To our surprise, OLED laptops made a strong showing at CES 2019. With options in the works from most of the major PC manufacturers, it seems that OLED is making its comeback, and it could turn out to be one of the most important laptop trends of 2019.
OLED laptops already had their moment at CES 2016. Lenovo showed off the first laptop with an OLED display, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga. It wowed with its deep blacks and incredible contrast, qualities it was already known for in other devices.
Then 2017 came. And then 2018. OLED went mysteriously missing from laptops that once offered it. Even as flagship TVs have even moved beyond OLED to micro-LEDs, laptops screens are stuck in the past.
Now, at CES 2019, OLED laptops are mounting a comeback.
The announcements didn’t start strong. The first came from Lenovo, the company that started the conversation years earlier. Lenovo announced the Yoga C730, a 15-inch laptop with a beautiful OLED display. The catch? It wouldn’t be sold in the US. As magnificent as it looked, the lack of confidence Lenovo seemed to have in display manufacturers had us worried.
