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:
Samsung's A15 budget smartphone offers a 6.5" 90Hz 1080x2340 Super AMOLED display, a Mediatek Helio G99 chipset, 8 GB of RAM, 125/256 GB of storage and a microSDXC memory slot.
The A15 will ship by the end of 2023, starting at around $210.
The OnePlus 12 flagship phone offers a 6.82" 4500 nits 120Hz 1440x3168 LTPO X1 AMOLED display (produced by BOE), a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 24 GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The OnePlus 12 will ship by the end of December 2023, starting at around $600.
Meizu's 21 smartphone offers a 6.55" 1800 nits 120Hz 1080x2340 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 12 GB of RAM and 512GB of storage and a triple camera setup with a main 200 MP sensor.
The Meizu 21 is now shipping in China starting at around $500.
Xiaomi's Redmi K70 smartphone family starts with the budget K70E that offers a 6.67" 120Hz 1800 nits 1220x2712 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 8300 Ultra chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
Next up is the K70, which upgrades the display to a 6.67" 120Hz 4000 nits 1440x3200 AMOLED, and also offers a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and other stronger specifications.
The Honor 100 and 100 Pro smartphones offer the same 6.78" 120Hz 2600 nits 1224x2700 AMOLED display. The 100 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. The Honor 100 Pro offers a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage.
The Honor 100 and 100 Pro are now shipping in China.
Vivo's X100 smartphone offers a 6.78-inch 120Hz 3000 nits 1260x2800 LTPO AMOLED display, a MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage.
The X100 Pro offers the same display but with some better specifications.
The vivo iQOO 12 smartphone offers a 6.78" 144Hz 3000 nits 1280x2800 AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen-3 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The iQOO 12 Pro offers a similar display, but with a higher resolution (1440x3200), and somewhat improved specifications (such as IP68 water resistance).
The Xiaomi 14 smartphone offers a 6.36" 120Hz 3000 nits 1200x2670 LTPO AMOLED, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The Xiaomi 14 Pro offers a larger display - 6.73" 120Hz 3000 nits 1440x3200 LTPO AMOLED, and otherwise similar specifications.
The OnePlus Open foldable smartphone is a rebrand of the Oppo Find N3 (the phone was co-developed by Oppo and OnePlus) - with the same 7.82" 120Hz 2800 nits 2268x2440 LTPO AMOLED display, and the 6.31" 120Hz 2800 nits 1116x2484 LTPO AMOLED.
The OnePlus Open will ship soon starting at around $1,700.
The Honor X9b offers a 6.78-inch 120Hz 1220x2652 AMOLED display, Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, 12GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage and a triple camera setup.
The Honor X9b is expected to ship soon.
