News & Reviews:   4K display

Xiaomi could be gearing up to launch another smartphone soon. According to the source, the next device could be the Chinese company's first to have a 4K display, joining the Sony Xperia 1 III to bring such display tech specs.

If you’re a Samsung or LG fan and hoping that they will include 4K display on their smartphones in the future, well it’s not going to happen. And it’s not that they don’t know how to do that, but both of the big giants have decided to pass that...at least according to a Korean publication source. 

We don’t know if that’s true or not, since neither Samsung and LG officially stated that. But one of the reasons for adopting the 4K display for their smartphones is because the market for it seems too niche at the moment, and they would prefer to focus more on improvising the power draw and outdoor visibility of their current display lines (the 1440p panels).

Like a sign of the inevitable, Sharp has announced the world's first 5.5-inch IGZO display with 4K or 2160 x 3840 pixel resolution. This results in another world's first 806ppi pixel density. Considering that the technology for 8K or 4360 x 7680 resolution displays have already been worked on and announced it just seems like a matter of time before we should expect 5.5-inch 8K displays as well. No news yet how much power the new 4K display screen requires or if there are any new devices which will carry this new Sharp display but it is only a matter of time before the first 4K display smartphone arrives, perhaps even with the Samsung Galaxy Note 5? No Malaysia release dates or pricing details but we expect the first 4K display smartphone to be priced very premiumly.

Samsung has some big plans for it's future smartphones as it may be offering 4K displays, 16MP ISOCELL cameras and 64-bit processors for Samsung smartphones debuting after 2014. While the 64-bit processor and 4K display news looks to be sourced from Samsung itself the 16MP ISOCELL camera news looks to be confirmed from Korean media. According to Samsung they are currently developing 4K Ultra HD resolution displays for smartphones with 3840 x 2160 pixel resolutions. These 800+ppi smartphones could come in 2015 while the other planned features such as the 16MP ISOCELL cameras and 64-bit Exynos processors could appear in 2014 model Samsung smartphones. Tech specs and details about the 16MP ISOCELL camera includes the fact that it may include wide dynamic range and auto focus but it will still be the standard 1.12 micron pixel size. Also, there is no mention of any anti-shake or optical image stabilization (OIS) features for the camera sensor as earlier reported but things could still change when next year rolls around.