Samsung Galaxy S3 Display Uses a PenTile Matrix That Lasts Longer
According to new reports the Samsung Galaxy S3 features a display that has a PenTile AMOLED that should last longer than any other Galaxy device.
"Samsung apparently deems the Galaxy S3 PenTile superior for an AMOLED screen longevity, despite that it touted the RGB matrix last year in the Galaxy S2 marketing," according to YouMobile.
Samsung may have corrected the issue that frequently occurs with the blue subpixels as they sometimes deteriorate orders of magnitude faster in an OLED screen. Blue diodes have advanced significantly over the past year so this could have helped to make the Galaxy S3's display more durable.
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The company realizes that customers hold on to their Galaxy's for more than 18 months so it had to create a device that would maintain the same screen quality for a long period of time.
PenTiles normally display less blue pixels than an RGB "stripe" matrix.
"The thing is that PenTile uses red-green-blue-green (RGBG) subpixel arrangement in the "screen door"-style PenTile matrix, whereas the ordinary red-green-blue RGB "stripe" matrix has twice more blues," said YouMobile.
"While the human eye is much more sensitive to greens, so blues are not missed much with PenTile," added the site.
The PenTile used on the Galaxy S3 will also differ from how it is on the Galaxy Nexus as it will use a different method for layout including shrunken gaps within the subpixel matrix that is expected to further minimize the PenTile grainy effect in solid colors when you look at it up close.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 debuted on May 5 at the company's "Mobile Unpacked" event in London, England.
It is scheduled to launch in parts of Europe at the end of this month and is expected to be released in the U.S. sometime during the summer.
