Reports from Korea suggest that Samsung Display has decided to expand its OLED production hub in Asan, looking to expand its flexible (mostly foldable) OLED capacity.
It seems as if Samsung is seeing higher demand for foldable OLEDs in the future, starting with Apple's first foldable OLED smartphone launch later this year.
Samsung Display announced that it has successfully developed the first QD-OLED for monitors to combine 4K resolution with a 360Hz refresh rate.
Samsung says that with the rise of games featuring photorealistic graphics and ultra-high-definition video content, consumer demand has continued to grow for monitors that can deliver both high resolution and fast screen transitions - and SDC is focused on developing a top-tier QD-OLED for monitors.
Samsung Display reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, with revenue of $4.5 billion, and a profit of $280 million.
Samsung reported a decline in its small/medium display business, saying this is due to seasonal effects and the impact of higher memory prices. Samsung's large-area display business maintained stable sales on robust demand for OLED gaming monitors.
Samsung Display announced that its QD-OLED panels have received verification from UL Solutions for their viewing angle performance under the QuantumView standard.
QuantumView is a verification program that evaluates changes in luminance and color coordinates as the viewing angle shifts from the front in 10-degree increments up to 60 degrees. According to UL's assessment results, Samsung Display’s QD-OLED panels maintained above 60% of front-facing luminance even at a 60-degree angle, while color shift remained below 0.012, indicating minimal change.
Samsung Display announced today that it has shipped over 5 million QD-OLED monitor panels last month, about 4 years after the company commenced the mass production of QD-OLED monitor panels.
SDC further says that from 2021 to 2025, it average an annual growth rate of over 320%. It has passed the 1 million unit market in May 2024, and in less than two years it has shipped over 4 million more units.
According to reports in Korea, LG Electronics is considering using Samsung's QD-OLED panels in its future monitor lineup, and is in talks with SDC regarding a supply agreement.
It is said that LG is specifically interested in Samsung's 27-inch 4K 240Hz QD-OLED panel. The reports haven't been verified yet.
For most of OLED's commercial history, the industry operated as a near-monolith: virtually every panel maker deposited RGB organic materials through a Fine Metal Mask (FMM) on 6th-generation glass (or polyimide substrates with a glass carrier), while LG Display stood as the sole practitioner of its WRGB architecture for large-area OLED production.
In recent years, we have seen the emergence of new OLED architectures, processes and materials that signal the end of this technological uniformity. In this article, we examine the different technologies, speculate how the industry is changing and where it is headed - and understand the implications for supply chain companies.
According to reports from Korea, Apple is looking into OLED displays for its 2029 or 2030 iMac monitors, and has reached out to both Samsung Display and LG Display.
Apple, unsurprisingly, is interested in a high-end display, that will sport a high resolution and high brightness, and both SDC and LGD are developing their next-gen panels in order to satisfy Apple's demand.
Samsung Display announced that it has developed a low-reflection high-durability film for QD-OLED monitors. Branded as QuantumBlack, the film reduces light reflection by 20% compared to the company's previous film and increases panel hardness to 3H (up from 2H) - indicating a high level of strength that resists scratches even when contacted by a fingernail.
Samsung says that this new film will be fully applied to all new QD-OLED monitor products launched this year. The company says it has always applied low-reflection films to its QD-OLED panels, and continues to improve this vital component.
According to a leaked product roadmap, Samsung Display is developing two new QD-OLED monitor panels, sized 39-inch and 24-inch. Samsung Electronics will release monitors based on this panel in early 2027.
Samsung's 2025 monitor range, that does not include a 24-inch QD-OLED
This is very interesting news. Up until now, all consumer OLED monitors have been offered with sizes of 27-inch and higher, and consumer that want to use smaller monitors (me included) were left with no choice.
