LG.Philips LCD said yesterday that it has developed the world’s slimmest LCD panel for mobile phones at 1.3 millimeters thick, which it claims to be thinner than Samsung’s OLED. A few hours later, Samsung SDI refuted the claim in a press release, saying it already possesses 0.8-millimeter technology for OLED.
Samsung SDI, the global rival of LG.Philips in the small-size display market, played down the technology, saying its OLED products are much superior in quality than LG.Philips’ LCD panels.
"OLED is an advanced technology in terms of picture quality, power consumption and viewing angle’’ a spokesperson said. "It is inappropriate to compare the two technologies directly while disregarding those characteristics.’’
Samsung said it is capable of making a 0.8-millimeter thick OLED panel, though there is no commercially available product. Instead, it is constructing a new manufacturing line that will start producing 1.47-millimeter thick panels from next year.
