Sharp introduces a new smartphone with an IGZO AMOLED, is it producing AMOLEDs again?

Sharp introduced a new phone in Japan, called the AQUOS R6, which features a 6.67-inch 2730x1260 1Hz-240Hz dynamic refresh rate IGZO AMOLED display.

Sharp Aquos R6 photo

This is an interesting development. Sharp started producing flexible OLEDs for its own devices in low volume in August 2018, but has since ceased production later in 2019. This is the first time we hear of an IGZO mobile AMOLED display, and it is likely that Sharp produces these in-house.

 

 

Sharp Pro IGZO OLED photo

Hopefully we will know more about Sharp's AMOLED displays soon, which are branded as Pro IGZO OLED.

Posted: May 17,2021 by Ron Mertens