Casey Liss

The Apple Watch really makes the 911 look radical from generation to generation.

Well, no, but they got this one right. Everyone said that the 10 was not going to be a big redesign. It was going to look like the existing series.

Well, no, but they got this one right. Everyone said that the 10 was not going to be a big redesign. It was going to look like the existing series.

Yeah, that was more like more than six months ago. Like the rumors solidified about halfway through the year that this is what we were going to be getting.

Yeah, that was more like more than six months ago. Like the rumors solidified about halfway through the year that this is what we were going to be getting.

I think it was pretty good because within several months of the event, we knew it wasn't going to be a radical redesign. We knew they would have bigger screens that went farther to the edge, and we knew they'd be bigger than their predecessors. Yes, they got the details and the magnitude wrong, but we knew all of that. So when you're waiting to see this, here's the all-new design.

I think it was pretty good because within several months of the event, we knew it wasn't going to be a radical redesign. We knew they would have bigger screens that went farther to the edge, and we knew they'd be bigger than their predecessors. Yes, they got the details and the magnitude wrong, but we knew all of that. So when you're waiting to see this, here's the all-new design.

I'm like, wait a second, did they get it wrong? And then they started showing the new design. I'm like, no, they got it right. It just looks the same as the other ones.

I'm like, wait a second, did they get it wrong? And then they started showing the new design. I'm like, no, they got it right. It just looks the same as the other ones.

So screen tech wise, obviously, we've had the rumors for years that Apple was trying to make micro LED, micro OLED displays for the watch, which is instead of having the organic light emitting diode type things, it's more like individual light up.

So screen tech wise, obviously, we've had the rumors for years that Apple was trying to make micro LED, micro OLED displays for the watch, which is instead of having the organic light emitting diode type things, it's more like individual light up.

leds in there anyway um it's very difficult to do that uh we thought hey you're gonna if you're gonna do this weird screen technology start with a really small screen like the watch apple was developing this technology itself with like funding research into this display technology itself and then a year or two ago apple said ah never mind we're not doing that anymore they came up with nothing they stopped that pursuit they said we were unsuccessful

leds in there anyway um it's very difficult to do that uh we thought hey you're gonna if you're gonna do this weird screen technology start with a really small screen like the watch apple was developing this technology itself with like funding research into this display technology itself and then a year or two ago apple said ah never mind we're not doing that anymore they came up with nothing they stopped that pursuit they said we were unsuccessful

And then after that, all the rumors for the watch have switched and said, well, it's not going to be a micro OLED anymore. It's going to be plain old OLED. And that's, of course, what we got. Now, so what is it about this OLED that gives the better viewing angle? Apple didn't say...

And then after that, all the rumors for the watch have switched and said, well, it's not going to be a micro OLED anymore. It's going to be plain old OLED. And that's, of course, what we got. Now, so what is it about this OLED that gives the better viewing angle? Apple didn't say...

But the only technologies that I'm aware of that can give you a wider viewing angle on OLED are either QD OLED, which we talked about ages ago when we were talking about televisions, which is you don't have a white subpixel, you don't have a polarizing layer, the color is closer to the surface of the screen, and the viewing angles are better.

But the only technologies that I'm aware of that can give you a wider viewing angle on OLED are either QD OLED, which we talked about ages ago when we were talking about televisions, which is you don't have a white subpixel, you don't have a polarizing layer, the color is closer to the surface of the screen, and the viewing angles are better.

It's why the viewing angle of a QD OLED television is better than an OLED one. You get less color shift, you get better brightness, yada yada, right? And the other technology, which is the most likely one, is micro lens arrays, which is what LG uses because they don't have QD OLEDs.

It's why the viewing angle of a QD OLED television is better than an OLED one. You get less color shift, you get better brightness, yada yada, right? And the other technology, which is the most likely one, is micro lens arrays, which is what LG uses because they don't have QD OLEDs.

which is you put a bunch of little tiny lenses on top of your existing regular WRGB OLED, and that increases the viewing angle. And when I say a bunch of lenses, I mean a bunch of lenses, as in each individual pixel, like subpixel, the red, green, and blue subpixels, have hundreds of lenses in front of them. When we say micro lens array, we mean micro lens.