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:
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.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Flip6 is a clamshell smartphone that is based on a foldable 6.7" 120Hz 2,600 nits 1080x2640 LTPO AMOLED display. It also has a 3.4" 720x748 Super AMOLED cover display.
The Galaxy Z Flip6 has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 12GB of RAM, up to 512GB of storage and a dual camera setup.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold6 is a foldable smartphone that is based on a 7.6" 120Hz 2,600 nits 1856x2160 foldable LTPO AMOLED display. The phone also has an external 6.3" 120Hz 968x2376 LTPO AMOLED display.
The Z Fold6 has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 12 GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage and a triple camera setup.
Lava's Blaze X smartphone offers a 6.67" 1080*2400 120hz AMOLED display, a Mediatek 6300 chipset, up to 8GB of RAM and up to 128 GB of storage.
The India-bound smartphone will start selling soon starting at $180.
The Oppo A3 is an affordable smartphone that offers a 6.67" 120Hz 1080x2412 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 695 5G chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512GB of storage. There's also a microSDXC card slot.
The phone is now shipping starting at around $230.
Nothing's CMF sub-brand first phone, the CMF Phone 1, offers a 6.67" 120Hz 2000 nits (peak) 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 7300 chipset, up to 8 GB of RAM, up to 256 GB of storage and a microSDXC card slot. The phone has a unique screw-based system of interchangeable backplates and accessories.
The OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite smartphone offers a 6.67" 120Hz 2100 nits (peak) 1080x2400 AMOLED display (produced by SDC), a Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 5G chipset, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and a microSDXC card slot.
The OnePlus Nord CE4 Lite is now shipping (in India), starting at around $350.
Vivo's V40 smartphone has a 6.78" 120Hz 4500 nits 1260x2800 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, up to 12GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage.
The V40 is now shipping. In August 2024 Vivo announced the V40 Pro that has the same display, but with stronger specifications.
