Samsung Galaxy S5: deeper dive in the Diamond PenTile matrix reveals the secrets of the brightest AMOLED display

Samsung Galaxy S5: deeper dive in the Diamond PenTile matrix reveals the secrets of the brightest AMOLED display:

Samsung Display has just unveiled a lot of the inner works of the new AMOLED display of the Galaxy S5, but now we have even deeper insights coming from an ongoing dissection of the display by Chipworks.



Samsung has been using a Diamond-shaped PenTile matrix since the Galaxy S4, and while the Galaxy S5 also features a Diamond matrix, this time there are some slight, but noticeable modifications. Unlike traditional RGB LCD displays where each pixel is made out of a red, green, and blue sub-pixel, PenTile displays use less sub-pixels. In the Galaxy S4 we had diamond-shaped ...