Samsung Showcases Flexible Briefcase, Flex Gaming Console and 27-Inch 500 Hz QD-OLED Monitor at MWC 2025

Samsung Display showcased a number of superior OLED screens and foldable show applied sciences on the ongoing Cellular World Congress (MWC 2025) in Barcelona, together with its OCF smartphone shows which might be claimed to ship a peak brightness of as much as 5,000nits. The agency additionally took the wraps off idea units, together with a ‘Versatile Briefcase’, a Flex Gaming console, and its bezel-less OLED Tile shows. Samsung additionally unveiled a 27-inch QD-OLED monitor, with a 500Hz refresh charge, in addition to laptops outfitted with 15.6-inch 240Hz OLED screens.

Samsung’s OCF Shows Provide Larger Peak Brightness, With out Rising Energy Consumption

At MWC 2025, Samsung showed off its on-cell movie (OCF) OLED panels, that are claimed to supply “1.5 instances the brightness” in comparison with current OLED screens, whereas retaining energy consumption in test. These OCF shows have a peak brightness degree of as much as 5,000nits, and the corporate showcased the panel alongside an everyday OLED display screen used on smartphones.

Samsung in contrast a normal OLED display screen (left) to its OCF panels
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Samsung says that the OCF panels had been developed beneath its LEAD (low energy, eco-friendly, augmented brightness, and designed to be slim and skinny) initiative. The corporate additionally claims that the OCF shows are thinner than common OLED panels and may carry out in very brilliant eventualities.

At its MWC 2025 exhibit, Samsung additionally demonstrated its Seamless Color Studio to point out how an LCD monitor fails to ship the identical color accuracy as its OLED counterpart, when a smartphone (additionally outfitted with an OLED display screen) is positioned in entrance of each displays.

The Versatile Briefcase idea showcased by Samsung at MWC 2025
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New QD-LED and Foldable OLED Show Applied sciences

A few of the new shows unveiled at MWC 2025 included Samsung’s 27-inch QD-LED monitor, which has a 500Hz refresh charge. The agency additionally showcased laptops with OLED shows and a 240Hz refresh charge, and ten ‘OLED Tiles’ with a 0.6mm bezel that may be joined to type a bigger display screen.

A novel Versatile Briefcase with a significantly giant 18.1-inch foldable show was additionally revealed by the corporate, which will be folded right into a bag-like type issue for portability. The Flex Gaming console — one other idea system just like the briefcase — sports activities a 7.2-inch foldable OLED display screen and helps in style video games from South Korean writer Krafton.

A number of OLED Tiles will be locations collectively to type a bigger display screen
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Like most idea units showcased at expertise reveals like CES and MWC, it is unclear whether or not (or when) Samsung plans to show a few of these designs into industrial units. A few of the firm’s foldable designs have beforehand make their strategy to shopper merchandise, and we’d ultimately see the arrival of among the new applied sciences revealed by the corporate at MWC 2025.