As many laptop makers proved at CES earlier this month, there will be plenty of OLED laptops to choose from in 2023. The technology’s high-contrast, rich image quality has captivated creators and power users alike. However, the new year means new ways to attract shoppers, so one approach he’s planning for Samsung in the upcoming series of Galaxy Books concerns the physical construction of the screen.
Samsung Display, which makes display panels for various companies, including parent company Samsung Electronics, announced on Tuesday that it has begun mass production of a new touch-enabled OLED laptop screen. Samsung Display calls it the first On Cell Touch AMOLED (OCTA) screen for laptops. According to his Google translation of the South Korea-based company’s announcement, these screens use embedded touch sensors, whereas his other OLED laptop panels use adhesive to touch. I am sticking a film screen with a sensor. According to Samsung Display, this film accounts for 6-11% of the screen thickness.
Samsung Display claims that because it uses less material, its OCTA technology is more environmentally friendly than previous designs, and that the “simplified” panel construction makes it lighter in weight.
Samsung Display is clearly targeting high-end panels by including specs like a 16:10 aspect ratio and “3K” resolution. This is expected to mean 2880 by 1800. Samsung Display’s announcement included an image of the concept laptop’s 16-inch he panel. A 16-inch screen and a 2880 x 1800 pixel OLED screen would have a pixel density of 212.3 pixels per inch.
The screen also supports a refresh rate of 120 Hz. High refresh rates are already straining battery life, but the panel is also OLED and likely aimed at thinner laptop designs with less room for powerful batteries and cooling, so battery life This is the biggest concern for PCs that use OCTA.
Samsung Display said it expects the panel to debut in Samsung’s next series of Galaxy Book laptops. This he will launch in February and will be “extremely portable.” Samsung will unveil its new Galaxy Book PCs at the Galaxy Unpacked Event on February 1st.
New laptop touchscreens with OLED computing displays are finally starting to improve the options. In the laptop space, the most extreme designs expected in 2023 include the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i with two 13.3-inch OLED screens. The Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 3D OLED (H7604) and Vivobook Pro 16 3D OLED (K6604) both feature glasses-free 3D OLED. In fact, almost every laptop in Asus’ 2023 lineup has an OLED option. Technology is starting to work for gamers.
Samsung Display’s OCTA OLED has mostly appeared in smartphones since the manufacturer debuted it in 2010. If this design proves successful in laptops, companies will be looking to extend battery life, improve cooling to boost production, or even dare to have better port selection than is currently available in OLED laptops. increase.
