There are some reports that the Google Nexus-S phone will have a 4" curved OLED display : a flexible OLED made by Samsung (the whole phone is actually made by Samsung, based around the same hardware as the Galaxy-S phone). This is very interesting...
As we reported a few days ago, Samsung is showing a new 7" Super-AMOLED display. Interestingly, they are showing it in a Galaxy-Tab prototype. But this isn't surprising: Samsung already said that they wanted to use an AMOLED, but couldn't do so because they can't make enough, and they also said that they plan to expand the Galaxy-Tab line with AMOLED-using tablets in 2011.
The new 7" panel has a WSVGA (1024 x 600) resolution (the same as in the current tab). In addition to the new 7" panel, Samsung is also showing a 4.5" panel aimed for mobile phones.
Update: The E7 has been delayed till 'early 2011'
Nokia has announced today (on Twitter) that the E7 will start shipping next month (December 10th). The E7 is a QWERTY slider running Symbian^3 and has a 4" Clear-Black AMOLED (640x360) display. Other specs include a 8mp camera (720p video), 16MB flash memory, W-Fi and GPS.
Microsoft WP7 phones starts shipping, including the Samsung Focus and Dell Venue Pro, both of which use AMOLED displays. The Venue Pro is a portrait slider with a 4.1" AMOLED display, and is now available in some Microsoft stores (and will be available on-line from Dell's site next week).
Dell Venue Pro
The Focus Focus has a 4" Super-AMOLED and is now shipping for AT&T's network.
Nokia announced today that are now shipping the C6-01 phone. The C6-01 is the first phone that uses Nokia's new ClearBlack-Display technology: which is an AMOLED display with a polarized filter that helps it perform better outdoors. The C6-01 has a 3.2" (640x360) display.
Other features of the C6-01 include Symbian^3, 8mp camera that can record 720p video, Wi-Fi and A-GPS.
There are some rumors about an upcoming BlackBerry Storm 3 phone, and the hardware spec include a 3.7" AMOLED touch display. These are just rumors, but if true this will be BlackBerry's first AMOLED phone.
Update 2: There are new rumors about this device, calling it the Nexus-S, with some great features...
Update: according to this SlashGear post, Samsung denies these rumors and say that they are "simply not true"...
There are reports that Google and Samsung are set to announce the 'Nexus-Two' phone soon. It will be based on the Samsung Galaxy S phone (and so have a 4" WVGA 800X480 Super-AMOLED display), the only difference is the addition of a front-facing camera and a newer version of Android (v2.3).
The Pantech Laser for AT&T is now shipping for $299 contract-free, or for $0.01 with a new contract. The laser is the "thinnest QWERTY slider" - at least according to AT&T. It's 9.95mm thick, and has a 3.1" touch AMOLED and a 3mp camera.
Buy the Pantech Laser now for $299 (or $0.01 with a new AT&T contract).
iSupply has performed a teardown of Nokia's N8, and they say that the most expensive part is the display which costs $39.25. This includes the 3.5" AMOLED and the touch overlay. The whole phone costs $187.47 to build (and it costs $549 to buy unlocked...). The AMOLED is made by Samsung of course, while the touch layer is made by Synaptics.
Back in July, iSupply estimated that the 3.7" AMOLED in the Droid Incredible costs $31.2. We're not sure if that included the touch overlay, but in any case it's strange - the price has changed considerably. Perhaps Samsung is now charging higher prices for AMOLEDs...
Microsoft officially launched the Windows Phone 7 OS yesterday. They announced 10 phones from HTC, Dell, LG and Samsung. Three of those phones use AMOLED displays: the Samsung Focus (with a 4" Super-AMOLED (leaked back in July as the Cetus), the Samsung Omnia 7 (with the same 4" Super-AMOLED display) and the Dell Venue Pro (leaked back in April as the Lightning).
Samsung Omnia 7
There were reports that Microsoft expects most WP7 phones to have AMOLED displays, and even designed the UI so it'll suit those displays (with black background to conserve power). It's great to see that even today, with AMOLED supply issues, 3 out of 10 WP7 phones use AMOLED displays.
