While TV manufacturers are still struggling to scale OLED technology up to the sizes needed for mainstream televisions, it looks like mobile phones can benefit from the technology just fine in its current state. Samsung became the very first company to bring a carrier-subsidized OLED phone to the U.S. when it announced the Impression earlier this week.
We had a chance to see and handle the Impression, which resembles what you might expect if you’ve seen previous OLED displays. Much like its television counterparts, the Impression’s display possesses a vibrancy and contrast that’s seemingly impossible to achieve in standard LCD screens. Its colors have all the eye-catching potency of neon signage – in pocket-sized form.
