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The new QD-OLED panels made for high-end monitors from Samsung come with many merits as they feature higher brightness, improved text clarity, and a longer life. It was in December last year that the mass production of these new QD-OLED panels commenced. It’s expected they will be used by seven monitor brands, plus ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI.
The new panels use a new V-Stripe structure in which each pixel has red, green, and blue sub-pixels arranged in a vertical layout. The layout improves text sharpness dramatically compared to previous-generation QD-OLED monitors . They also enhance the experience of working with text.
For those who have a text-heavy workload, the new panels would be beneficial in terms of coding, document editing, reading, and writing. No doubt, they will compete with LG’s new OLED panel that uses a similar pixel layout with individual red, green, and blue sub-pixels for better text.
Samsung’s QD-OLED panels for monitors produce brighter and sharper text, unlike before, where sub-pixels are shared by two neighbouring pixels, leading to text that wasn’t as bright as regular LCD-based monitor panels.
The brightness of the new QD-OLED panels reaches up to 1,300 nits of peak brightness, offers a 21:9 ultrawide aspect ratio and features a 360Hz variable refresh rate. They are very good for gaming and productivity. According to Samsung, improvements in organic material efficiency and design optimisation were made to be able to produce these new panels. The new panels will be unveiled in Las Vegas, USA, at a private booth at the Encore at Wynn hotel during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026, starting January 6.
Author:Obiajulum Ndubuisi
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Even the OnePlus 15 that has been the rave of many tech reviewers across the galaxy was not spared. Personally, I love the OnePlus 15 too, but hey.. I also love a good read, and this GSMArena article is a good read.
I will not waste your time. I have highlights to share with you. Let’s kick things off with the OnePlus 15 :
“And a design that looks like a police sketch of an iPhone made in a dimly lit room. The OnePlus 15 feels like it was made by someone with a grudge.”
Damn! I am crying, because I actually do like the design of the OnePlus 15. As for the OnePlus 15R , here was the clincher:
“the design looks like the designer took a half-day leave and never came back to finish it.”
Oh dear! But that wasn’t all. OnePlus took more hits down the line.
Here is what GSMArena had to say about the Nord 5 :
“In any case, going from a stunning unibody aluminum sleekness to a plastic lump should be a punishable offense.”
Did OnePlus do something specific to offend the writer?
Anyway, the Nord 4 took a hit too:
“Were the designers of the Nord 4 sent on a permanent vacation and replaced by AI “artists” from Pinterest? Was there even any budget allocated to the design department this year at OnePlus?”
And the entire Nord CE lineup got dumped in the trash can:
“The Nord CE devices are meant to be affordable smartphones and are often quite forgettable. In fact, I had to look up what the previous models looked like because I cannot retain them in memory longer than it took you to read this sentence.”
Those are a lot of punches and kicks everywhere. A whole lot.
My buddy, Tunde, is of the opinion that Prasad, the writer of the GSMArena article, is a true fan of the brand but who is definitely pained. I tend to agree.
Whatever your opinion, the whole article is quite an interesting read and you can enjoy it for yourself: 2025 Winners and losers: OnePlus .
Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
