iQOO has officially detailed the display of its upcoming iQOO 16 at a Samsung Display × iQOO screen technology event.
The company confirmed that the iQOO 16 will be the world's first smartphone to feature a 2K 165Hz display.
The panel uses Samsung's new 2K LEAD 2.0 technology, which was developed jointly by the two companies.
The partnership extends beyond the display itself, covering Samsung's M16 luminescent material, a custom high-refresh-rate IC, and a dedicated production line for iQOO's flagship phones.
Display Improvements and Features
The panel offers 1.24 times P3 gamut coverage and screen-by-screen calibration.
iQOO says color uniformity has improved by 39.6%, while brightness uniformity is up by 22.3% compared with its previous generation.
The company is also using its own color and brightness compensation algorithm to calibrate the display at the sub-pixel level.
iQOO claims the panel offers a color accuracy of ±0.001, though independent testing will give a better idea of real-world performance.
This continues the display work iQOO started with the iQOO 15's original LEAD OLED panel.
iQOO also says the display has a 100% first-frame brightness ratio, which it claims is the highest in the industry.
The phone gets a new touch chip with 5000Hz instantaneous touch sampling and 500Hz multi-finger sampling.
For gaming, it has iQOO's Q-flex control technology to reduce input latency between the user's touch and the action on screen.
The iQOO 16 is also the world's first to feature a Samsung M16 panel.
The M16 material is notable because the iQOO 16 will be the first Android phone to use Samsung's latest luminescent material.
This was already reported when the display details leaked in August.
The panel supports 1,100 nits of manual peak brightness, 2,800 nits of global peak brightness, and up to 10,000 nits of local peak brightness.
Other display features include three-photosensitive full-area light sensing, an unpolarized natural light display, full-brightness DC dimming, PWM dimming up to 3300Hz, and a gaming glare protection mode.
