While Japanese carrier KDDI today announced the LG isai FL, the first smartphone it will offer with a WQHD (2560×1440) display, LG Display announced that its 5.5-inch Quad HD (QHD) AH-PS LCD panel for smartphones had been certified as a QHD display by NEMKO, the Norway-based international testing and certification organization for electrical products. While the press release did not explicitly mention the LG G3, it did state that this new display would be “unveiled with the forthcoming LG’s flagship smartphone to be launched in the first half of the year.”
The 5.5-inch panel will support a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels or four times the resolution of an HD (720×1280) panel or 1.8 times that of a Full HD (1080×1920) one. It managed to cram an impressive 538 pixels per inch in a panel that is only 1.2 millimeters thick and comes with a 1.15 millimeter bezel, about 0.05 millimeters less than panels introduced last year. It also achieves the same level of brightness as a Full HD panel.
“This product fulfills the core qualities of smartphone displays, which are high resolution and slim design, and I believe the consumers can enjoy vivid images that are close to real life with this display,” said Byung-koo Kim, Vice President and Head of LG Display’s IT/Mobile Development Group. “LG Display will continue to maintain technology leadership in the super high-resolution smartphone display market above 500 ppi resolution, which will take off this year.”
LG also announced that the panel will go into full production “shortly.”
LG is expected to unveil the LG G3 on May 27 at a series of events.
Source : LG Display