With the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Samsung has presented a truly unique Android smartphone that has some special features. The South Korean company has now presented one of them retrospectively. The “Eco² OLED” display.

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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 has a particularly economical display

Samsung is one of the leading companies when it comes to developing new displays for smartphones. From year to year better and more efficient screens are built into the company’s high-end models. With the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Samsung has made a big step forward with the “Eco² OLED” display and promises one Energy savings of up to 25 percent (Source: Samsung). Since the screen in mobile devices is still the largest consumer of energy, this should ensure a noticeably longer runtime.

Samsung’s Eco-Display in comparison (picture: Samsung).

Samsung has not only made small adjustments to the “Eco² OLED” display, it has also basically changed the structure. So far the display consists of three components. Samsung has that OLED panel combined with the polarizer layer and so made the “Eco² OLED” panel. The UTG (Ultra Thin Glass) remains as the second layer. The new construction not only saves energy, it also increases contrast and reduces reflections. This is particularly important for the sub-display camera used in the Galaxy Z Fold 3.

in the Video you can see our first impression of the new Samsung folding phones:

New display is used in other Samsung phones

Samsung will not only install the new “Eco² OLED” display in the Galaxy Z Fold 3, but also in other products in the future. It is clear that new technologies such as sub-display cameras will be used in more and more smartphones and this new screen should certainly be a good solution. In addition, according to Samsung, they want to reduce the use of plastic and the Compensate for the higher consumption of 5G modems with a more efficient displayso that the smartphones do not run out of juice too quickly when in use.