Samsung to Debut First OLED Laptop Display With Integrated Touch Sensors Next Week

[Macalway]

I think it's Feb. 1, not the 3rd, as it's said here. Could be wrong.

Also, one of their notebooks should have a rather fast 13th Intel, and not jus the lower end mobile versions. These cost less than Apple's offerings, so......

But touchscreens I don't get on a notebook unless it's a 360 type of design. Then again, it may enable a better matte surface. I hate those Samsung glossy surfaces. The non-touch versions are very good though,

 

[DrJR]

Next thing you know they will create a phone with a stylus that is really handy.

 

[dwaltwhit]

Yet apple:
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Thats not apple thats gurman

 

[MacWiz_007]

And people that use their touchscreen think 90% of touchscreen users actually use the touchscreen.

But those people are wrong 😁

 

[vladi]

The ergonomics of a touchscreen on a traditional laptop form-factor are so awful.

Except when you use a calculator app since MBP doesn't have numpad. Or when you want to make a text selection. Or when you want to drag and drop something. Or when you want to flick something on screen. Or use circular motion, yeah you Resolve users who love to use wheels instead of numeric values or DAW users that always need to rotate the digital knob in some horribly designed VST user interface.

Touchscreen will never be a main control input for desktop environment design as we know it. But sure could be helpful alternative or accessibility feature.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

For those who can’t tolerate the PWM flickering on the little OLED iPhones - how on earth are they going to be able to get NEAR an OLED laptop?

The PWM flicker has nothing to do with the display type. You can use DC dimming for OLED screens too. IIRC, LG does that on their TVs.

Just a bit of feedback for the editorial team. You should probably change the phrase “Samsung to Debut First Laptop….” to “Samsung To Debut Their (or Its) First Laptop…” as there definitely have been other OLED touchscreen laptops made for over three years now. (Razer offered just such a device with a 15” 4K OLED touchscreen and I also happen to own one.)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the Dell XPS 13 had an OLED touchscreen at one point too.

 

[satchmo]

Apple will be hot on their heels doing similar in the next 5 years LOL

Only by then, will the margins be enough for Tim.

 

[MJaP]

The ergonomics of a touchscreen on a traditional laptop form-factor are so awful.

Erm... it's already kind of happened...

Personally I am not against a touch screen on a MacBook, but if its inclusion would cause a massive price increase then I would prefer that it is an OPTIONAL EXTRA you can specify on ordering, so that those who want a touchscreen can have it, and those that don't aren't paying for a technology they aren't going to use.

Of course if it doesn't add much cost due to the economics of scale then I'd much rather have it included than not, especially now that Apple Silicon Macs can run iPad and iPhone apps.

 

[BlairMALL]

People say that, but truth be told, it can be so useful. I have a touch screen Thinkpad and its touch screen it can be so helpful. I don't use that laptop any longer but when I did I liked having the touchscreen

Liking or using it or even being useful is not the same as good ergonomics. Personally, I don't know whether the ergonomic argument against is valid or not, but in a world with laptops, tablets and phones, it doesn't seem like a needed improvement. To me, it feels like every device trying to be like the other. Of course, I am old and stuck in my ways, so take my comments with a grain of salt (or a shot of whisky).

 

[maflynn]

Liking or using it or even being useful is not the same as good ergonomics.

I know and that was my exact point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[sam_dean]

I hate laptops with numpads and trackpads that are off centered to thelaptop.

Many accountants would disagree.

 

[SpringKid]

Just a bit of feedback for the editorial team. You should probably change the phrase “Samsung to Debut First Laptop….” to “Samsung To Debut Their (or Its) First Laptop…” as there definitely have been other OLED touchscreen laptops made for over three years now. (Razer offered just such a device with a 15” 4K OLED touchscreen and I also happen to own one.)

I honestly can’t recall who the manufacturer of their displays were but if this is a first for Samsung then I can only assume LG or maybe Sharp…. Anyway 😅

Edit: one more thought… Samsung is pretty specific when they pull out the “first” to market card…. Perhaps they mean first fully integrated OLED touchscreen. It’s a bit of a tough concept to communicate when integrations can be done many different ways. They might be splitting hairs on how many sub components or integrated circuits are used in their displays vs others. This might offer a cost advantage for production…. Either way more options are welcome.

I think you should re-read the article.

 

[maflynn]

Many accountants would disagree.

Good for them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I didn't say everyone hates it, I said I hate it.

 

[UltimateSyn]

Erm... it's already kind of happened...

Personally I am not against a touch screen on a MacBook, but if its inclusion would cause a massive price increase then I would prefer that it is an OPTIONAL EXTRA you can specify on ordering, so that those who want a touchscreen can have it, and those that don't aren't paying for a technology they aren't going to use.

Of course if it doesn't add much cost due to the economics of scale then I'd much rather have it included than not, especially now that Apple Silicon Macs can run iPad and iPhone apps.

iPad + MK isn’t the traditional clamshell laptop form-factor to which I was referring. Not even close. I elaborate more on what I *do* think is a good idea above and it’s basically the iPad + MK evolved.

The MK design purposefully floats the iPad towards the user and above the keyboard, making it more accessible for touch. And the screen is detachable. It’s not the same as throwing touch on a clamshell laptop.

 

[one more]

Not a fan of touchscreen laptops personally, but at least this should allow Samsung to continue improving their already excellent OLED panels even further.

 

[Macalway]

Also another big change here is going from hd to 3k. Not that the HD screens were bad, as they improved with brightness from Book1 to Book2 by 30%, so they say.

They were just sorta low-end for Samsung.

 

[MayaUser]

Yet apple:
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And yet rumours not Apple
these rumors are forever since 2017...and now 2025? in 2025 it will be an 2030 rumour and so on

 

[MayaUser]

Those OLED displays in iPhones... you're going to freak when you learn who makes them.

he was talking about laptop displays...and yes they are underperforming...no wonders Apple had their iphone displays at 2000nits while samsung still didnt

 

[Mr. Dee]

The ergonomics of a touchscreen on a traditional laptop form-factor are so awful.

For casual interaction, it does have its use cases. I use it a lot on my Surface Pro in laptop mode and its actually nice to use. Having it as a feature you can optionally use is not bad.

 

[NightFox]

I would bet that 90% of touchscreen laptop users rarely use the touchscreen (if they ever use it), and I'm part of that 90%.

Yeah, my work provides me with an MS Surface Laptop. Trouble is I so rarely use the touchscreen that if I'm ever doing something where a touchscreen would be useful, I'm three-quarters of my way through the job using keyboard and mouse before I even remember it's a touchscreen!

 

[EastHillWill]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the Dell XPS 13 had an OLED touchscreen at one point too.

Maybe the story could have been more clear, but this is the first OLED laptop with an *integrated* touch layer. There are plenty of touchscreen OLED laptops available--including some good ones from Samsung--but this implementation will be more like modern OLED phone screens, which is a new development for laptops.

 

[MacWiz_007]

Yeah, my work provides me with an MS Surface Laptop. Trouble is I so rarely use the touchscreen that if I'm ever doing something where a touchscreen would be useful, I'm three-quarters of my way through the job using keyboard and mouse before I even remember it's a touchscreen!

Same here! I have a 2019 Acer Swift 7 that I use for basic tasks. I love it, but I forget that it is a touchscreen all the time!!

 

[usmaak]

I hate laptops with numpads and trackpads that are off centered to thelaptop.

If I decided that I wanted this laptop and then I saw that off center trackpad, that would be the only reason that I said never mind.

 

[usmaak]

My job provided me with a 24" touchscreen monitor. Other than testing it to see if it worked, I never did use it. Some things are just a solution looking for a problem.

 

[code-m]

I’m happy about the OLED display Macs. But a Touch Screen Mac? Not so much. I don’t find them appealing and it will be a fingerprint disaster. In addition, Productivity wise, I don’t find them useful either. It becomes a distraction.

What if the option to use ApplePencil 2 or even an unreleased 3 would exist to interact with the TouchScreen OLED Mac would you still be game. Consider if that pencil attaches magnetically to the Mac laptop similar to iPad Pro.

Now you have one machine for work and play vice two expensive machines. What if one could use FreeForm with ApplePencil 2 on a Mac directly interacting with the screen, sign documents, notes, draw etc etc.

Just because the late Steve Jobs the marketer made a singular argument a long time ago does not mean the customers and market have not evolved. Think Different was it not Apple.