Counterclockwise: the rise of OLED smartphones and why it happened

24 March 2019
It's not just the advantage in image quality and contrast, modern smartphone designs are better-suited to OLED.

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Anonymous, 24 Mar 2019What about pwm flicker? Its enough of an issue that Note... moreOm smartphones (going into) developer settings can help change the flicker completely.

    With an additional polarization layer like Nokia's ClearBlack Display (I have it back then in early days of Lumia), LCD (of course we talk about IPS LCD) should be good enough compromise between cost, age-of-service, display quality, and repair cost. Specially for me who use device for more than three years of intense usage. Sure, having OLED is cool, but with those plethora of disadvantages, I'd rather pick LCD.

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      Anonymous, 24 Mar 2019Not everyone I prefer lcdso do i. oled can be easily get burn and now a days you need a lot of $$$$ to replace it.

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        • LQu
        • 24 Mar 2019

        Oled x LCD

        Advantages: better images, less power used when image is majority black

        Disavantages: need to be used at lower brightness, burn in, image retention after only few weeks or months, more power used when image is majority white (2x than LCD) , more expensive, colour shift


        If LG was the queen of mobile oled since 2009 instead of Samsung the number of lovers would be much lower even if their screens had same quality. The fact that it's Samsung boosts the compliments.

          Notable amoled from the past: Nokia 808. RGB pattern and led sunlight legibility test for 5 or more years. (Until today only few models can beat its score.) Yeah, resolution and pixel density weren't the best but that was because of Symbian restrictions. Looking at 808 screen right now, it's perfectly sharp and clear, thanks to RGB pattern. Diamond pattern sucks. Big time. :)

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            • 24 Mar 2019

            ILoveSmartphones, 24 Mar 2019when Samsung first released oled on the galaxy s1 everyone ... moreWeird the fact their most expensive TVs are LCD.
            Where I live , a QLED series 9 of 88" costs equivalent to US$ 18000.

            Bravia Oled 65" came for $6000.

              ILoveSmartphones, 24 Mar 2019when Samsung first released oled on the galaxy s1 everyone ... moreOriginal Galaxy display sucked big time. Prolly as much as its camera.

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                • 24 Mar 2019

                ILoveSmartphones, 24 Mar 2019when Samsung first released oled on the galaxy s1 everyone ... moreNot everyone I prefer lcd

                  AMOLED has been well ahead of LCD for a long time now. I tried a Mi Mix 2 and hated the LCD... How anyone can enjoy grey blacks has me beat.

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                    • js}
                    • 24 Mar 2019

                    What about pwm flicker?

                    Its enough of an issue that NotebookCheck measures it in all reviews now.

                    Is GSMArena going to gloss over this issue?

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                      • TXd
                      • 24 Mar 2019

                      Still IPS over OLED repairwise.

                        ILoveSmartphones, 24 Mar 2019when Samsung first released oled on the galaxy s1 everyone ... moreAnd it's taken them ten years to get oled/amoled to look natural and measure well on mobile devices..
                        If everybody else walked over a cliff, I presume you would follow..
                        Just because "everyone" does it, doesn't mean its the best, usually it means just good enough, while being more profitable..
                        I have properly colour trained eyes, (printer) I still prefer a good LCD to every amoled screen I have tried on a mobile device yet..

                          when Samsung first released oled on the galaxy s1 everyone was nay its over saturated I prefare lcd bla bla, look who is using oled screen everyone. Sometimes when it's good to keep your mouth shut. Samsung rules the tech industry they have the best innovators.

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                            • LQu
                            • 24 Mar 2019

                            I do not the fetish for oled.
                            It has more CONS than PRO.

                            It costs much more due to not efficient way to be made by koreans ( evaporation costs more than inkjet printing, also wastes more material).
                            Screens costs a lot to be replaced, more than 30% of the device's price.

                            No surprise the computers avoid it...

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                              • 24 Mar 2019

                              Samsung also has a modular MicroLED TV. Buy a 55" TV now, expand to a home cinema later. Or go from 16:9 to Anamorphic without a new TV.

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