looks to distinguish its upcoming G6 flagship phone with a high-res, ultra-wide display

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 10 Jan 2017

ile preps its new G6 phone for a likely release at this year’s Mobile rld Congress, we’re beginning to learn a little more about the first flagship of the year. st week, The ll Street urnal reported that the new phone would move away from the modular system introduced with the G5, now we’ve got some details about the G6’s most important feature: the screen.

In a report by the Korea Herald, Display has confirmed that the upcoming G6 will feature a 5.7-inch Quad HD D screen with a super-wide ratio of 18:9. According to the report, the new display panel will be dubbed QHD+ “represents Display’s direction on how displays should evolve.”

If the screen size seems strange, that’s because it is. Traditional widescreen displays are 16:9, but is adding extra width to the G6 “will provide users with greater immersion than previous displays allow consumers to multitask by using (Nougat’s) dual-screen feature.” Additionally, the screen will feature a higher resolution than the G5’s 1440 x 2560 screen. As the company explains, “ Display’s new 5.7-inch panel called QHD+ has a resolution of 1,440×2,880 with 564 I, which is higher than conventional QHD Ds.”

Display also told the publication that the display will be thinner more responsive than its previous screens, utilizing the company’s In-Touch technology to “reduce the thickness of the panel width of the bezel,” which should result in a thinner, sleeker look for the G6. And users will also be able to see the display better in direct sunlight worry less about battery life, as the screen is said to use 30 percent less power than prior QHD displays.

y this matters: may be struggling to carve out much of a niche in the increasingly competitive smartphone world, but its display business is thriving. You can find already them in products from the ione 7 to the Tesla Model 3, so you bet the QHD+ screen will be making an appearance beyond the G6. And with immersive being the new buzz word in tech, wider screens like this could soon become the norm.