TCL CSOT is at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, showing off display tech focused on efficiency over higher resolution. The TCL Technology subsidiary is presenting Super Pixel technology for phones alongside progress in fine-metal-mask OLED, inkjet-printed OLED, and MLED under its APEX brand.
Super Pixel changes how pixels are arranged rather than cramming in more of them. TCL CSOT boosts sub-pixel count by 1.8% to match WQHD SPR sharpness while cutting power use up to 25% through better data processing. The Real RGB layout needs less bandwidth than SPR, pushing refresh rates up to 40% higher.
The real bet is on inkjet-printed OLED manufacturing. TCL CSOT says it spent over a decade on IJP OLED research and started mass production from its G5.5 line in Wuhan in November 2024. Construction kicked off on October 21, 2025 on an 8.6-generation facility in Guangzhou after a $4.15 billion investment. Inkjet printing puts down OLED materials without masks and cuts contamination, but scaling it up is hard because of issues with drying control, production speed, and material limits compared to vacuum evaporation.
TCL CSOT is showing concept hardware to prove what printed OLED can do: a 28-inch tri-fold monitor with a 1.8mm folding radius and 4.48mm profile, plus a 14-inch laptop panel that’s 0.77mm thick and weighs 77 grams.
The timing matters because competition for large OLED production is heating up. Samsung Display’s Gen-8.6 FMM tandem OLED line could hit mass production in Q2 2026, with panels headed to Apple MacBook Pro models. TCL CSOT is taking a different route with printed OLED to reach the same IT display market.
TCL CSOT is exhibiting March 2 to 5 at Fira Gran Via, Hall 2, Stand 2M30, during the GSMA show in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat.
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