What is an IPS display in mobiles?

Gadget tech explained: AMOLED vs. IPS displays. Mobile Technology · David Nield. September 1st, 2015. 7 pictures. It's screen technology 101, as Gizmag breaks down the differences between AMOLED (on the Galaxy Note 5, left) and IPS (on the iPhone 6 Plus)(Credit: Will Shanklin/Gizmag). View gallery - 7 images. read more

In the other corner of the ring we have IPS LCD, or In-Plane Switching Liquid Crystal Display – as Super AMOLED is an upgrade on plain old AMOLED, so IPS LCD improves on the venerable (TFT) LCD technology. read more

IPS is an acronym for in-plane switching, which is a screen technology that is used with LCD screens. In-plane switching was designed to address limitations in the LCD screens of the late 1980s that used a twisted nematic field effect matrix. read more