Samsung Galaxy S III is in many ways an impressive smartphone but at the same time alot of people were somewhat disappointed when the biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world introduced another big screen with PenTile technology. Which Samsung now defends with focus on longer lifespan.
PenTile is what is called a subpixel system which rather than using a Red, Green and Blue (RGB), subpixel to construct every pixel, is satisfied with one red and one blue for each pair of green subpixels. This results in an uneven distribution of the three base colors which can make the focus worse (the actual subpixel resolution is one third less than in an RGB matrix) but also the color reproduction.
Samsung Galaxy S III has a really high resolution display at 1280 x 720 pixels and should be affected realatively little by its PenTile matrix if looking at the focus. But with the huge size at 4,8 inches and an AMOLED technology that already has been criticized earlier for somewhat unnatural colors, might contribute to some consumers being irritated.
Samsung has now started defending the choice of a PenTile panel in Galaxy S III with that the quite odd reason for this actually lies in the smartphones lifespan. A PenTile matrix should extend the lifespan compared to an RGB matrix. Even though that we want our smartphones to last as long as possible we have a hard time to believe that Samsung’s RGB panels will give in alot earlier that the PenTile equivilent, not to mention the speed of upgradings on the smartphonemarket where most smartphones is replaced after just a few years anyway. Samsung means that the blue subpixels is the hardest to keep alive and by “diluting” those with more green subpixels they should be able to offer a noticeable longer lifespan.
Galaxy Note (RGB) – Galaxy S III (PenTile) – Galaxy Nexus (PenTile) – Galaxy S II (RGB)
The data that is published at Mobileburn.com does not mention anything regarding the power consumption which otherwise tend to be a hot topic in the discussions surrounding the PenTile technology. At the same time Samsung confirms that the 4,8 inch big Super AMOLED HD panel in the Galaxy S III has been improved compared to the slightly smaller 4,65 inch panel in Galaxy Nexus. Among other things the subpixels is more tightly packed to achieve better focus and resolution.
We will take a closer look at how the Samsung Galaxy S III and its 4,8 inch big PenTile display performs at normal use in the near future.
