Hitachi announces high-res 4.5-inch IPS display for smartphones with improved glasses-free 3D

There’s still no word as to when it would actually land in some phones, however it seems like glasses-free 3D could soon see some improvements courtesy of Hitachi’s latest 4.5-inch IPS display. Not just does it boast a high 1280 x 720 resolution, but it surely uses a less common lenticular lens approach in place of the parallax barrier method utilized by the likes of the Nintendo 3DS and HTC EVO 3D. In step with Hitachi, that permits for some much 3D brighter images than other displays (470 cd/m2, specifically), and pictures which can be actually brighter in 3D mode than in 2D mode. Here’s hoping Hitachi shows off a little greater than the picture above before too long.