Samsung is one of the main manufacturers of OLED displays, and according to a Newsroom post from yesterday, it wants to push adoption of the technology even further this year. Aiming to increase shipments by 50% with new affordable models, the company could have a big impact on the OLED industry moving forward.
Samsung currently holds a big majority in the OLED market, achieving a 71% share of panels for monitors last year. It’s probably no exaggeration to say that wherever Samsung tries to take OLED is where OLED will go. The focus is on monitor panels right now, but once the tech starts to decrease in price, it should affect all types of OLED displays.
The first thing I thought of when I saw “more affordable OLED displays,” for example, was the OLED MacBook Air. Recent rumors have suggested an OLED display would push the price of Apple’s budget laptop too high, causing the company to delay the switch to OLED. If Samsung commits to bring prices down, however, this could pave the way for products like the OLED MacBook Air and plenty of others.
Samsung will release a 27-inch QHD monitor later this year and expects it to be a “game changer” in the premium monitor market. It then plans to enter the “mid-to-low price range” for gaming monitors. It’s not clear yet what a budget OLED monitor will look like but it should go a long way toward popularizing the tech and speeding up the transition from LCD.
It’s true that OLED monitors haven’t completely taken over the market yet but even people who don’t want to pay the premium price tag are excited about the tech, so it seems likely that people will jump at the chance to try out a more affordable version.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.