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LG Display has ceased making LCD iPhone screens, and abandoned hopes of doing so in the future, according to a supply-chain report. Separately, the company has stated that it may cease making its own smartphones.

LG once rivaled Samsung as a key supplier of iPhone screens, and Apple benefited from having two companies able to meet both technical and volume requirements. Two suppliers provided redundancy in Apple’s supply-chain, as well as giving the company negotiating strength when it came to allocating orders to the two companies.

Things changed when Apple began transitioning to OLED with the iPhone X. LG was late to recognize the industry trend from LCD to OLED, and was ill-prepared for Apple’s switch. That left Samsung as the sole supplier for Apple’s flagship phones for some time.

LG did finally manage to catch up and win Apple OLED orders, but suffered technical problems even after doing so – and Samsung still retains a technical lead.

LG Display has halted production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for iPhones, TheElec has learned […] LG Display halted iPhone LCD production at its AP3 line at Gumi in the third quarter. The line also stopped making panels for other phones as well in the fourth quarter.

For LG Display, the LCD line for iPhones has been low in profitability. Apple also used organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels instead for its iPhone 12 series. Sales of iPhones with OLED is also expected to exceed that of those with LCD panels this year.

Apple’s LCD model, iPhone SE, which launched last year, will use LCD panels by JDI and Sharp instead. LG Display had previously attempted to supply LCD for the 2019-model iPhone SE but failed.

The factory which made the LCD screens is reportedly being repurposed to make display panels for cars. LG is the current market leader in automobile displays of nine inches or larger.

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Apple’s reliance on Samsung to supply OLED displays for iPhones may be easing up. The development is an important one for potentially reducing the cost to manufacture the premium priced iPhones.

Apple Inc. will soon land a second supplier for the organic light-emitting diode screens used in high-end iPhones, according to people familiar with the matter, a key step in the U.S. company’s push to reduce iPhone costs and its dependence on Samsung Electronics Co.

The report adds that LG will only be on the line for 2 to 4 million OLED screens to start — making it a relatively small supplier compared to Samsung — but adding a second supplier to the mix could give Apple leverage innegotiating costs with Samsung.

Bloombergsays the current plan is for LG to supply OLED displays for one of the new iPhone models being released later this fall. Apple is rumored to launch an updated 5.8-inch OLED model like the iPhone X and introduce a larger 6.5-inch OLED model. A third new model this fall is expected to feature a cheaper 6.1-inch LCD screen.

LG aims to be the sole supplier of OLED displays for one of the models of iPhones, according to the report, but the firm may not be able to produce enough screens to totally break Apple’s dependence on Samsung. Bloomberg says the first of two layers of approval for LG will take place in July. New iPhones are expected to hit stores in September.

Reporting earlier this year out of South Korea claimed Apple would tap LG as the sole supplier of the OLED display for the 6.5-inch iPhone — likely a pricier and possibly lower volume model — with Samsung holding on to 5.8-inch iPhone display orders.

Apple is said to haveinvested $2.7 billion in a production line for LG dedicated to OLED production for iPhones, while Sharp has also been considered an option for OLED supply.

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The iPhone SE (2020) owes its affordable appeal in part to being the latest Apple device to launch with a "Liquid Retina" IPS-LCD display. There is a good chance that those buying existing units of this device get one with a panel made by LG. However, thanks to a rather abrupt decision by this OEM"s Display division, there are now no more coming.

According to TheElec, the Korean electronics and components manufacturer has reportedly cancelled its agreement to supply Apple with LCD panels for mobile devices. This, apparently, leaves the OEM in the lurch when it comes to making new SE (2020) units, and has forced it to turn to alternative vendors Sharp and JDI instead.

The iPhone 11 is also LCD and remains to be discontinued; however, the new report does not cover what happens to that flagship variant from now on. However, it does mention that LG"s decision is not so much connected to its rumored exit from the smartphone market as it is to the lack of profit in making non-OLEDmobile screens these days.

Then again, LG LCD panels will still exist, albeit as in-car screens only from now on. They will be of the 20-inch or bigger LTPS TFT variety only, as it seems smaller ones are (again) not making money for its Display arm any more. Similarly, it is reportedly getting out of the amorphous-silicon (aSi) LCD business due to competition from other companies such as BOE and AU Optronics.

Chinese display manufacturer Beijing Oriental Electronics (BOE) could lose out on 30 million display orders for the upcoming iPhone 14 after it reportedly altered the design of the iPhone 13’s display to increase yield rate, or the production of non-defective products, according to a report from The Elec (via 9to5Mac).

Apple tasked BOE with making iPhone 13 displays last October, a short-lived deal that ended earlier this month when Apple reportedly caught BOE changing the circuit width of the iPhone 13’s display’s thin-film transistors without Apple’s knowledge. (Did they really think Apple wouldn’t notice?).

This decision could continue to haunt BOE, however, as Apple may take the company off the job of making the OLED display for the iPhone 14 as well. According to The Elec, BOE sent an executive to Apple’s Cupertino headquarters to explain the incident and says it didn’t receive an order to make iPhone 14 displays. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 14 at an event this fall, but The Elec says production for its display could start as soon as next month.

In place of BOE, The Elec expects Apple to split the 30 million display order between LG Display and Samsung Display, its two primary display providers. Samsung will likely produce the 6.1 and 6.7-inch displays for the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro, while LG is set to make the 6.7-inch display for the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

According to MacRumors, BOE previously only manufactured screens for refurbished iPhones. Apple later hired the company to supply OLED displays for the new iPhone 12 in 2020, but its first batch of panels failed to pass Apple’s rigorous quality control tests. Since the beginning of this year, BOE’s output has also been affected by a display driver chip shortage.

South Korea"s LG and the panel-making unit of Samsung will supply organic light emitting diode (OLED) screens for Apple"s iPhones, the Electronic Times reported on Wednesday citing unnamed sources.

The report comes after years of speculation that Apple will start using the next-generation technology in its phones. OLED screens are thinner and offer better picture quality than the mainstay liquid crystal display screens.

LG and Samsung are close to a final agreement with Apple for the screens, the Electronic Times report said, adding the two Korean firms plan a combined 15 trillion won ($12.8 billion) in capital expenditure to build up OLED production capacity over the next two to three years.

Samsung Display, which currently supplies OLED smartphone panels to parent Samsung Electronics and Chinese vendors, is likely getting bigger volumes from Apple than LG Display, the paper said.

LG Display is indeed joining the supply chain for Apple"s 2018 OLED iPhones, and will reportedly be delivering somewhere between 3 and 5 million panels — an amount higher than suggested in other recent rumors.

"Initially, Apple will get between 3 million and 5 million OLED displays from LG Display. LG plans to increase its production capacity," said an industry official cited by The Korea Times. Recently, sources for the South China Morning Post claimed the amount would be between 2 and 4 million.

The Times source added that the "key concern" is LG"s smaller production capacity versus Samsung, currently Apple"s only OLED supplier. LG has been producing LCD panels for Apple, but has been slow to move into OLED for phone-sized devices, and will need to ramp up dramatically to catch up with Samsung. The latter is thought to have received an initial order of 110 million panels for the iPhone X.

The official quoted by the Times added that the quality of the OLED screen on LG"s recent V30 is inferior to Samsung Galaxy phones. Apple is known to be strict about the quality of its displays and likely wouldn"t accept any compromise, especially within shipments of the same iPhone model.

Apple is believed to be working on three new iPhone models for 2018: 5.8- and 6.5-inch OLED products, plus a 6.1-inch LCD unit. LCD panels are typically much cheaper than quality OLED, which could help push the 6.1-inch iPhone"s price below $700.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that the devices could come in an assortment of new colors. The 6.5-inch phone is rumored as coming in black, white, and gold, while the 6.1-inch one may be available in gray, white, blue, red, and orange.

According to a new industry report, long-time Apple supplier LG will no longer supply LCDs for the iPhone SE, though it still supplies OLED for the iPhone 12 lineup.

LG is a major manufacturer of display technology and supplies a small portion of OLED for use in the iPhone 12. According to a new report on Wednesday morning, the company will no longer make LCD for the iPhone SE going forward and instead focus those factories on in-vehicle displays.

According to The Elec the LCD line for iPhones has not been profitable. As a result, LG reportedly shut down iPhone LCD screen production in the third quarter of 2020. LG then stopped producing LCDs for all smartphones by the end of the fourth quarter.

Apple moved its entire iPhone lineup to OLED in fall 2020 making the iPhone SE the only new iPhone released with LCD that year. Apple uses multiple suppliers for all of its displays, most notably Samsung manufactures most of Apple"s OLED displays with LG making the rest.

Apple has tried using a third manufacturer, BOE, in the past. BOE keeps running into production quality issues with the OLED, according to reports from the supply chain.

Wednesday"s report says Apple will rely upon Sharp and JDI for LCD panels from now on. LG will repurpose its LCD plants to build low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistors (TFT), which is commonly used for vehicle display touch screens.

Apple is expected to release the next iPhone in 2021 with low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) displays for ProMotion. It is unknown if LG will manufacture those displays or if Samsung and BOE will be sole suppliers for the "iPhone 13" displays.

All eyes are now set on the upcoming budget iPhone SE 2 which Apple is expected to launch early next year. The iPhone SE 2 may be priced at $399 or around Rs 30,000 in India and this could be a game changer. Like the XR and iPhone 11, the iPhone SE 2 will also come with an LCD screen. While Samsung has been supplying display panels to Apple for all models, arch-rival LG seems to raced past Samsung. As per the South Korean media, LG will reportedly supple LCD screens for the iPhone SE 2. Having said that the deal has not yet materialised yet.

According to a report by 9to5Mac, Apple’s truly affordable iPhone — iPhone SE2 — is set to arrive in the first quarter of 2020. The report quotes reliable Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo who says that this new iPhone will look pretty much like the iPhone 8 (launched in 2017) but will be powered by the new A13 Bionic chip which is found in the 2019 iPhone models. While Apple never reveals how much RAM iPhones have, Kuo has said that iPhone SE2 will have 3GB RAM.

The news of a successor to iPhone SE (which was launched in 2015) has been doing the rounds for sometime now. Earlier this year, Nikkei had first reported rumours of an affordable iPhone. Apple has become more price conscious it looks like rumours of iPhone SE2 are true indeed. Even with the current iPhones, the iPhone 11 was launched at Rs 12,000 less when compared to last year’s affordable iPhone, the XR.

The rumoured iPhone SE2 — if it borrows looks and form factor from iPhone 8 — is expected to have a 4.7-inch display. It is rumoured that it won’t have FaceID but will be secured by TouchID. This means that we can expect a Home button on the iPhone SE2 as well.

(Reuters) - Taiwan-based flat panel maker AU Optronics Corp and South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd will supply liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for Apple Inc’s yet-to-be-announced small-sized iPad, technology website DigiTimes.com reported.A man stands besides LG Display"s logo during the company"s 2009 fourth quarter earnings report presentation in Seoul January 20, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-Hak

AU Optronics, the world"s No.4 LCD maker, will ship about 400,000 to 500,000 panels in September for Apple"s reported small-sized iPad, Taiwan"s DigiTimes said, citing industry supply chain sources. link.reuters.com/haj62t

The report comes on the day that the U.S. government asked a federal court to impose a $1 billion fine on AU Optronics over its role in a cartel that fixed the prices of LCD panels over a number of years.

AMOLED, OLED, EL, SAMOLED, YOUM, POLED: whatever abbreviation one chooses to give organic display technology, they all describe the same basic results: deep inky blacks, vibrant colors, and near infinite contrast. Samsung has made a name for its Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series in part, because of the Super AMOLED panels the devices make use of. Even LG has gotten into the game with its G Flex series, and smartwatches. Now however, it seems that both companies are going to be working hard to put out panels for…Apple.

According to a new report published today by Korean site etNews, the contracts have been finalized and are simply awaiting signatures to officiate. The possibly pending production won’t come cheap however, and will apparently require Samsung and LG to invest a total of $12.8 billion over the next 2 or 3 years, some of which Apple itself may help finance.

The source goes on to state that LG Display, which already has experience in supplying displays for Apple, “has had relatively smooth contract discussions” and is simply awaiting a signature to solidify the deal. Furthermore, LG may now begin to “reduce…investments for facilities by changing current LCD lines to flexible OLED lines.”

LG Display may begin by first supplying 30,000 panels per month on a Generation 6 board. Upon reaching a stable production yeild, the Korean OEM will then increase supply of anywhere between 45,000 to 60,000 sheets per month. Given the relatively small numbers being discussed – for reference iPhones sell tens of millions – , it is stated that:

Because flexible OLEDs that are produced from Gen 4.5 (E3) Line in Paju do not have any experience in 6th Generation, LG Display is planning to start small and gradually expand its size. From 1 sheet of Gen. 6 glass substrate, 288 5-inch cellphone panels can be produced. If LG Display increases production capability up to 60,000 sheets in the future, it will be able to mass-produce 200 million 5-inch OLED panels per year.

On the other side of the competitive aisle, Samsung is quoted at receiving 30% more allocation than LG Display because of its current production facilities that already allow for high yields. Specifically, Samsung is quoted with a figure of around 90,000 sheets each month, for a 2 or 3 year period.

Negotiation between Samsung and Apple is not going too smoothly. It is heard that both businesses’ stances are considerably tense on unit cost of products, technical cooperation, advance investments, and others. Because unit cost that Apple is requesting is excessively low while level of technical cooperation is high, there can be a chance where somehow Samsung’s major know-hows can flow into Apple.

Samsung Display was able to collect considerable amount of operating profit as it was supplying Smartphone OLEDs to China. Smartphone OLED is a major profitable product that has higher profit rate than LCD. However as Apple is requesting one-digit percent margin, negotiation is not progressing too smoothly.

Other problems listed include Apple’s well-publicized “hands on” approach to product development, something that Samsung is allegedly concerned with as it may ultimately allow competitors to reap the benefits in terms of production know-how.

Although Samsung Display and LG Display are planning to start supply their OLEDs to Apple starting from 2018, they can start supplying OLEDs as early as 2017…Although Apple is requesting large amount of supplies from the start, they are carefully going over size of investments for facilities because panel manufacturers can be financially burdened since there will be more supplies than demands in the future.

While the idea of Apple adopting AMOLED display panels has been floating around the rumor mills for seemingly ages now, this is arguably one of the most solid assertions that such a transitioning phase has begun. Just weeks ag

AMOLED is also a potentially big source of money for both Samsung and LG, two companies that have fallen on harder times given the intense, keen competition from smartphone and tablet manufacturers in China and India. Both companies have seen their market share erode over the past two years, and both have taken more dramatic steps to try and find a profitable picture beyond end-user product sales.

LG recently reorganized itself to allow its display division greater speed and agility. Samsung’s CEO even went all out and basically warned of a path to ruin less the company makes major changes now. In addition to this, on another tangent, a rumor has broken out suggesting neither company will make the jump to 4K displays in their 2016 flagships and Samsung in particular, allegedly opting to release a Galaxy S7 that has very little visual differences going on compares with this year’s model.

Meanwhile, AMOLED was recently reported with having its most profitable quarter yet, and Samsung taking a lion’s share of the profits, with 95.8% of the market. HTChas used an AMOLED panel in its One A9, OnePlus uses them for the X one, Apple uses them in the Apple Watch units, LG uses them in its LG G Watch R and Urbane series as well as the – possibly discontinued – G Flex series. Even Samsung has made it a proper priority to place these panels in plenty of its non pinnacle of premium products.

Despite the claims of OLED panels offering superior battery life thanks to individual pixel backlighting and thus blacks require none whatsoever, the results are oddly polarizing. While some absolutely love AMOLED and refuse to buy anything that’s not making use of it, others have a decidedly different perspective, calling it oversaturated, cartoonish, or undesirable.

While Samsung has featured “Screen Mode” settings for years now, even HTCand Google have gotten in on the action. Perhaps dye to the requirements of finding the correct menu selection setting however, most users still seem to be unaware the “hyper” realistic color schemes can be reduced.

In a recent poll on Google Plus, Android Authority community users were asked which they preferred, AMOLED or LCD. As of the time of publishing, 1,341 users had participated and the results were split with 86% favoring the former, and just 14% liking the latter.

It is almost a given that Apple users will take to AMOLED should this news pan out, especially considering that many already cite the use of laminated glass as giving the devices fantastic color reproduction as is due to the lack of air between the glass and display.

By the time Apple finally does manage to implement AMOLED displays into its iPhones – many state it wouldn’t happen until at least 2017 – Android OEMs may very well be widely using the panels. Currently Samsung, LG, OnePlus, HUAWEI, HTC, and Motorola have released products in the past year that make use of them, and potentially more in the year to come.

In the event OEMs aren’t using AMOLED by the time Apple does, it is highly possible they may switch over due to the general public’s inevitable “wake up call” to the technology.

An increase in AMOLED use may in turn have other effects on Google’s mobile OS. For example it would be conceivable that Google could formally introduce Night Mode to capitalize on the technology’s use of black colors to save power. Likewise, it might follow that “Active Notification” options become more standard for Android.

Increased competition in the AMOLED market might also ultimately spur Samsung and LG to create new types of screens and further advance the progression of bendable, foldable, and wearable displays.

LCD prices would possibly fall if demand shifts to AMOLED, which might increase the quality of panels seen on lower-end smartphones, devices that typically avoid things such as IPS LCD due to the extra costs involved. It is worth mentioning that Quantum Dot, Pixel Eyes, and IGZO are all competitors to AMOLED, and that – as ASUS often does – it’s also possible to include color profile adjustment settings on LCD displays as well.

On the other hand, should Apple start buying large quantities of AMOLED panels in bulk, it might drive up the price for the technology considerably, a cost that might be passed onto the customer. It might also mean that OEMs go for inferior AMOLED panels to save money.

It is actually worth posing the question: why did Motorola drop AMOLED from the Moto X Style (Pure Edition) when both the original Moto X and the Moto X (2014) made use of it. Could it be due to pricing/cost related issues? Notice the Moto X Force (Droid Turbo 2) makes use of an AMOLED panel, yet costs considerably more.

The idea of Apple transitioning to AMOLED panels is nothing new, but the news of a possible contracted agreement to begin the process is a very big development. It is highly unlikely Apple itself would make a press release of the venture given the tendencies it has to keep non-internal component related business dealings as low key as possible. Consider that the company, to this day, still does not mention Gorilla Glass, nor does it make a point to mention the companies who supply the components for its products. The list includes Samsung, LG, Sony, Sharp, and many more, yet all the mainstream public hears about is Apple’s A9 Soc or Apple’s camera.

We are eager to hear your take on this matter. Does Apple’s potentially making use of AMOLED have a collective benefit in the business, or will it make things worse? Is Apple eager to make use of the power saving features, or does it just want to “copy” Android OEMs? Would an AMOLED iPhone potentially spell trouble for LCD Android devices in terms of the mainstream consumer’s decision making process?

Apple used an OLED panel in the iPhone X, sourced from Samsung, that"s much better than the LCD screens used in all of its other iPhones. Here"s why that"s a positive sign for consumers.

The colors on an OLED panel can "pop" more than on a traditional LCD panel, which means photos, videos and games can look much more true to life (this can come down to display tuning but Apple did a good job on the iPhone X). Also, OLED panels typically offer deeper blacks and brighter whites, which means dark and bright scenes in movies can often look more accurate than they would on an LCD panel, though LCDs have caught up recently in this space.

OLED panels on smartphones have been used to enable virtual reality experiences on Android headsets. Samsung"s OLED Galaxy smartphones work with Gear VR, while other Android phones with OLED panels also work with Google Daydream.

A switch to an all-OLED family of iPhones doesn"t mean Apple is entering the space, but it makes it possible. Still, Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company sees augmented reality — placing images of digital objects on top of the real world — as a more compelling technology than virtual reality (the sort where you place goggles on your head and enter another world).

OLED panels typically use less battery than LCD panels, which means you could theoretically see longer battery life on an iPhone that uses an OLED panel instead of an LCD screen. Lots of factors come into play with battery life, however, including the apps you"re using, the processor and more.

There can be some downsides to OLED panels, however. Price is the biggest one that consumers might face, which means Apple"s iPhones could potentially cost more than they have in the past. The iPhone X, the only phone with an OLED panel to date, already costs about $1,000.

Apple will also need to source more panels if it plans to use OLED in additional iPhone models. Reports have suggested it could use screens from LG in addition to Samsung, which supplies the screens for the iPhone X. If there"s a shortage of displays, or Apple can"t get another partner, it could lead to a lower supply of iPhones and longer shipping times for consumers.

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Samsung Display (Hangul: 삼성디스플레이), formerly S-LCD Corporation (Hangul: 에스 엘시디, Japanese: エス・エルシーディー), is a South Korean manufacturer of OLED panels and formerly a manufacturer of amorphous TFT LCD panels, owned by Samsung Electronics.

The company was established in April 2004 in Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea as a joint venture between Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd (51% share) and Sony Corporation (now known as Sony Group Corporation)(49% share).

S-LCD, as of April 25, 2008, operated with a monthly production capacity of 100,000 seventh-generation amorphous silicon (a-Si) panels and 50,000 eighth-generation panels based on PVA technology,Samsung Electronics and Sony LCD televisions. S-LCD originally had production facilities in both Japan and South Korea. Due to rising costs and an increasing demand from the Latin American market, S-LCD opened production facilities in Baja California, Mexico, where both Samsung and Bravia have large LCD production facilities.

On December 26, 2011, Samsung Electronics announced that it will acquire all of Sony"s shares. On January 19, 2012, Sony sold to Samsung all of its shares of S-LCD for 1.07 trillion Korean won (72 billion Japanese yen) in cash.

2008: Sony and Samsung announce that due to increased demand, a second eighth-generation production line will operate in the S-LCD factory in the second quarter of 2009.Sharp Corporation, in order to compete effectively with Samsung, a task made difficult by their current collaboration.

December 2011: The company"s partners announce that Samsung will acquire Sony"s entire stake in the joint venture, making S-LCD Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics.

Competition for next-gen iPhone OLED panel supply is about to get really interesting, as both Sharp and Japan Display could throw their hats in the Samsung-dominated ring after LG, which is reportedly very close to securing a high-profile deal with Apple.

At least two of three iPhone X 2018 sequels are widely expected to adopt trendy OLED screens, and although Samsung could probably handle the entire production by itself, Cupertino may no longer want to rely exclusively on its arch-rival.

Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi’s joint JDI venture, as well as the Foxconn-owned Sharp, still largely focus on LCD panel technology, nonetheless planning to expand and modernize their manufacturing facilities.

That’s probably going to take a while, which is why the two were previously believed to relish the opportunity of supplying thin-bezeled displays for yet another LCD iPhone variant this year. But now it’s possible at least one of the Japanese companies will help make OLED 2018 iPhones happen without any shortage fear. And both of them should have the resources to support or even replace Samsung in the supply chain as early as 2019, obviously alongside LG.

Further down the line, the “overall OLED panel production capacity” from Korea, Japan and China will “definitely far surpass that of actual demand”, according to unnamed “industry sources” quoted by Digitimes, leading to “oversupply of the panels.”

For the time being, Apple is likely looking forward to Sharp’s expected Q2 2018 start of OLED screen manufacturing, possibly followed by JDI before the end of the year. Then again, Sharp’s own premium bezel-shrinking phones should be sold with home-made OLED tech in tow.

If you’re designing a display application or deciding what type of TV to get, you’ll probably have to choose between an OLED or LCD as your display type.

Not sure which one will be best for you? Don’t worry! We’re here to help you figure out the right display for your project or application. In this post we’ll break down the pros and cons of these display types so you can decide which one is right for you.

LCDs utilize liquid crystals that produce an image when light is passed through the display. OLED displays generate images by applying electricity to organic materials inside the display.OLED and LCD Main Difference:

These different technological approaches to display technology have big impact in some features including contrast, brightness, viewing angles, lifespan, black levels, image burn-in, and price.

Everything from the environment your display will be used in, your budget, to the lighting conditions and the required durability will play a part in this decision.

Contrast refers to the difference between the lightest and darkest parts of an image. High contrast will produce sharper images and more easily readable text. It’s a crucial quality for high fidelity graphics and images or to make sure that a message on a display is very visible.

graphics and images visible. This is the reason you’re still able to see light coming through on images that are meant to be dark on an LCD monitor, display, or television.

OLEDs by comparison, deliver a drastically higher contrast by dynamically managing their individual pixels. When an image on an OLED display uses the color black, the pixel shuts off completely and renders a much higher contrast than that of LCDs.OLED vs LCD - Who is better at contrast?

Having a high brightness level is important if your display is going to be used in direct sunlight or somewhere with high ambient brightness. The display"s brightness level isn"t as important if it’s going to be used indoors or in a low light setting.OLED vs LCD - Who is better at Brightness?

Have you ever looked at a screen from an angle and noticed that the images became washed out or shadowy? The further away you get from the “front and center” view, the worse the image appears to be. This is an example of viewing angles in action – the wider the viewing angle, the better the images on screen will appear as you view them from different vantage points.

This means the display is much thinner than LCD displays and their pixels are much closer to the surface of the display, giving them an inherently wider viewing angle.

You’ll often notice images becoming distorted or losing their colors when tilting an LCD or when you view it from different angles. However, many LCDs now include technology to compensate for this – specifically In-Plane Switching (IPS).

LCDs with IPS are significantly brighter than standard LCDs and offer viewing angles that are on-par with OLEDs.OLED vs LCD - Who is better at Viewing Angles?

LCDs have been on the market much longer than OLEDs, so there is more data to support their longevity. On average LCDs have proven to perform for around 60,000 hours (2,500) days of operation.

With most LCDs you can expect about 7 years of consistent performance. Some dimming of the backlight has been observed but it is not significant to the quality of the display.

OLEDs are a newer technology in the display market, which makes them harder to fully review. Not only does OLED technology continue to improve at a rapid pace, but there also hasn’t been enough time to thoroughly observe their performance.

You must also consider OLED’s vulnerability to image burn-in. The organic material in these displays can leave a permanent afterimage on the display if a static image is displayed for too long.

So depending on how your OLED is used, this can greatly affect its lifespan. An OLED being used to show static images for long periods of time will not have the same longevity as one displaying dynamic, constantly moving images.OLED vs LCD - Which one last longer?

There is not yet a clear winner when it comes to lifespans between LCD and OLED displays. Each have their advantages depending on their use-cases. It’s a tie!

For a display application requiring the best colors, contrast, and viewing angles – especially for small and lightweight wearable devices – we would suggest an OLED display.