Types of Smartphone Displays
Smartphones have gained popularity in the recent past, and continuous developments are taking place to make your smartphone experience the best one. With displays becoming bigger by the day, it is necessary to impress the users with better display technologies. iPhone 5 has a four-inch screen that leaves a good first impression of the phone.

When we go in for buying a phone, the first thing we notice is the display clarity. The other features that the phones are gauged on are color gamut, brightness, viewing angles, etc. All these features depend on the display technique that is used in the phone. Let us find out a few of the popular display technologies used in smartphones.


TFT Liquid Crystal Display
TFT LCD stands for thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display. This type of display is nothing but an LCD with TFT transistor technology that enhances the image quality. These displays have better viewing angles except for the narrow angles. The images seem to distort at narrow viewing angles. Also in broad daylight, the visibility is affected. These displays consume more power, and you need to charge your phone every once in a while.

USP: Low manufacturing cost, better image quality over LCD

Drawback: Consumes more power

IPS
Here, IPS stands for in-place switching type of LCD. These types of displays are superior to the TFT ones in terms of image quality. They draw less power than TFT displays, thus increasing battery life. These displays are costlier to manufacture than TFT ones and are thus used in high-end smartphones.

USP: Good off-axis viewing angles, low power consumption

Drawback: Expensive


AMOLED
AMOLED stands for active-matrix organic light-emitting diodes, which are a part of the display technology. These displays have diodes that emit light when subjected to electric current. This layer is placed between two electrodes. These materials that emit light are organic and hence the name. The technology has better viewing angles. As it doesn't require any backlight or filters, it is very power efficient.

USP: Power efficient, thin profile

Drawback: Visibility affected in broad daylight


Retina Display
This term is synonymous with Apple's displays and was made famous during the iPhone 4 launch. Retina display is nothing but an advanced IPS LCD. The image quality is enhanced in high resolution. The display is called so because the pixels cannot be differentiated by the human eye. The images are sharper due to better anti-aliasing filters.

USP: Sharp and better quality images

Drawback: Consumes more battery power


Haptic/Tactile Display
The haptic display gives a tactile feedback by making use of the sense of touch. The feedback can be in the form of physical sensations, like force or vibrations. This gives the user a confirmation about his touch. These displays are mostly used in BlackBerry and Nokia smartphones. Due to this confirmation, user satisfaction and accuracy are increased.

USP: Confirmation of touch


Resistive Touchscreen
This touchscreen is made of several layers. So when you touch the screen, the sensation is passed from one layer to the other. The entire chain is completed when the sensation reaches the last layer, and the phone knows exactly where you have touched. As there are layers to be passed, you need to put a slight pressure while you touch the screen. For this very reason, you can use a stylus, a gloved finger, or anything you wish to, to operate the phone. However, due to their limitations, these screens do not allow functions, like pinch-to-zoom. These screens are slow in response as compared to the capacitive ones.

Capacitive Touchscreen
This technology was developed almost ten years before the resistive one. The capacitive touchscreen cannot understand the touch of a stylus. This is because the capacitive screen has an electrode that senses the touch. As human finger is also an electrical conductor, the touch causes a change in the capacitance of the electrostatic field, and this changed capacitance location is sent for processing. This is how the phone knows where you have touched.

When you buy a phone, one of the decisive factors is the display. If you are the kind who will use media applications in the phone to the fullest, then you should go in for an AMOLED display, but if you use the phone to browse the net or read texts, LCD is the best option. Before you buy a phone, stare at the screen for some time, compare it with rival phones, and then make your decision.
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Nyc Article! So its ethier AMOLED of IPS LCD! Please tell TFT(tecno boys) that that is why thier fones re cheap! And their battrey go dey die fast with poor image quality!

well @OP what of MICRO-O-LED? I heard of it sumwhere!
and also Sharp "IGZO LCD" Display
then u also said capacitive touchscreen does not use stylus cos it aint a conductor! Buh i see stylus that uses battrey does this has anything to do with the capacitive display?