The OLED-Info newsletter (August 27, 2022)

As Sichuan province in China suffers from a record heat wave, and the local authorities announces power rationing, limiting power supply to factories in the area.

BOE has two 6-Gen OLED production lines in Sichuan (the B7 line in Chengdu which started operation in 2017, and the line in Mianyang). The company says that it will have to "make adjustments" to its operations in both lines, but it does not expect any major impact on its operations.

Noise's ColorFit Ultra 2 Buzz smartwatch features a 1.78" 366x448 AMOLED always-on display and Bluetooth calling.

The ColorFit Ultra 2 Buzz is now shipping in India for around $40.

Lenovo's Pad Pro 2022 tablet features a 11.2" 120Hz 1536x2560 AMOLED display, a MediaTek 1300T chipset, 6/8 GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and a microSDXC card slot.

The Pad Pro 2022 is now shipping, starting at $330.

The Motorola Edge 2022 smartphone features a 6.6" 144Hz 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a MediaTek Dimensity 1050 chipset, 8 GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and a triple camera setup.

The new Edge smartphone will ship by the end of August 2022.

Korea-based Sewon NC announced that it is entering the OLED-based optical patch business, based on technology developed by Kwangbio and Korea's KAIST institute.

We do not have many details, but apparently Professor Kyung-cheol Choi from KAIST developed OLED optical patches for phototherapy that can be used to treat pain and encourage skin regeneration. Following an investment agreement, Sewon NC has secured the rights to produce and sell the OLED patches.

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Lenovo's Legion Y70 smartphone offers a 6.7" 144Hz 1000 nits 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, 8/12/16 GB of RAM, 128/256/512 GB of storage, Dual-SIM and a triple camera setup.

The Legion Y70 will ship by the end of August 2022 starting at around $450.

According to a report from Korea, LG Display and SK Hynix has agreed to collaborate on OLED microdisplay development and production. The two companies are at the final stage of negotiations.

If this goes through, SK Hynix will produce the backplane silicon wafers, while LG Display will handle the OLED frontplane deposition and encapsulation.

Earlier this month we reported that LG Display aims to start making 20-inch OLED panels, but we did not know the technology that LGD will adopt - WOLED (from its 8.5-Gen TV lines) or RGB (from its pOLED 6-Gen lines).

LGD now says that it is indeed developing panels for gaming monitors, with sizes ranging from 20-inch to 30-inch. The company also disclosed that these will be WOLED panels, produced at its 8.5-Gen lines. LGD also confirms that the first panels will be released by the end of 2022.