There's a battle taking place on your smartphone. And it's happening right up front on the display, as phone makers are looking for ways to make the screens on their latest devices stand out from the competition.
Any new phone release comes with it a laundry list of improvements over previous models — and, not coincidentally, an implicit invitation to compare the new device's specs to the competition. Displays used to be an afterthought, something phone makers would tout after they talked up chipsets and cameras. These days, though, a display's brightness and refresh rate usually is among the first things a phone maker wants to talk about.
