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  • SilthDraeth - Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - link

    Looking forward to Apple suing HTC for using dual domain pixels.
  • euskalzabe - Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - link

    HAHAHA so true!
  • eanazag - Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - link

    True, but no one has felt threatened by HTC in a few years.
  • GC2:CS - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    What ? They have an 10 year licensing agreement. They can license everything Apple uses and other way around.
  • Impulses - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    They'd sue the panel maker, if anything, not HTC... Except Apple doesn't make their own displays either, so yeah.
  • abhaxus - Saturday, September 13, 2014 - link

    Apple (and Microsoft, for that matter) have repeatedly shown that there is more value in suing the vendor that is USING the technology rather than the one that is providing it. Better to damage the reputation of the brand actually competing with you than one that may be supplying you as well.
  • jameskatt - Monday, September 15, 2014 - link

    That did not stop Apple from suing Samsung.
  • iwod - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    They have a patents agreement for a long time.
  • tipoo - Tuesday, September 9, 2014 - link

    Hm, we've seen quite a few phones with wavy pixels like that, just never named that.
  • lukewayne - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    apple loves to make up names for things that already exist in the wild and claim them as unique.
  • KPOM - Saturday, September 13, 2014 - link

    The FAQ for the HTC One m7 says it has a dual domain pixel display. And as the article itself notes, medical imaging equipment manufacturers also use that term. Also, Apple never claimed it was unique. Just that they improved viewing angles.
  • JayQ330 - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - link

    I think they were called super LCD (sLCD) & is referred to by apple as "sRGB" & like super LCD it's capable of giving OLED contrast & accurate colors with great contrast, not like oled but close.
  • lukewayne - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    something seems off.. hardly any information to be found about a technology that is in an HTC phone that is over a year old...announced by LG 3+ years ago...
  • B3an - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    It's really sad that no one mentions this until fucking Apple use it. Tech writers are like sheep.
  • Spunjji - Thursday, September 11, 2014 - link

    I second that comment. I've seen those pixel arrangements for years and nobody ever bothered mentioning why they existed until now.
  • ianmills - Thursday, September 11, 2014 - link

    HAHA whenever I saw that pixel configuration before I just assumed it was becase the guy taking the picture wasn't holding his hand steady
  • Alexey291 - Monday, September 15, 2014 - link

    thanks you made me smile ianmills :3
  • Alexey291 - Monday, September 15, 2014 - link

    ah well if apple made it its the last word in tech and anandtech must have an article on it :)
  • bluemeansgo - Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - link

    Proof that technology for technology's sake isn't that interesting to the majority. People care about it when Apple uses it because they have a reputation for high quality and making technology usable. We can argue all day about whether that's the case or whether other companies make things just as well... but it's perception and mindshare that's important in this case.

    In short, articles are written about technology that Apple uses because people care about the technology that Apple uses and the article will get more views.
  • MarkEduard - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    iPhone 6+ specs:

    General
    2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1522 (GSM), A1522 (CDMA), A1524
    CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1522 (CDMA), A1524
    3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1522 (GSM), A1522 (CDMA), A1524
    CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1522 (CDMA), A1524
    4G Network LTE 700 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 / 850 - A1522 (GSM), A1522 (CDMA)
    LTE 700 / 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2300 / 2600 / 750 / 2500 - A1524
    SIM Nano-SIM

    Body
    Dimensions 158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm (6.22 x 3.06 x 0.28 in)
    Weight 172 g (6.07 oz)
    - 500 dpi pixel density fingerprint sensor (Touch ID)

    Display
    Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
    Size 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.5 inches (~401 ppi pixel density)
    Multitouch Yes
    Protection Shatter proof glass, oleophobic coating

    Sound
    Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
    Loudspeaker Yes
    3.5mm jack Yes

    Memory
    Card slot No
    Internal 16/64/128 GB

    Data
    GPRS Yes
    EDGE Yes
    Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL
    WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot
    Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP
    NFC Yes
    USB v2.0

    Camera
    Primary 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, optical image stabilization, autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
    Features 1.5µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, panorama, HDR
    Video 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, optical image stabilization
    Secondary 1.2 MP, 720p, burst, HDR

    Features
    OS iOS 8
    Chipset Apple A8
    CPU TBA
    Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
    Messaging iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
    Browser HTML (Safari)
    Radio No
    GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
    Java No
    Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold
    - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
    - AirDrop file sharing
    - Siri natural language commands and dictation
    - iCloud cloud service
    - iCloud Keychain
    - Twitter and Facebook integration
    - TV-out
    - Maps
    - iBooks PDF reader
    - Audio/video player/editor
    - Organizer
    - Document viewer/editor
    - Photo viewer/editor
    - Voice memo/dial/command
    - Predictive text input

    Battery
    Non-removable Li-Po battery
    Stand-by (2G) / Up to 384 h (3G)
    Talk time (2G) / Up to 24 h (3G)
    Music play Up to 80 h

    Samsung Galaxy Note 4 specs:

    General
    2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
    3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
    4G Network LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
    SIM Micro-SIM

    Body
    Dimensions 153.5 x 78.6 x 8.5 mm (6.04 x 3.09 x 0.33 in)
    Weight 176 g (6.21 oz)
    - S Pen stylus
    - Fingerprint sensor

    Display
    Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
    Size 1440 x 2560 pixels, 5.7 inches (~515 ppi pixel density)
    Multitouch Yes
    Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3

    Sound
    Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
    Loudspeaker Yes
    3.5mm jack Yes

    Memory
    Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB
    Internal 32 GB, 3 GB RAM

    Data
    GPRS Yes
    EDGE Yes
    Speed HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA; LTE, Cat4 (N910C), Cat6 (N910S), 50 Mbps UL, 300 Mbps (N910S), 150 Mbps (N910C) DL
    WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
    Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE
    NFC Yes
    Infrared port Yes
    USB microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3), USB Host, USB On-the-go

    Camera
    Primary 16 MP, 3456 x 4608 pixels, LED flash
    Features Autofocus, Touch to focus, Manual focus, Digital image stabilization, Optical image stabilization, Face detection, Smile detection, Exposure compensation, ISO control, White balance presets, Burst mode, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Panorama, Macro mode, Night mode, Scenes, Effects, Self-timer, Voice activation, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging
    Video 3840x2160 (4K) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (60 fps)
    Features:
    Optical image stabilization, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording.

    Secondary 3.7 MP, 1080p@30fps,

    Features
    OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
    Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (SM-N910S)
    Exynos 5433 (SM-N910C)
    CPU Quad-core 2.7 GHz Krait 450 (SM-N910S)
    Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53 & 1.9GHz quad-core Cortex-A57 (SM-N910C)
    GPU Adreno 420 (SM-N910S)
    Mali-T760 (SM-N910C)
    Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, UV, heart rate, SpO2
    Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
    Browser HTML5
    Radio TBC
    GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
    Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
    Colors Frosted white, Charcoal black, Bronze Gold, Blossom Pink
    - ANT+ support
    - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
    - Air gestures
    - Dropbox (50 GB cloud storage)
    - SNS integration
    - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
    - TV-out (via MHL A/V link)
    - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player
    - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player
    - Organizer
    - Photo/video editor
    - Document viewer(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
    - Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
    YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa
    - Voice memo/dial/commands
    - Predictive text input (Swype)

    Battery
    3,220 mAh battery

    now CHOOSE!
  • eduo - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    (sent to @anandtech over twitter, silly me)

    Do we know if it's actually this specific version or an evolution of the technology? Vertically-aligned instead of slanted, for example?

    Hidefumi Yoshida published a technical paper not long ago specifying a process to generate vertically-aligned dual-domain TFT displays:

    http://t.co/JCpKM9Gwau

    Is seems the iPhone 6+'s display is Sharp's. And Yoshida, author of that paper, is Sharp's Chief Technical Reasearch Fellow

    https://t.co/BArwbMu3Oo

    Yoshida and an apple fellow being associate editors in the IEEE Journal of Display Technology probably doesn't hurt knowing and leveraging technologies, either http://t.co/5YslTMh7r7
  • lilo777 - Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - link

    Great technology! Almost as good as AMOLED.
  • KPOM - Saturday, September 13, 2014 - link

    I notice that the HTC One m7 uses dual domain IPS, but there is no mention of it on the m8. Did they change, and was there a reason why?
  • anderct - Monday, September 15, 2014 - link

    right in the beginning heres a heads up

    In the launch announcement, Apple announced that their new display had dual domain pixels, which improved viewing angles.

    should be

    In the launch announcement, Apple announced that their new display had dual domain pixels, ((( WITH ))) improved viewing angles.

    I am not a grammar cop or anything like that I i actually tried to look for a way to PM you but once you see this please correct and just delete my comment and the earths orbit will be back to normal hahha later gator
  • anderct - Monday, September 15, 2014 - link

    who would have thunk ?! (yes that's a word) jagged edges would come back to HELP us when we tried so hard to eliminate them.
  • anderct - Monday, September 15, 2014 - link

    and further-more i actually agree with apples decision because ...the fact remains ...the more the spaces between pixels are more noticeable (the blackies) ...the more the resultant images or sequences show more artifacts. just a personal note ...but from actual testing ...if the eye can see margins / boundaries then it naturally wants to differentiate objects and selectively segregate them as SEPARATE objects or at least the edges of those objects.
  • AppleCrappleHater2 - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link

    Worship the holy apple.

    The apple way, selling over expensive crap to stupid consumers that like to
    get robbed.

    This has been a disastrous launch in every respect. The iwatch is such a
    ugly piece of crap, it is truly unbelievable how a company, formerly known for
    its remarkable design, dares to put out such a crap ton of shit. Some
    characteristics are glaringly obvious and inherent to it: over expensive,
    hardly innovative, limited functionality and usability (need of an iPhone to
    make it work), looks exactly like a toy watch and so on.

    There are of course way better smart watches out there, especially form the
    likes of Samsung, Sony, Motorola, Asus, LG, simply put, there is no need for
    another piece of over expensive junk.

    The iPhone 6 is technologically stuck in pre-2011 times, a base model witch
    a capacity of 16GB without the possibility to use SD cards isn't even funny
    anymore. The screen resolution is horrendous, it isn't water proof, shock and
    dust resistant, it offers nothing innovative, just some incremental
    updates over its predecessor, both lacking severely behind their competitors at
    their respective launch dates.

    Now the Iphone 6 Plus offers a „Retina HD“ screen, full 1920x1080p, oh wow,
    where have you been for the past 4 years apple, talk about trailing behind.
    That’s pathetic. The interesting thing about that is the fact that apple
    always manages to sell backwards oriented, outdated crap to its user base, all
    while pretending to be an innovative technology leader. The similarities
    regarding any form of sectarian cult are striking.

    You gotta love how Apple always comes up with new marketing bullshit terms,
    aka "Retina HD", with the intention to manipulate its users while preventing easy
    comparisons with its competitors by withholding the actual specs. Apparently it’s
    not enough to have a 1080p screen, you have to call it "Retina HD" to make those
    suckers buy it, otherwise someone could look at the 4K Amoled and Oled screens
    form LG and Samsung devices and get outright disappointed. Same goes for
    everything else. Every outdated „feature“ needs to get its own marketing label
    to persuade buyers with crappy „experience“ and „usability“ ads, while covering
    the truth with marketing gibberish, knowing full well that only a fraction of
    aforementioned buyers cares to look at the facts and dares to compare them.

    Car engines come to mind. For comparisons shake let’s look at a 1.0 liter, turbo
    charged petrol engine and a V8 compressor. What’s better should be obvious, but
    by calling the former an „ecobooster“, thus giving it a special marketing label,
    this joke becomes a „feature“, something positive that can be added tot the list
    of features of a car.

    By doing so a negative aspect is transformed into a positive one, the
    reality is distorted, non tech savvy buyers are manipulated and comparisons are
    made more difficult (another layer of marketing bullshit to overcome), well done
    marketing department. You see , if something is seriously lacking (of course for
    profit, what else), don’t bother explaining, just give it a nice marketing term, distort
    reality, make it a feature and call it a day. Fuck that!!

    The Apple Iphone 1 and Ipad 1 might have been innovative at their time,
    but since then, the bitten apple has been continuously rotting from the inside
    outwards, always swarmed by millions of Iworms which regale themselves with its
    rotten flesh, not forgetting all other Americans who support apple by means of
    their tax dollars to finance its bought US Treasury/Government bond interest rates.

    Last but not least, every Apple product includes a direct hotlink to the nsa,
    free of charge, something that might make it a good value, after all.

    Ceterum censeo Applem esse delendam.
  • milesmutt - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link

    Nice rant numb****. You really should get off that couch and participate in some healthy activity. All that indoor, stagnant air has rotted your mind into a jealous, hateful lowlife. Oh, and enjoy your crappy Droid, son.
  • batongxue - Thursday, September 18, 2014 - link

    You can't sleep at night, can you?
    When you do fall asleep, Apple is your everyday nightmare, isn't it?
  • batongxue - Thursday, September 18, 2014 - link

    So when is the iPhone 6 an iPhone 6 Plus review coming out?
    Can't wait!

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