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:
Huawei's Nova Flip is a clamshell smartphone that offers a 6.94" 120Hz 1136x2690 LTPO foldable OLED display, and an external square 2.14" 480x480 LTPO AMOLED. The Nova Flip offers up to 1TB of storage, a dual camera setup and Huawei's own Harmony OS 4.2.
The Nova Flip is expected to ship on August 2024 starting at around $750.
Realme's 13 Pro smartphone offers a 6.7" 120Hz 2000 nits (peak) 1080x2412 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 72 Gen 2 chipset, up to 12 GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. The Realme 13 Pro+ offers the same display, but with an improved camera setup.
The Realme 13 Pro and 13 Pro+ will soon ship in India starting at around $330.
HMD's Crest smartphone offers a 6.67" 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Unisoc T760 chipset, 6GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, a microSDXC card slot and a dual camaera setup. The Crest max offers the same display, but with expanded memory and a triple camera setup.
The HMD Crest and Crest Max will ship in August 2024, starting at around $190.
ZTE's Nubia Z60 Ultra Leading high-end smartphones offers a 6.8" 120Hz 1500 nits 1116x2480 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset (overclocked), up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. The Z60 Ultra Leading also has a behind-the-OLED selfie camera.
The lower-cost Nubia Z60S Pro has a 6.7" 120Hz 1200 nits 1260x2800 AMOLED display, a snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, similar memory options, a standard notch-type selfie camera.
HMD's Skyline smartphone offers a 6.55" 144Hz 1000 nits 1080x2400 flexible AMOLED display (produced by LGD), a Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.
The Skyline phone is now shipping for around $550.
Xiaomi's Redmi K70 Ultra smartphone offers a 6.67" 144Hz 4000 nits 1220x2812 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 9300+ chipset, up to 24GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The Redmi K70 Ultra is now shipping in China starting at around $370.
Xiaomi's Mix Fold 4 is a foldable smartphone that has a 7.98" 120Hz 3000 nits 2224x2488 foldable LTPO AMOLED display, and a second 6.56" 120Hz 3000 nits 1080x2520 LTPO external AMOLED display.
The Mix Fold 4 is based on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage, and a quad camera setup.
Xiaomi's Mix Flip is a clamshell smartphone that offers a 6.86" 120Hz 3000 nits 1224x2912 foldable LTPO AMOLED, with a secondary 4" 120Hz 3000 nits 1392x1204 AMOLED display. The Mix Flip is powered by a snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and offers up to 16GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage and a dual 50 MP camera setup.
The Mix Flip is now shipping in China starting at around $850.
The OnePlus Nord 4 smartphone offers a 6.74" 120Hz 2150 nits (peak) 1240x2772 Fluid AMOLED, a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.
The OnePlus Nord 4 will ship in August 2024, starting at around $550.
The Honor Magic Vs3 is a foldable smartphone that offers a 7.92" 120Hz 2156x2344 foldable LTPO AMOLED display, an external 6.43" 120Hz 1060x2376 LTPO AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage.
The Magic V3 has the same display but with stronger specifications. Both phones will ship soon starting at around $1,100 for the Magic Vs3.
