In recent years OLED technology has emerged as the leading display technology for wearable devices - for fitness bands, smartwatches and VR headsets, due to the great image quality, the low power consumption and to the design possibilities enabled by flexible OLEDs. For more information on OLED displays for wearables, and the latest industry news, click here.
Following is a list of wearable devices with OLED displays:
The Apple Watch Series 5 sports a 324x394 1000-nits always-on LTPO AMOLED display (368x448 on the 44m model), an S5 dual-core chipset, 32GB of storage, GPS, Cellular connectivity (optional), an optical heart sensor and electrical heart sensor.
The Watch Series 5 is now shipping starting at $399.
Samsung's Galaxy Watch Active 2 is a Tizen OS based smartwatch that features either a 1.2" 360x360 or 1.4" 360x360 round Super AMOLED displays, covered with Corning Gorilla Glass DX+.
The Watch Active 2 is based on a 1.15Ghz Exynos 9110 dual-core chipset with 768Mb of RAM (1.5Gb in the LTE models) and 4GB of internal storage.
Xiaomi's fifth-generation fitness band features a 1.2-inch 126x294 AMOLED display, a heart-rate sensor, SpO2 sensor, NFC (optional) and a 14-day battery life.
The Mi Band 5 is now shipping, starting at 189 yuan in China (around $25) and around $50 in the US.
Huawei's Watch GT 2e is an entry-level smartwatch that features a 1.39" 454x454 BOE AMOLED display and is based on Huawei's own wearable platform. It includes an Accelerometer, heart rate sensor, SpO2 sensor and does not have any cellular connectivity.
The Watch GT 2e will ship by the end of April for around $180 in China.a
Oppo's first smartwatch features a 1.91" 402x476 (326 PPI) flexible AMOLED display, a Qualcomm snapdragon Wear 2500 chipset, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, ColorOS Watch operation system and an Accelerometer, gyro, heart rate sensr and a barometer.
The Oppo Watch will ship by the end of March 2020 in China for around $220.
Suunto 7 is a touch adventure Google Wear OS smartwatch that features a round 1.39" AMOLED display, a Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset, GPS Glonass and Galileo support and a 48 hours daily use battery life.
The Suunto 7 is now shipping globally, for $499.
Huami's Amazfit x is the company's next-generation smartphone - which was teased but not officially introduced. The Amazfit will use a highly curved 2.07" 326 PPI 430 nits AMOLED display (produced by Visionox).
The Amazfit X will launch globally in Q1 2020.
Xiaomi's Mi Watch features a 1.78" 368x448 Super AMOLED display (made by EDO), a Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 3100 chipset, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage. It runs on Xiaomi's own wearable operation system.
The Mi Watch is now shipping in China for around $165.
Xiaomi's smart fitness band, the Hey Plus 1S, sports a 0.95" AMOLED display (likely BOE's 120x240 one), 50ATM water resistance, NFC and more.
The Hey Plus 1S is now shipping in China starting at around $25.
Huawei's Watch GT 2 is a smartwatch based on Huawei's own wearable platform. The watch uses a 1.39" 454x454 AMOLED display (likely produced by BOE) or a 1.2" 390x390 on the smaller version. The Watch GT2 has 4GB of internal memory, GPS and a heart rate sensor.
