Galaxy S25 Ultra settles for M13 OLED as Pixel 9 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro move to M14

Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra might not get upgraded OLED with the M14 material set. For cost reasons, the company has reportedly decided to stick to the same display tech as the S24 Ultra.

According to Ross Young, Samsung may not use M14 OLED in the Galaxy S25 Ultra. It would lead the S25 Ultra to lag behind rivals such as Google’s Pixel 9 Pro and Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro series.

Google was the first to adopt Samsung’s most advanced display technology. Apple has also upgraded the panels on iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max models.

It was assumed that the Korean tech giant would surely bring M14 OLED to its next flagship lineup. Later, rumors appeared to display an upgrade on the Ultra variant, which isn’t materializing either.

It seems Samsung is planning to cancel the rumored display upgrade to freeze the pricing. It could be because of the increased pricing of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite processor.

Qualcomm has recently launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite manufactured on a 3nm process. The advanced fabrication node is quite expensive than 4nm, pushing 8 Elite’s price to about $250.

OLED with M14 materials promises increased brightness on panels with enhanced power consumption. Notably, it is the most advanced consumer OLED developed by Samsung Display.

Samsung will likely launch the Galaxy S25 series early next year. The lineup will have three models namely the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra.

Next year’s Ultra model will introduce a new design language with slightly rounded corners and an improved camera ring design featuring circular textures identical to the Galaxy Z Fold 6.