What exactly is a pentile screen? And what is so bad about it?
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Here's a post from another thread that does a pretty darn good job of breaking it down!
I wanted to comment on the confusion around the PenTile display in the
> overall thread. What some refer to as "pixelation" is actually
> something a bit different. PenTile technology uses 2/3 the number of
> subpixels to render each pixel, which saves power while also producing a
> brighter screen. What people call the "screen door" effect or
> "pixelation" is actually pattern visibility. In certain color
> combinations the patterns created by the subpixels become visible --
> green on black is a common one, which you can see in the battery
> indicator of the notification bar. Some people are distracted or
> annoyed by the patterns, while others can hardly see them or just ignore
> them. Personally after using the beautifully crisp Droid 1 screen for
> almost 2 years, I was afraid the PenTile screen would put me off the
> Bionic after reading about it. However, after seeing it firsthand in
> the store and now after a week of owning it, I can say it doesn't bother
> me one bit. I can sometimes see the patterns but they don't distract
> me, I basically just "look through them" and they disappear. For some
> people though, it's so annoying as to be a dealbreaker. I would highly
> recommend for anyone considering the Bionic to take a look at one in
> person before deciding. It's highly subjective.
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> One thing I am sure of though is the power savings. On my Droid 1,
> Display was always #1 in the Battery Usage Stats screen, often as high
> as 90% of total battery life. On the Bionic this is reversed, with
> Display only using about 10% of battery life. Of course, this is offset
> by other power-hungry components (4G radio, I'm looking at you) so
> overall battery life is in the same ballpark
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