Touchscreen successor LG G3 also works with water drops on the screen

The touchscreen of the upcoming successor to the LG G3 also works if there are drops on the screen. LG has announced this itself. Like its predecessor, the suspected LG G4 will have a 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels.

Because touchscreens work with a capacitive layer that measures how the voltage on the surface changes, it is difficult to make a smartphone screen that also works with drops on the screen. LG has solved that in its own words by not placing the touch-sensitive layer on the screen, but in it. LG calls that technology Advanced In-Cell Touch, or AIT.

With a touch-sensitive layer embedded in the screen, the entire panel can be thinner, allowing an entire smartphone to be slightly thinner or have more room for other components. To boost the contrast of the screen, LG uses a way of distributing the liquid crystals of the LCD as precisely as possible to prevent light leakage. This is done with the help of UV light. Although LG does not explain the process itself, it seems that it involves a technology in which the manufacturer uses UV light to harden a substance during production, so that it lays the liquid crystals just right. That should give a better result than the more traditional way of producing LCDs.

In addition, LG claims a brightness that is 30 percent higher than previous screens and a color range that is 120 percent of the standard RGB standard. LG explicitly mentions that the manufacturer will use the screen in the high-end smartphone that it will present at the end of this month. The announcement of the successor LG G3, which is rumored to be called G4, is scheduled for April 28.

The South Korean manufacturer often announces components, including the screen, before it presents the entire smartphone.