Samsung Display fulfills its promise to increase OLED production. The company has begun producing 90 Hz portable-sized OLED panels, which will appear on several 14-inch Asus laptops.
“The demand for laptops is constantly increasing as working from home and remote learning become the new norm,” Asus Deputy General Manager YC Chen said in a statement. “OLED screens can meet the diverse needs of consumers, as they use laptops for school, virtual meetings, video streaming, games and more.”
In a statement, Samsung Display said: “The 90 Hz OLED panel offers more options for consumers who want to enjoy high-performance content on their laptops. With our innovative OLEDs, we are pioneers and market leaders in technologies of visualization that offer a quality of image superior ”.
Samsung Display first announced that it would soon begin producing OLED panels in January, although it did not specify a list of partners. “OLED panels can better meet the diverse needs of the consumer for laptops used in telecommuting, online education, video streaming and gaming,” the company said at the time.
While this is the first official confirmation from Samsung Display that mass production has begun, the announcement should come as no surprise to anyone who has been watching the laptop market. With a few exceptions, OLED has been introduced heavily in high-end laptops in recent years, but will soon become much more common in smaller, affordable laptops, if recent OEM announcements are important. Last month, major manufacturers, including Asus and Lenovo, announced a large number of OLED laptops of different sizes and prices, many with a 90Hz option.
According to Samsung, the new 90 Hz panels will appear on an upcoming 14-inch Zenbook (presumably the Asus Zenbook 14X) and a 14-inch Vivobook Pro.
The Zenbook 14X, which Asus announced on September 2, will be available with a 4K OLED HDR display or a 2.8K 90HZ OLED display, with models starting at $ 1,399.99. (This is a jump from Asus ’latest ultraportable Zenbook OLED, the Zenbook 13, which has an FHD OLED display and starts at $ 799.99).
Asus has also equipped several of its product lines with new OLED panels. Its ProArt StudioBook 16 OLED and ProArt StudioBook 16, slated for a fourth edition, are among the first 16-inch laptops to include 4K HDLED OLED displays. The 14-inch, 15-inch and 16-inch models in the budget-oriented VivoBook line (starting at $ 749.99) have also been equipped with OLEDs, as well as the dual-screen ZenBook Pro Duo 15 and the ultralight ExpertBook of the company’s line of business.
Not to be outdone, Lenovo also announced a number of OLED laptops earlier this month (also with Samsung’s OLED panels). An IdeaPad Slim 7 Carbon with 90Hz OLED display will arrive in October, which Lenovo claims will be the lightest 14-inch OLED laptop on the market at just 2.37 pounds. (This will be a lower resolution QHD + OLED display than the Zenbook 14X’s 4K panel). Also expected in October is the 13.3-inch Lenovo Chromebook Duet 5, a Chrome OS OLED tablet with a detachable keyboard case. Starting at just $ 429.99, it’s likely to be one of the most affordable laptops to have OLED technology.