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 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. For more information and our OLED laptop news coverage, click here.
Following is a list of laptops with OLED displays:
HP's 2019 Spectre x360 13 laptop comes with an optional 4K 13.3" OLED display (to replace the basic 13.3" FHD LCD). This new 2019 edition is smaller by 23mm in its depth than the previous 2019 Spectre x360 13 - and includes several design changes.
HP is now shipping its 13.3" Spectre OLED laptop, starting at $1,950.
The Asus ZenBook Pro (UX581) is a unique laptop that offers two screens - an SDC 15.6" 4K (3840x2160) AMOLED main display and another, smaller 14" 4K-width LCD display that is placed above the keyboard.
Asus' multi-tasking OLED laptop is now shipping in the US for $2,499 and shipping in the UK for £2,299.99.
The Alienware m15 gaming laptop, now in its 2020 edition (the m15 R3) feature a 60Hz 15.6" 4K OLED display (or alternatively a 300 Hz IPS LCD one). The m15 R3 features Intel's 10th-gen CPUs (up to the 8-Core Core i9-10980HK) and Nvidia or AMD's Radeon GPUs.
The Alienware m15 R3 will ship by the end of May 2020 starting at $1,499.
HP's Envy 15 is a high-end laptop that features SDC's 15.6" 4K AMOLED display. Other specifications include Intel's H-Series CPUs (up to Core i9), NVIDIA's GPUs (up to RTX 2060 Mqx-Q), up to 32 GB of RAM and 2TB of storage.
The HP ENVY 15 2020 laptops will start shipping in June 2020 starting at $1,350.
Gigabyte's 2020 Aero 15 laptop is aimed towards content creators and there's an optional 15.6" 4K SDC AMOLED display. Other specification include Intel's latest Core-i9 8-core CPUs and Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2070/2080 GPU.
The 2020 Aero 15 is now shipping, starting at $1,999 for the OLED model.
The 2020 version of Razer's Blade 15 gaming laptop uses either a 15.6" 300Hz Full-HD LCD display or a 15.6" 4K AMOLED display. The laptop features Intel's 10th-gen 8-core Core i7 CPU and comes with Nvidia's latest RX 2070/2080 Super GPUs. The Rzer Blade 15 Advanced has better specs (but the same OLED display option).
The Razer Blade 15 is now shipping starting at $2,299 for the base OLED model.
Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Fold is a Windows 10 Pro laptop that features a 13.3" 2048x1536 foldable OLED display (produced by LG Display). The X1 Fold features an Intel chipset (unspecified yet) and a wireless keyboard. The battery life should be about 11 hours.
Lenovo says the ThinkPad X1 Fold will ship in mid-2020 starting at $2,499.
Samsung's Galaxy Chromebook is an ultra-thin 2-in-1 laptop based on Google's Chrome OS with a 13.3" 4K (3840x2160) OLED touchscreen. Other features include an Intel Core i5 chipset, Wi-Fi 6 support, fingerprint sensor and a stylus pen.
The Galaxy Chromebook will is now shipping globally, starting at around $1,100.
HP's 2020 edition of the Spectre x360 convertible laptops feature a 15.6" 4K AMOLED display (SDC) that support "True Black HDR", new thinner bezels,optional anti-reflection and anti-fingerprint treatment option, Intel's Core i7 chipsets and Nvidia graphic cards.
HP's 2020 Spectre x360 15 will ship on March 2020 starting at $1,599.
NEC's LaVie Vega is a high-end laptop that features a 15.6" 4K AMOLED display (SDC), a six-core 2.6Ghz Intel core i7 CPU, 8GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD.
NEC LaVie Vega will in the US in March 2020, starting at $2,100
