Hitachi to start manufacturing high quality LCDs for phones

If you thought that this year’s displays on smartphones looked good, Hitachi may amaze you next year with their “super advanced” LCD for smartphones that boasts a 4.5” IPS LCD with a resolution of 720×1280. This was shown off earlier this year in February but it looks like Hitachi has finally started to plan mass production of the display by the end of the year, and will be targeting phone manufacturers in Japan and overseas.

The difference between the display they showed off in February and the one that they will be producing is in the contrast, with the original model featuring a contrast of 1,100:1 while the newer model will only sport 1,000:1. Given how Hitachi is claiming that their displays costs 10-20% less than current displays, we’re guessing that phone manufacturers who don’t make their own displays may be giving Hitachi’s displays due consideration.