Mobile phones

In recent years OLED technology has emerged as the leading smartphone display technology, and the world's most popular phone vendors are all shipping AMOLED smartphones.

In 2018, over 500 million AMOLED screens were produced - mostly to satisfy demand from mobile phones vendors. The smartphone OLED 2018 market was led by Samsung, who has been using AMOLEDs in its high-end phones for many years, followed by Apple, LG, Xiaomi, Huawei and others. Samsung is branding its smartphone OLED displays as Super AMOLED display.

Most premium phones today adopt flexible OLED displays. Apple for example is using a flexible 5.8" 1125x2436 OLED (made by SDC) in its 2018 iPhone XS (the iPhone XS Max sports a larger 6.5" 1242x2688 flexible AMOLED). Display experts say that the iPhone XS Display is the world's best smartphone display.

OLEDs - the best smartphone displays?

Most display experts and consumers agree that OLED displays are the world's best smartphone displays. The best smartphone OLED displays are the Super AMOLED displays produced by Samsung Display, but other OLED producers (such as LG and BOE Display) are also producing high quality OLEDs.

Following is a list of smartphone with OLED displays:

Apple iPhone 16 / 16 Plus / 16 Pro / 16 Pro Max

Apple's 2024 iPhone series include 4 smartphones, all flexible AMOLED displays. The iPhone 16 offers a 6.1" 2,000 nits (HBM) 1179x2556 Super Retina XDR LTPS AMOLED, while the iPhone 16 Plus offers a larger 6.7" 1290x2796 display. Both phones are based on Apple's latest 3nm A18 chipset offering improved performance and AI support.

The iPhone 16 Pro has a more advanced 6.3" 120Hz 2,000 nits (HBM) 1206x2622 LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED. The 16 Pro Max offers a larger 6.9" 1320x2868 AMOLED. These new phones are based on Apple's 3 nm A18 Pro chip, offer a "huge leap in battery life", support Apple Intelligence and feature new a main camera.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 10,2024

Honor 300 / 300 Pro / 300 Ultra

The Honor 300 smartphone offers a 6.7" 120Hz 4,000 nits (peak) 1200x2664 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage.

The Honor 300 Pro has a slightly larger display - 6.78" 120Hz 4,000 nits 1224x2700 AMOLED, and stronger specifications. The Honor 300 Ultra sports the same display as the 300 Pro.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 06,2024

Xiaomi Redmi K80 / K80 Pro

The Redmi K80 smartphone offers a 6.67" 120Hz 3,200 nits (peak) 1440x3200 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.

The Redmi K80 Pro offers the same display (but covered with a Longjing Glass 2 instead of the Corning Gorilla Glass 7i used in the K80), and stronger specifications.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 28,2024

Huawei Mate 70 / 70 Pro / 70 Pro+ / 70 RS Ultimate

Huawei's Mate 70 flagship smartphone family includes four models. The basic Mate 70 offers a 6.7" 2500 nits 120Hz 1216x2688 LTPO AMOLED display, up to 12GB of memory, up to 1TB of storage, HarmonyOS 4.3, and a triple camera setup.

The Mate 70 Pro has a larger 6.9" 1316x2832 LTPO AMOLED, and has better specifications. The Mate 70 Pro+ despite its name, has the same display, but with even better specifications.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 27,2024

Huawei Mate X6

Huawei's Mate X6 is a foldable smartphone that offers a 7.93" 120Hz 2240x2440 foldable LTPO AMOLED display, and a 6.45" 120Hz 1080x2440 LTPO AMOLED cover display. The Mate X6 offers up to 16GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage and Huawei's own HarmonyOS 4.3

The Mate 6 will ship by the end of 2024, starting at around $1,800.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 26,2024

New OLED gadget: Oppo Reno13 / Reno13 Pro

Oppo's Reno13 smartphone offers a 6.59" 120Hz 1256x2760 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 8350 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. The Reno13 Pro offers better specifications, including a larger 6.83" 120Hz 1272x2800 AMOLED.

Both Reno13 smartphones will ship by the end of November 2024, starting at around $350 in China.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 26,2024

New OLED gadget: Vivo Y300

Vivo's Y300 smartphone offers a 6.67" 120Hz 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 4 Gen 2, 8 GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.

The Y300 Will ship soon in China starting at around $250.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 22,2024

Asus ROG Phone 9 / 9 Pro

Asus' ROG Phone 9 is a gaming smartphone, that offers a 6.78" 2500 nits 185Hz (world's fastest smartphone OLED display) 1080x2400 LTPO AMOLED display (produced by SDC). The ROG Phone 9 also sports a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.

The ROG Phone 9 Pro offers the same display, but with stronger specifications.

The ROG Phone 9 will start shipping soon starting at around $1,100.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 19,2024

ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro / Pro+

ZTE 's Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro smartphone offers a 6.85-inch 144Hz 1216x2688 AMOLED display (produced by BOE) with an under-the-OLED selfie camera. The smartphone has a Spandragon 8 Elite chipset, 12 GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage and a triple camera setup. The REd Magic 10 Pro+ has the same display and improved specifications, including up to 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

ZET's Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro smartphones will start shipping soon in China starting at around $700.

Read the full story Posted: Nov 16,2024

itel S25 / S25 Ultra

itel's budget S25 smartphone offers a 6.78" 120Hz 1080x2436 AMOLED display, a Unisoc T620 chipset, 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage.

The S25 Ultra offers somewhat better specifications, including a curved version of the display, and better glass protection (Corning Gorilla Glass 7u).

Read the full story Posted: Nov 10,2024