I'm not so sure that's true. The mitigations they're doing seems to work very well for all sorts of form factors. I've been using a dell UP3017Q OLED monitor as my main display for most of last year and haven't had any issues so far whatsoever. It's simply the best display I've ever used. Even for my LG OLED tv, which I've had for a couple of years hasn't exhibited any image retention issues at all, despite watching a lot of news with scrolling headlines and logos. I wish OLED monitors would become more generally available since they're far, far superior to LCDs but for some reason apart from a limited run of the Dells and some short lived laptop models they're pretty much nonexistent.

There's the ThinkPad X1 Yoga with an OLED display. From what I've heard, the thing is absolutely stunning and a pure joy to code on with a black / dark editor theme. It just emits way less light than the equivalent LCD setup.

I can attest to the OLED burn-in. My three-year-old Samsung Note 4 has a very noticeable bar across the top, from the dark status line above what is usually a light background on everything else. I guess the rest of the screen is what is burnt in and the status bar area is closer to its original state.

I don't notice it most of the time, but it really stands out on anything full screen. I think I would be rather annoyed if a three-year-old laptop did this.

> the screen isn’t on with static elements for 8 hours

I have two old cellphones mounted on the wall in my house that show time, weather, control the thermostat, etc. Most of the display is static. After a couple of years the burn-in is dramatic. I was surprised as I thought only phosphors burned.