HTC Droid Incredible to Change to SLCD Screens

By Chuong Nguyen on 09/13/2010 13:02 PDT

Smartphone maker HTC will be battling the unending unending AMOLED shortage by switching display technology on the Droid Incredible, offered on Verizon Wireless, to Super LCD screen technology, otherwise referred to as SLCD. Because of the AMOLED screen shortages, shipments of the Droid Incredible has been delayed and sold out multiple times. The switch to SLCD should happen sometime this month according to a leaked screenshot from a Verizon Wireless system.

Seen at: androidcentral Add a Comment display technology droid droid incredible htc screen technology slcd super lcd

AMOLED stands for Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode, is a display technology in which an electro-luminescent organic compound (organic=contains Carbon) is used to light up pixels. Active Matrix refers to a technique to control the pixels and sub-pixels (RGB components) state which was introduced in the mid-70s. Active Matrix is used with many kinds of displays, but the most famous are TFT LCD and AMOLED.

Join a great community!

Ubergizmo founders on

Eliane Fiolet

Hubert Nguyen