OLED displays provide better image quality, a low response time, low power consumption and a thinner design. While OLEDs are already very popular in smartphones, wearables, VR headsets and TVs, burn-in challenges and high production costs have resulted in slower adoption in the laptop market.
In 2019 all that changed as Samsung Display started producing 15.6" 4K AMOLED displays for the laptop market, and several leading makers (including HP, Lenovo and Dell) started to offer high-end OLED laptops. Since then SDC added more OLED laptop displays to its lineup, and other OLED producers (such as EDO and BOE) started to offer laptop panels as well.
In 2020 Lenovo became the first company to offer a laptop with a foldable OLED. The ThinkPad X1 Fold features a 13.3" 2048x1536 foldable OLED display that is produced by LG Display. The display takes up the entire interior of this this device, and this is what will likely to be just a first design that may eventually become the future of mobile computing.
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Following is a list of laptops with OLED displays:
Samsung's Galaxy Book Pro is a Windows 10 laptop that features either a 13.3" or 15.6" 1920x1080 AMOLED display. The Galaxy Pro is based on 11th generation Intel Core chipsets (i3, i5 or i7). The 13.3" has optional LTE connectivity. The 13.3" model weighs 0.88 Kg.
The Galaxy Book Pro360 offers similar specifications, but add S Pen (Stylus) support and 5G connectivity for the 13.3" model.
The Asus ZenBook Pro Duo 15 (UX582) is the company's second generation dual display laptop, with a main 15.6-inch 4K AMOLED display, and a secondary 14.09-inch UHD LCD. Other features include a Core i7/i9 chipset, Nvidia RTX 3070 chipset and up to 1TB of storage.
The ZenBook Pro Duo 15 OLED laptops are now shipping. The first-gen ASUS ZenBook Pro UX581 is also available.
HP's 2021 Spectre x360 16 features a 16" 16:10 3840×2400 AMOLED display, with a 91% screen-to-body ratio (the OLED is optional, you can also opt for a lower-cost LCD). Other specs include a Intel i7 11-gen core, Nvidia RTX3050 GPU and quad B&O speakers.
The Spectre x360 16 OLED model will launch in the fall of 2021.
The Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5 (also called the IdeaPad Duet 5) is a ChromeOS laptop that features a 13.3-inch 1920x1080 AMOLED display, a 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 7c Gen-2 chipset, up to 8 GB of RAM, up to 256GB of eMMC SSD storage, and a 15-hours battery life.
The Chromebook Duet 5 will start shipping in October 2021,starting to $430.
Lenovo's Yoga Slim 7 Carbon (IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon in the US) is a light Windows 11 laptop that features an SDC 90Hz 14-inch QHD+ DisplayHDR TrueBlack 500 AMOLED display (no LCD option), an AMD Ryzen chipset (up to Ryzen 7 5800U), integrated NVIDIA chipset, up to 16GB of LPDDR4x and 1TB of SSD storage.
The Yoa Slim 7 Carbon will ship globally by the end of October 2021, starting at $1,289.
HP's Envy x360 13T features a 13.3" 1920x1080 touch-enabled AMOLED display, a choice of an Intel i7 chipset or an AMD Ryzen chipset and a 10-hours battery.
The Asus Vivobook Pro 14 and 16 are mid-range laptops, that feature OLED displays - 16" 90Hz 4K and 14" 90Hz 2.8K (made by SDC). Other features include an Intel Core i7 or Ryzen 5000 H-series chipset, and up to RTX 3050 Ti graphics.
The Vivobook Pro 14 and 16 will ship soon, starting at $1,199 for the 14 model.
The ASUS ProArt StudioBook 16 is a laptop aimed for creators, with a 16" 16;10 4K (3840x2400) 400-nits AMOLED display. Other features include a Ryzen 9 5900HX chipset, 16 GB of RAM, 2 TB of SSD storage an an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 GPU.
The ProArt StudioBook 16 starts at around $1,999.
Xiaomi's Mi Notebook Pro X 15 laptop features a 15.6" 3.5K (3456x2160) 60Hz AMOLED display and Intel's 11th-gen core i5 or i7 chipsets.
The Pro X 15 will start selling in July 2021, starting at 7,999 CNY (around $1,250 USD).
Dell's XPS 15 laptop features Intel's 11th-Gen chipset (i5, i7 or i9), Windows 10 and an optional 15.6-inch 3456x2160 (3.5K) touch AMOLED display.
The XPS 15 will ship in the summer of 2021.
