OLED display screens to improve smart phone battery life

The Smartphone saturation is a global phenomenon, however, millions of smart phone users spread out in different offices and streets globally face the same challenges daily. They are always trying to kill some task on their smart phones to save their batteries.

Amid the heightened connectivity, switching off data is an exercise that features prominently in smartphone user’s activities. Shutting down the GPRS, or even opting for battery saving profiles that limit the ability of the smart phone are additional tasks that are performed interchangeably all with the aim of keeping off the battery guzzlers that will suck the battery in a few hours.

One of the biggest consumers of power in mobile phones is the display screen. The next-generation technology AMOLED displays deliver high performance on our phones, from  image quality that deliver richer colours and sharper images to speedy response times on touch as well as wider viewing angles on any device.

In 2016, saving battery life in unified devices will be a key differentiator for device manufacturers, the race for global appeal will not be about how big your battery is but how efficiency the smartphone will be in order to retain the battery for longer periods.

As LG Electronics unveiled the OLED bendable and curving displays, one key attributes of the functionality of new technology was its ability optimise power usage. OLED panels are made from organic (carbon based) materials that emit light when electricity is applied through them. The progressive technology of OLEDs which do require a backlight and filters makes them more energy efficient, simpler to make, and much thinner.

In fact, only those pixels that are lit up in OLED screens consume power; dim screens such as white text on a black background) consume almost no power, and video where the pixels are only about 30% on consumes much less power than the Amoled screens. With this adaptability, OLED screens don’t use conventional backlights, meaning they can save power when only certain parts of the display are used.

With the forward thinking dynamics of OLED displays changing, the processes being improved to deliver efficiency on large scale production, 2016, will definitely witness a lot of OLED technology in the entire next generation smart devices ranging from phones, notebooks and even large advertising displays.