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One thing that perplexes me is Google's decision. On one hand they've gone with very bright whites and vibrant (almost iOS like) colors and design in the newest Android 5.0 version. On the other hand, they use an OLED panel for their reference+flagship phone.

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Do they need to use OLED to do the 'active notifications' thing where it shows notifications by only activating required pixels? That's a pretty big Lollipop feature so maybe the decision was based around that.

No its not "needed" but if you dont have an OLED screen it will have a noticeable impact on your battery life. Depending on which particular device this may or may not be an issue. If you have a device that barely manages to make it through the day as it is, ambient display is not for you.

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