Samsung SDI announces latest "world's thinnest" LCD
It's just a few short months since Samsung last claimed the title of world's thinnest LCD, but the company now seems to be facing a challenge from within, with subsidiary Samsung SDI announcing its bested its parent company's shortly-held record by a few millimeters. For those keeping score, Samsung SDI's LCD comes in at a mere 0.74 millimeters thick, which is more than enough to push Samsung Electronics' 0.82 mm thick LCD down to second place. Of course, the new record holder's still in prototype form, meaning it's still a ways off from actually finding its way into a cellphone, with the company only going so far as to say that it'll make an appearance in its "next-generation phones." Closer to reality, however, is Samsung's comparatively thicker 1.9 mm LCD, which the company says will soon be going into mass production before winding its way into its Ultra Edition II handsets this spring.[Via Mobile Whack]
Filed under: Cellphones, Displays
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
SmilingAssassin @ Feb 26th 2007 8:43PM
No. 1 - U R N Idiot
Larry @ Feb 26th 2007 9:44PM
They also did the world's thinnest AMOLED
http://www.ministryoftech.com/2006/10/17/samsung-sdi-078mm-thick-amoled/
ralphg @ Feb 26th 2007 10:17PM
The one LCD is 0.82mm.
The new LCD is 0.74mm.
Donald Melanson does the subtraction and comes up with a difference of "a few millimeters."
Lee @ Feb 27th 2007 6:11AM
I know its already been mentioned, but a few millimeters difference! What a retard, they are both less than 1mm thick, know your role pal, geez!
ConceptVBS @ Feb 27th 2007 9:56AM
Competition between subsidiaries within Samsung is VERY common and encouraged by the top execs. This is why, for example, Samsung is the ONLY company to manufacuters all the display technologies available today: CRT TV, Plasma, LCD, Carbon-Nanotube, OLED, DLP, RPTV, and front projector.
Lionel Mandrake @ Feb 28th 2007 8:19PM
All fine information except one fact:
Even though both companies seem to share the same first name (Samsung), I've observed that:
Samsung Semi is quite competent
Samsung SDI is often quite the opposite
Strange but true...
LM