screen a Retina Display since the pixel density is over 300 but they’re wrong. We’re not talking here about a Super AMOLED Plus display but a Super AMOLED display which is based on PenTile pixel structure. This means pixels share subpixels and you could see that on Samsung Galaxy Note. Take a close look at the picture below and you’ll notice the blurry effect.
All in all, there have been people who actually calculated the pixel density and the results showed that Galaxy Nexus real pixel density is closer to 200 than 315. Therefore, no Retina display on Galaxy Nexus. And even if the smartphone comes with a 4.5-inch display, it proves to have the same number of sub-pixels that iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have in a 3.5 inch display. In this matter, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S still have the supremacy.
To conclude, Galaxy Nexus sports a HD Super AMOLED display that is not that great as it is said to be. The fact that Samsung decided to use the same PenTile pixel structure in the case of its latest smartphone hasn’t been such a good decision. If Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen moved on the a RGB pixel structure and thus became “Plus” version, it would have definitely been something to appreciate.
