In recent months, there is no doubt that the OLED displays They have become fashionable and are grabbing a large market share as manufacturers of normal laptops and monitors are launching many new models equipped with this technology. However, even though it has not yet completely established itself on the market (especially due to its high price), manufacturers have continued to research how to improve it, and we have the most immediate result from LG, which created the technology. Tandem OLED.
Tandem OLED (this is not a defect, it is written without accent) allows, according to the manufacturer, to manufacture screens 40% thinner and up to 28% lighter compared to current OLED technology. This is of course particularly interesting for laptops, as it will enable thinner and lighter devices, which is always sought after in this market. Let’s get into the details.
Will Tandem OLED technology replace current OLED?
This all stems from a leak a few weeks ago about upcoming laptops from Dell, which came shortly after the company unveiled its first devices powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Series processors. After that leak, the company stepped on the gas and unveiled its new XPS 13 9345 device, which features those Qualcomm processors but also a “mysterious” Tandem OLED display.
With this launch, LG Display had no choice but to give explanations and announced that the company was already mass producing 13-inch screens with this Tandem OLED technology, screens which obviously and as you can imagine it are designed for laptops.
These types of panels, according to LG’s press release, are capable of providing up to double the useful life and the triple maximum brightness than current OLED displays, but they also reduce consumption by up to 40% and, as we stated in the title of this article, they are also 40% thinner and 28% lighter in comparison.
In other words: more lifespan, more maximum brightness, less consumption, thinner and lighter, so they improve what we currently have with OLED technology in practically every aspect (we will have to see, because they haven’t said, how they perform in terms of refresh rate and response time, two aspects in which current OLED panels excel), so it is very likely that, if possible, this technology will replace OLED panels current in a short time.
However, if this is possible simply because it is an “inventory” of LG, it is certainly probable that there are patents in respect of the manner in which only they can be manufactured for 10 years (if the patents operate, they are exclusive during 10 years). In any case, it should be remembered that LG does not make screens only for its products, but many other brands use LG panels in laptop and desktop screens, so anything can be .
