{"id":659547,"date":"2013-05-22T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T14:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=648162"},"modified":"2013-05-22T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T14:56:21","slug":"retina-overload-mirasol-smartphone-display-has-77-more-pixels-per-inch-than-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/659547","title":{"rendered":"Retina overload: Mirasol smartphone display has 77% more pixels per inch than iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The race for screen clarity continues. Apple started it with a 326 pixel per inch Retina display on its iPhone. Now the latest flagship phones from Samsung, HTC and LG have full high-definition displays: These devices cram a 1920 x 1080 resolution into their screens with around 400 pixels per inch. Too bad all of these just got spanked by the competition, even if it is just a prototype.<\/p>\n<p>At the SID Display Week event currently in progress, Qualcomm is showing off its latest smartphone screen tech that tops and eye-popping 577 pixels per inch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/05\/21\/qualcomm-mirasol-display-eyes-on\/\">Engadget is on site at the show<\/a> and captured some video of the 5.1-inch display and its 2560 x 1440 resolution:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"viddler-21b06577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.viddler.com\/embed\/21b06577\/?f=1&#38;offset=160.636&#038;%2338;autoplay=0&#038;%2338;secret=98290400&#038;%2338;disablebranding=0&#038;%2338;view_secret=98290400\" height=\"349\" width=\"545\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The screen uses <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/06\/02\/qualcomm-continues-to-push-beyond-cdma\/\">Qualcomm&#8217;s Mirasol technology, which we&#8217;ve been covering for the past four years<\/a>. Sadly, no major product hits have used a Mirasol panel in all that time and Qualcomm says that the smartphone screen is just a prototype; it could be another few years before such a pixel-packing screen is ready for mass production.<\/p>\n<p>Higher resolution isn&#8217;t the only benefit here, however. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qualcomm.com\/mirasol\">Mirasol<\/a> uses reflective light and microscopic MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) to create small airgaps in the display; as the airgap size changes, the light color passing through it is manipulated. As a result, the screens are very power efficient, up to six times more than today&#8217;s LCD and OLED screens.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the time to market then, is there a downside? Because the displays primarily use reflective light &#8212; although they can be front-lit &#8212; colors often appear washed out as compared to traditional screens. 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