Galaxy S5 has finally hit the market.But the first thing people seem to notice is the ‘display.The company’s 1080p Super AMOLED diamond matrix having been around since the Galaxy S4 but it seems that they have put a serious effort in improving it and making the latest panel the best ever.we have heard a lot of buzz about the the new Galaxy s5 display and the terms like Adapt display,Contrast enhancement,Fast Response Time.Samsung has has posted some interesting demos of the new capabilities baked into the Galaxy S5 display, including local contrast enhancement for bright conditions, Adapt Display tech for different lighting, and different color realization modes for display photos.
Visibility and Adapt Display
The biggest problem that the smartphone displays encounter is the inevitable glare,Whether it’s the glare under the bright sunlight or an overwhelmingly bright display in the dark environment, in all these generations of galaxy series samsung have put up with these problems, justifying it as a technological limitation. With the new Galaxy S5’s display, there is no need for such justifications. Check out the GIF below.
Demo of the Galaxy S5’s local contrast enhancement and contrast level under the light (Ordinary disply(left),Galaxy s5(right)
Samsung explains that the local contrast enhancer in the Galaxy s5 increases the level of illumination and contrast level for a clear view of the content even when the smartphone is outside under the blazing sun.Galaxy S5 is capable of automatically analyze and segment the display under changing light conditions. Moreover, the Super AMOLED display has 1.6 higher Ambient Color Gamut than LCD, (Brightness Condition: Outside: 50,000 lux, Display: 500 cd/m2), you can view movies or texts even under the sun without having to worry about the glare or shielding the phone with your hand.
The Galaxy S5 supports super Dimming, which allows fine adjustment of luminance in dark environments so that the users can use the Galaxy S5 comfortably without having to strain their eyes from excessive brightness.
Demo of the Galaxy S5’s Adapt Display under different light settings
The Adapt Display of the Galaxy S5 lets you adjust to whatever environment you are in. The Adapt Display analyzes incoming lights & content and automatically optimizes the color range, saturation, and sharpness of your display. This means that the display of Galaxy S5 provides a customized display for video, camera, web browsing and e-books. Moreover, the display adjusts to the surrounding lighting like a chameleon. Conventionally, when you are under blue-tinted lighting, your smartphone tends to look different (yellow-ish) because your eyes adjust according to the surrounding lights, but the smartphone couldn’t. However, the display of Galaxy S5 adjusts the illumination level accordingly to make the display look more natural to users.
Color Realisation
Vividness is something that we naturally expect from a display. Therefore, color accuracy is arguably the most important thing when it comes to display.color gamut(the range of colors)and contrast ratio(the range of brightness) are the two elements that determine how vivid a display can be .Compared to the conventional TFT Display
- Super AMOLED color gamut is 1.4 times larger than TFT LCD. (70% -> 97%)
- Super AMOLED contrast ratio is 77 times higher. (1,300:1 -> 100,000:1)
According to samsung the display of Galaxy S5 not only has wider color gamut but its able to project more realistic natural color.
Finally, Samsung claims that response times of the S5 display are 0.01ms – reportedly the fastest on the market and it make sense since OLED isn't limited by LCD's orientation transition time instead It happens on the quantum level. This means display lag won’t bottleneck your smartphone’s performance even when you view Full hd video at very high fps.