Xiaomi's Redmi Watch 4 smartwatch offers a relatively large 1.97" 450x390 AMOLED display, Xiaomi's own HyperOS and heart rate and SpO2 sensors. The Redmi Watch 4 is now shipping in China, for about $80 ..read more

Xiaomi's Redmi K70 smartphone family starts with the budget K70E that offers a 6.67" 120Hz 1800 nits 1220x2712 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 8300 Ultra chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1TB of storage. Next up is the K70, which upgrades the display to a 6.67" 120Hz 4000 nits 1440x3200 AMOLED, and also offers a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, and other stronger specifications.   The top of the range is the Redmi K70 Pro, which offers the same display as the K70 but with stronger specifications and up to 24GB of RAM. All of the Xiaomi Redmi K70 family phones are now shipping in C ..read more

Back in April 2022 it was reported that BOE started planning a 8.5-Gen IT AMOLED Line, to target the laptop and tablet markets. Following some delays, the company has now officially announced it plans and is set to start constructing the new fab. Asus ZenBook 17 Fold OLED (BOE panel) BOE says that it will invest 63 billion Yuan (over $8.8 billion USD) to build the new fab in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China - where its first B7 6-Gen flexible AMOLED line is located as well. The new fab will use 2290x2620 glass substrates (which is usually referred to as 8.7-Gen) and will have a capacity of 3 ..read more

Universal Display announced that it signed a long-term OLED material supply and license agreements with BOE Technology Group. This is actually an extension of UDC's previous agreement with UDC (which was signed in 2017). UDC did not disclose the financial terms. BOE recently announced that it shipped over 100 million AMOLED displays in 2023.  ..read more

The Honor 100 and 100 Pro smartphones offer the same 6.78" 120Hz 2600 nits 1224x2700 AMOLED display. The 100 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. The Honor 100 Pro offers a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset, up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 1 TB of storage. The Honor 100 and 100 Pro are now shipping in China ..read more

RTINGS.com posted an interesting article, detailing the results of their long-term (10-months) longevity tests on several OLED and LCD TVs and monitors. The test is simple - display a CNN feed constantly, and checking what happens. Note that CNN changed their logo a bit a few months into the test, but the team did not make any changes to the test itself. As is expected, OLED monitors and TVs suffer from image retention problems, and the CNN logo is visible in some of these panels, when showing a gray screen. Some TVs suffer more than others.  ..read more

Evaluation services provider SGS has awarded Samsung Display's OLED laptop displays with its SGS Green Mark ECCS, HSA) following completion of a hazardous substance assessment. SGS tested SDC's laptop OLEDs to precisely verify the presence of, and to quantify the volume of, over 300 hazardous substances of environmental concern which may be harmful to humans and the environment. This includes heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants and others. Samsung Display’s OLED panels performed well, achieving low levels, below the HSA testing threshold ..read more

OLED-Info will soon be launching the new OLED Toolbox, which is now ready for pre-orders, with a special early-bird discount.  The OLED Toolbox is expected to be released in January 2024. The toolbox will be a must-have information platform for companies in the display industry, and will include five different parts: An information guide to OLED technologies, processes, the industry and the market Market status and industry roadmaps OLED technology, market and industry analysis and insights - written by Ron Mertens based on years of experience in the display industry  Structured d ..read more

Garmin's Descent MK3i is a high-end diving smartwatch, that offers a 1.2" 390x390 AMOLED display (or 1.4' 454x454 AMOLEDs) on the large 51-mm model) and also air integration paired with the company's Descent T2 transceivers, subwave sonar-based diver messaging, up to 66 hours of battery life in dive mode, diveview color maps and more. Garmin''s Descent MK3i dive watches will soon ship starting at $1.399 ..read more

he Vivo Watch 3 smartwatch offers a 1.43" 466x466 AMOLED display, 64MB of RAM, 4 GB of storage, heart rate and SPo2 sensors, and the company's own Blue OS. The Vivo Watch 3 will ship later in November 2023 for around $175 ..read more