Overview
- At the IMID 2026 expo in Busan this week, Samsung introduced a 7.6‑inch “Wide View” foldable OLED that reworks the organic light‑emitting layer to cut brightness loss at the crease and curved edges and produce more uniform image quality.
- Samsung displayed a 16‑inch 2.5K OLED laptop panel rated up to a 300Hz variable refresh rate, which the company says is the industry’s first 300Hz laptop OLED; the panel is a showcase item and has not been announced for shipping laptops.
- The firm also showed a 20‑inch “Wide Stretchable” display made by tiling two stretchable panels and several concept panels for robotics and cars, including a 6.9‑inch humanoid display with eye‑tracking and sliding automotive center screens.
- Market data show Samsung shipped roughly 120 million flexible OLED smartphone panels in H1 2026, a about 34–35% year‑over‑year rise, and analysts expect demand to remain strong into H2 with upcoming Apple product launches; trade reports also say Samsung began producing panels for Apple’s reported foldable iPhone under a multi‑year supply arrangement, which has not been independently confirmed.
- Samsung presented 57 technical papers at IMID and won Display of the Year for the Galaxy S26 Ultra privacy OLED, highlighting the company’s R&D leadership as it pushes high‑performance and new‑form‑factor OLEDs toward commercial adoption.