Google Pixel 3 XL has Samsung OLED screen

Google’s Pixel 3 XL smartphone has an OLED screen from Samsung. iFixit discovered this after disassembling the device. In the Pixel 2 XL, Google used an OLED screen from LG and initially there were complaints about the quality.

Samsung marks on the display module
Photo: iFixit

The teardown of the Pixel 3 XL by iFixit shows that the 6.3 “screen is an AMOLED from Samsung. Whether Google also uses an OLED screen from Samsung in the smaller Pixel 3 is not yet clear, iFixit has not yet released that device. It is plausible that Google also uses a Samsung screen in the regular Pixel 3, that was also the case in the Pixel 2.

When Google released the Pixel 2 XL last year, some users had complaints about the screen. LG’s OLED panel would burn in quickly and in response to complaints, Google came up with measures, such as lowering the maximum brightness, to save the pixels of the screen.

Samsung controls the vast majority of the market for OLED screens for smartphones. The panels that Samsung gives the AMOLED brand name are, for example, in iPhones and in Samsung’s own Galaxy devices. In addition to Samsung, LG also makes OLED panels for telephones, but the market share of that manufacturer is much smaller. Sharp recently showed its first smartphone with an OLED screen from its own factory. The Japanese manufacturer also wants to supply OLED panels to other brands in the long term.