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:
The Pixel 8a smartphone offers a 6.1" 120Hz 2000 nits 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Google Tensor G3 chipset, 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage.
The Pixel 8a smartphone will ship soon starting at $499.
Vivo's mid-range V30e smartphone offers a 6.78" 120Hz 1300 nits 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, 8 GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage and a microSDXC card slot.
The V30e will start shipping soon in India, starting at around $350.
The Blackview Hero 10 is a foldable smartphone, that has a 6.9" 1300 nits 1080x2560 foldable AMOLED display, tested for over 250,000 folds. The phone also offers a Helio G99 chipset, 12 GB of RAM, 256 GB of storage, 4G connectivity, and a dual camera setup with a main 108MP Samsung HM6 sensor.
The Blackview Hero 10 will be the world's cheapest foldable OLED phone (replacing the Nubia Flip), starting at around $430. It is listed already at AliExpress but with a higher placeholder price, which will hopefully be soon corrected.
Moondrop's first smartphone, the MIAD 01 offers a 6.7" 120Hz 2460x080P curved AMOLED display, a MediaTek Dimensity 7050 chipset, 12GB of memory, 256 GB of storage, and a microSD card slot.
The MIAD 01 is now shipping in China, for around $350
The Honor 200 Lite mid-range smartphone offers a 6.7" 1080x2412 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 6080 chipset, 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.
The Honor 200 Lite will ship in early May 2024, for around $370.
The Infinix GT 20 Pro gaming smartphone offers a 6.78" 144Hz 1080x2436 1300 nits flexible AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 8200 Ultimate chipset, up to 12GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage and a microSDXC memory slot.
The phone has a special ESports mode for "zero interruption during gaming", to give it a similar performance to gaming consoles. The Infinix GT 20 Pro is now shipping starting at around $275.
Huawei's Pura 70 smartphone family use LTPO AMOLED displays on all models. The Pura 70 offers a 6.6" 2500 nits 120Hz 1256x2760 LTPO AMOLED, a Kirin 9010 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. The Pura 70 Pro has a larger 6.8" 2500 nits 120Hz 1260x2844 LTPO AMOLED, and similar processor and memory options.
The Pura 70 Pro+ and the Pura 70 Ultra have the same screen (and chipset) as the Pura 70 Pro, but stronger specifications.
Vivo's IQOO Z9 Turbo and the new Z9 phone (sold in China only, not to be confused with the Z9 launched internationally earlier this year) both use the same display, a 6.78" 144Hz 4500 nits (peak) 1260x2800 AMOLED display, produced by TCL CSoT.
The Z9 Turbo offers a Snapdrgagon 8s Gen 3 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. The Z9 (Chinese market) has a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, up to 12 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. Both phones will ship on April 29.
The Galaxy C55 is a mid-range smartphone that offers a 6.7" 120Hz 1080x2400 Super AMOLED+ display, a Snapdrgaon 7 Gen 1 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and a microSDXC slot.
The Galaxy C55 is now shipping starting at $275.
Realme's P1 budget smartphone offers a 6.67" 120Hz 1200 nits (peak) 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 7050 chipset, up to 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage.
The P1 Pro has a 6.7" 120Hz 950 nits (peak) 1080x2412 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 chipset, up to 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage.
