Mobile phones equipped with AM OLED displays will be able to show more natural-looking images through the light-emitting technology.

OLED screens have been dubbed the future of display technology for mobile devices since they are just 1 mm thick and allow for 180-degree viewing.

LG Electronics said on Tuesday that it plans to roll out mobile phones with AM OLED panels through SK Telecom for the first time in Korea in the second half of this year.

"LG Electronics decided to adopt AM OLED panels, developed jointly with LG.Philips LCD, for mobile phones. This decision will be the first time that AM OLEDs will be used in mobile phones," the company said.

Currently, 60 percent of mobile phones use TFT-LCD (thin film transistor liquid crystal display) screens.

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