{"id":885174,"date":"2026-09-06T05:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885174\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:36:13","slug":"samsung-m16-lead-oled-to-be-used-on-iqoo-16-and-apples-first-foldable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885174\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung M16 LEAD OLED to be used on iQOO 16 and Apple’s first Foldable"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung Display\u2019s M16 LEAD OLED combination is tipped for the iQOO 16 and Apple\u2019s first foldable iPhone. Phone leaker Digital Chat Station linked both devices to the technology in a 4 September post reproduced by Gizmochina<\/a>. These remain unconfirmed product plans.<\/p>\n

The appeal is a screen that wastes less of the light it produces. Samsung\u2019s existing LEAD technology allows more light through the panel, which can improve brightness without a corresponding increase in power consumption.<\/p>\n

What makes this display technology promising?<\/p>\n

OLED means organic light-emitting diode. Each pixel produces its own light, so the display needs no separate backlight. As Samsung Display explained in January 2021<\/a>, the light-emitting materials affect how efficiently the screen turns electricity into light. M16 is the newer material generation named in the leak.<\/p>\n

LEAD describes a different part of the screen: its construction. Conventional OLED panels use a polariser to control reflections from outside light. That layer also absorbs some of the light produced by the pixels, so less reaches the viewer.<\/p>\n

In its May 2025 explanation of LEAD<\/a>, Samsung describes how colour filters and other layers built into the panel take over the polariser\u2019s reflection-control function. Removing the polariser lets more of the screen\u2019s light through.<\/p>\n

A phone can therefore reach higher brightness at the same power consumption, or maintain brightness with less power. In its February 2025 announcement<\/a>, Samsung said its demonstration panel could deliver up to 1.5 times the brightness of then-current premium OLEDs at the same power.<\/p>\n

That could help when reading a message outdoors, where the screen needs to compete with sunlight. Samsung also says LEAD panels can be up to 20% thinner than conventional OLEDs.<\/p>\n

Those are benefits of the LEAD design. The September leak does not quantify how much the proposed M16 combination improves on the previous generation.<\/p>\n

Which phones could use it?iQOO 16<\/p>\n

iQOO, part of the vivo group<\/a>, already uses a 6.85-inch Samsung M14 LEAD OLED screen in the iQOO 15<\/a>. It has 3168 x 1440 pixels and a refresh rate of up to 144Hz. The proposed M16 upgrade would build on that existing display technology.<\/p>\n

An earlier leak published on 14 August described a 6.85-inch flat Samsung screen with a 165Hz refresh rate. Digital Chat Station described an unnamed engineering sample.<\/p>\n

At 165Hz, the screen can update up to 165 times each second. That could make supported games look smoother, although the display\u2019s refresh rate does not determine how many frames a game generates.<\/p>\n

The leak\u2019s \u201c2K+\u201d description is a resolution label. M16 itself does not specify a pixel count, and the post does not give the screen\u2019s exact resolution.<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s foldable iPhone<\/p>\n

Digital Chat Station also links the M16 and LEAD combination to Apple\u2019s foldable screen. We have already covered the iPhone Ultra name and foldable-design rumours<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A thinner display could help reduce the phone\u2019s thickness when folded shut. Better power efficiency could also reduce the battery demand of using a larger unfolded screen. These are potential benefits of the technology.<\/p>\n

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