Nokia uses screen Samsung Galaxy S II in new device

Nokia can now have screens that Samsung itself refers to as ‘Super Amoled Plus’. The screen of the American device Lumia 900 is the first to have more sub-pixels than previous screens used by the Finnish manufacturer.

The screen of the Lumia 900 is probably almost identical to that of the Galaxy S II, a smartphone that Samsung released in the spring of last year. Both are made by Samsung, have a diagonal of 4.3″ and a resolution of 800×480 pixels, with the sub pixels arranged in an RGB layout.

Until now, Nokia used Samsung screens with a PenTile layout, where different pixels have to share the same subpixel. As a result, the resolution is effectively lower than with screens with an RGB layout. The user can often see this because images and text look ragged.

That the Lumia 900 does not have a PenTile screen is confirmed by the manufacturer and is also visible in close-up photos from The Verge. It is the first time that Samsung has sold amoled screens with an RGB layout to a competitor. Other Samsung amoled screens, such as those of the Motorola Razr and HTC Desire, each had a PenTile layout.

The Lumia 900 is a device that Nokia has announced for release in the United States. It has the same design as the Lumia 800, but differs in several respects, except for the larger screen with more subpixels. For example, the device runs on Windows Phone Mango Commercial Release 2, a version that adds support for 4g technology LTE. In addition, the 900 has a front camera.