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:
Google's Pixel 9 Pro Fold smartphone (part of the Pixel 9 series) offers a 8" 120Hz 2,700 nits (peak) 2076x2152 foldable LTPO AMOLED display, and an external 6.3" 120Hz 1080x2424 AMOLED.
The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is powered by a Google Tensor G4 chipset, and offers up to 16GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage.
Google's Pixel 9 smartphone includes 3 smartphones (and also another foldable phone), all with AMOLED displays. The plain Pixel 9 offers a 6.3" 120Hz 2,700 nits (peak) 1080x2424 AMOLED display, a Google Tensor G4 chipset, 12GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage.
The Pixel 9 Pro offers a 6.3" 3,000 nits (peak) 120Hz 1280x2856 LTPO AMOLED, and up to 16 GB of RAM and 1 TB of storage. The Pixel 9 Pro XL offers a similar but larger display - 6.8" 1344x2992 LTPO AMOLED.
The Infinix Note 40X 5G is a budget smartphone that offers a 6.78" 120Hz 1080x2460 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 6300 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage.
The Infinix Note 40X 5G is shipping now in India starting at around $175.
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.
