LG Philips develops slimmest mobile phone screen


LG Electronics and Philips have jointly produced a new TFT LCD screen for mobile phones which is the slimmest in the world. The 2″ QVGA screen has a resolution of 240×320 pixels and its thickness is just 1.3mm compared to the present screens available which varies between 1.9mm-2.9mm.
They believe that the implementation of this screen in the phones will enable phone manufacturers to break the 6.9mm barrier which is currently held by Samsung’s X820. The display will be exhibited today at the SID Mobile Displays 2006.
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Oct 5th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
[...] Not too long ago, LG and Philips announced their development on world’s slimmest LCD screen. And today at the CEATEC, Toshiba along with Matsushita shows a prototype of a 2″ TFT LCD screen which is the slimmest for the time being. The thickness is just under one millimeter (0.99mm) and weighs just 3.5 grams. Let the countdown begin now for the slimmest mobile phone. [...]
Nov 22nd, 2006 at 8:07 pm
[...] LG Philips started it followed by Toshiba Matsushita who showed their intentions of making it more slimmer. Now, Samsung more famous for its slim fetish has announced that they have developed the world’s slimmest TFT LCD screen for mobile phones which is just 0.82mm thick. They have also mentioned of integrating the i-Lens technology which will enable the screen to be more thinner, shock resistant and easier to read than today’s LCD panels. Samsung touts that using the i-Lens technology it will make the phones more slimmer by 1.4 - 2.4mm. So are we seeing a slimmer model than X820 in future, eh? SubmitClick the icon to submit this news. [...]