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TL;DR
- The Pixel 11 series will reportedly come with Samsung’s latest M16 OLED display panel.
- The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max may also feature the same panel.
- Assuming the release dates follow the existing pattern, the Pixel 11 series should be available a few weeks before the iPhone 18 series.
The Pixel 11 series will be here in just a few months, and some details about Google’s upcoming flagships have already started to trickle out into the world. A report published today sheds some light on the phone’s display panel, which will reportedly be shared with this year’s high-end iPhone models.
Korean language publications etnews The report says that both the Pixel 11 series and iPhone 18 Pro models will use Samsung’s upcoming M16 OLED panels. The report says the latest panels should mean upgrades in brightness, color vibrancy and power consumption.
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The Galaxy S26, all of Apple’s iPhone 17 phones, and the Pixel 10 Pro currently use Samsung’s previous-generation M14 OLED panels. If today’s reporting is accurate, it could mean the Pixel 11 series will include the first phones to come with Samsung’s latest display technology: Google is releasing its flagship phones in August, ahead of the iPhone launch in September.
Samsung’s own devices appear to be lagging behind other manufacturers in adopting the company’s own new display technology. The Galaxy S27 series is expected to launch in early 2027, a few months after phones from Google and Apple that will reportedly take advantage of the M16 panel.
It’s hard to predict how the new M16 OLED panel will improve on the M14 in regular use, and in all likelihood the differences will be minor for average Pixel users – the Pixel 10 series displays are already good enough. Still, it’s interesting that Google can beat the big players when it comes to adopting the latest display technology.
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