Expert Opinion - Query 8 (Displays in Smart Watches)

Expert Opinion - Query 8 (Displays in Smart Watches)

What kind of displays are used in Smart Watches?

Smart Watch business is one of the trending business at the moment. As we know, Smart Watch is not just a gadget which helps you to handle calls and other basic activities like reading messages, setting alarms, etc. They have grown into a health monitoring device. Users at the moment use it for health monitoring, tracking their fitness with various sensors integrated. Keeping the applications aside, the batteries of smart watches are of limited capacity considering the size they have to fit in. For example, Xiaomi Mi Watch includes a 330 mAh battery-. So, for such a battery capacity, load connected should not be too high else the battery life time frustrates the users. If we consider the power consumption charts of such devices, display stands among the significant loads. Using the right display is one of the important design decision. Any display among the below categories can be used.
  • LCD display
  • OLED Display
OLED Display is used by most of the manufacturers as it is self-illuminating and low power consumption. In OLED there are two categories like the AMOLED and PMOLED. AMOLED is Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode and PMOLED is Passive Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode. Most of the manufacturer use AMOLED due to superior performance.

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