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HTC outfitting Desire and Nexus One smartphones with Super LCD screens

By | July 26, 2010, 2:05am PDT

Summary: HTC is getting around that pesky, little OLED shortage problem by avoiding the display type altogether by outfitting the Desire and Nexus One smartphones with Super LCD screens.

HTC is getting around that pesky, little OLED shortage problem by avoiding the display type altogether by outfitting the Desire and Nexus One smartphones with Super LCD screens.

SLCD isn’t a shabby alternative to AMOLED, thus it’s probably a smart move for HTC in order to keep up with demand. HTC is specifically bringing this material to mobile phones with 3.7-inch displays, and apparently the battery will benefit from SLCD as well.

But it’s interesting that HTC is rolling out SLCDs on a pair of smartphones that aren’t even available for purchase in the U.S. market anymore.

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You forgot the yellowish whites
wackoae 26th Jul 2010
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RE: HTC outfitting Desire and Nexus One smartphones with Super LCD screens
Jeremy-UK 26th Jul 2010
The original screens are horrible, the red is dreadfully overdriven and the thing is unusable in sunlight. This is an upgrade.
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You forgot the yellowish whites
wackoae 26th Jul 2010
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RE: HTC outfitting Desire and Nexus One smartphones with Super LCD screens
dankasnitzel 26th Jul 2010
Actually, the HTC Desire is going to be available to US. Cellular Customers in October.
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RE: HTC outfitting Desire and Nexus One smartphones with Super LCD screens
Tsingi 26th Jul 2010
I dropped my nexus, the screen is glass you know.

heck.
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HINT: Google canceled NexusOne
wackoae 26th Jul 2010
So HTC is not puting an LCD on a NexusOne because Google is just selling the unsold inventory. There are no new NexusOne on the making.

Sure, HTC may be able to use the same specs, but legally they will have to rename the model.

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