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.
Dell's XPS 15 2019 professional laptop features Intel's 9th-Gen octa-core processors, Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics and an optional 15.6" UHD (3840x2160) OLED display (produced by Samsung Display).
Dell's XPS 15 2019 is now shipping, starting at $1,699 for the OLED models.
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 ship globally in Q1 2020, starting at $1,000.
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
Sager's NP8454 is a high-end gaming laptop that features a 15.6" UHD (3840x2160) AMOLED display (produced by Samsung Display), an Intel Core i7-9750H chipset, Nvidia RTX 2070 8GB DDR6 GPU, 16GB of RAM, 500GB of SSD storage and a colored-lighted keyboard.
The Sager NP8454 is now shipping starting at $1,899.
System76's Adder WS is a premium Linux laptop that features an SDC 15.6" 4K (3840x2160) AMOLED display, an Intel Core i7-9750H chipset (or an i9-9980HK), an RTX 2070 GPU, up to 64GB of RAM and up to 8TB of storage.
The Adder WS will start shipping in August 2019, the price was not revealed yet.
Lenovo's 2019 P series laptops are portable workstation, that are based on 15.6" displays. There are several models - and the top-of-the-line P1 Gen 2, the P53 and the P73 all has optional 15.6" 4K touch AMOLED displays. The laptops are based on Intel's latest 9th-Gen CPUs.
Lenovo did not yet detail the price or shipping dates of its new P Series laptops.