Samsung confirms Galaxy S23 series uses new AMOLED display to improve battery savings

The Samsung Galaxy S23 series – including the vanilla model, Galaxy S23+ and Galaxy S23 Ultra – was unveiled at the Galaxy Unpacked event. The latest flagship smartphones are driven by a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC and feature Dynamic AMOLED 2X displays. The Galaxy S23 family is the first series of smartphones to include Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection. The Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ have identical triple rear camera setups, while the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the most expensive model in the range, features a superior 200-megapixel quad rear camera system.

Samsung has now confirmed in a blog post (via 9to5Google) that the Galaxy S23 uses a new type of AMOLED display to save battery life. Galaxy S23 models share many similarities with their predecessors, including display sizes. However, each phone’s panel has changed, with Samsung Display introducing new “low-power OLED technology” that saves power and boosts brightness. This increases the brightness of the base Galaxy S23 to 1,750 nits, compared to around 1,300 nits on the base Galaxy S22.

According to Samsung Display, the new display panel used in the Samsung Galaxy S23, Samsung Galaxy S23+ and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra minimizes power consumption by 13-16%. This will undoubtedly have an effect, given that the display is one of the most power-hungry components in smartphones.

“The Galaxy S23 series display has been equipped with low-power OLED technology which has increased luminous efficiency by applying new organic materials. By using organic materials with Samsung’s new technology, power consumption is reduced and the brightness is increased.The new organic material is improved so that the electrons can move faster and easier in the organic layer, and by increasing the luminous efficiency, the power consumption is reduced by more than 13% at 16% compared to the previous one,” according to a translated version of Samsung’s description of the new screen.

View Review Dylan Raga (@dylan_raga) explain further on Twitter that the new screen emits more green light while adjusting the wavelength of the red emitters. These factors combine to deliver significantly better efficiency on the display panel, with results comparable to the iPhone 14 Pro Max while using considerably less power than the iPhone 14 Pro Max at 1,150 nits.