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.
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:
Vivo's X Fold3 smartphone offers a 8.03" 120Hz 4500 nits 2200x2480 LTPO foldable AMOLED display, and also a 6.53" 120Hz 4500 nits 1172x2748 AMOLED display. Other specifications include a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage and a triple camera setup.
The X Fold 3 Pro offers the same display, with stronger specifications.
Xiaomi's Civi 4 Pro, the first smartphone to use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, offers a 6.55" 3000 nits 120Hz 1236x2750 AMOLED display, up to 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage, and a triple camera setup with a 50MP 2x optical zoom lens.
The Civi 4 Pro is now available, starting at around $420.
The OnePlus Ace 3V smartphone sports a 6.74" 2150 nits (peak) 120Hz 1240x2772 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage and a dual camera setup.
The OnePlus Ace 3V will ship by March 25 in China, starting at around $280.
The Infinix Note 40 smartphone series all feature the same display, a 6.78" 120Hz 1080x2436 curved AMOLED display. The Note 40 offers a Mediatek Helio G99 Ultimate chipset, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.
The Note 40 Pro offers improved specifications, and the Note 40 Pro is another step up with 12GB of RAM and faster charging.
Honor's Magic 6 Ultimate flagship phone offers a 6.8" 120Hz 5000 nits 1280 x 2800 LTPO AMOLED (BOE tandem panel), a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 16 GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage and a triple camera setup with a 180MP 2.5x optical zoom lens.
The Magic 6 Ultimate will ship by the end of March 2024, starting at around $1000.
Xiaomi's Poco X6 Neo smartphone offers a 6.67" 120Hz 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 6080 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, and a dual camera setup with a main 108MP sensor.
The Poco X6 Neo is now shipping starting at around $200.
The Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra flagship smartphone offers a 6.78" 144Hz 2500 nits 1080x2400 LTPO AMOLED, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16GB or RAM and 512 GB of storage and a triple camera setup.
The Zenfone 11 Ultra will ship in mid April 2024, starting at around $900.
vivo's IQOO Z9 midrange smartphone offers a 6.67" 1800 nits 120Hz 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 7200 chipset, a 50 MP Sony IMX882 camera, up to 8 GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage, and a microSDXC card slot.
The IZOO Z9 is now shipping starting at around $240. Vivo is also offering the same phone under the name 'Vivo T3'.
Samsung's Galaxy M15 is an entry-level smartphone that offers a 6.5" 90Hz 1080x2340 Super AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 6100+ chipset, up to 8 GB of storage, up to 256 GB of storage and a microSDXC card slot.
The M15 will ship later in March 2024.
Samsung's Galaxy A35 smartphone offers a 6.6" 500 nits 120Hz 1080x2340 Super AMOLED display, an Exynos 1380 chipset, up to 8 GB of RAM, up to 256GB of storage, and a microSDXC card slot. The Galaxy A55 offers a similar display (that is slightly brighter at 550 nits), but somewhat stronger specifications.
The Galaxy A35 and A55 will ship later in March 2024.
