Oppo’s first foldable phone Find N which will be unveiled on Wednesday will use Samsung Display’s foldable OLED panel, TheElec has learned.The South Korean display panel maker has supplied the 7.1-inch folding OLED panel to the Chinese smartphone maker, sources said.The external 5.45-inch flat OLED

Apple’s iPhone Pro models launching in 2022 will have hole-display for the first time, TheElec has learned.The 6.06-inch iPhone Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone Pro Max models will have hole-displays, sources said.The two other models, the regular 6.06-inch iPhone and 6.7-inch iPhone Max models will continue

Companies from both India and China have shown interest in buying Samsung Display’s liquid crystal display (LCD) equipment at its now-defunct L8-1 LCD production line, TheElec has learned.L8-1 line was previously used by the South Korean display panel maker to manufacture panels for TV and IT produc

South Korean display equipment makers are expected to face a difficult year in terms of earnings in 2022 due to conservative spending expected from global display panel makers.As of November, orders for OLED panel production equipment were lower than it was over the same time period in 2020.Last yea

Chinese display giant BOE was in the process of converting its three factories __ B7, B11 and B12 __ to manufacture smartphone flexible OLED panels for Apple, analyst firm UBI Research has claimed.Because of this, BOE will likely overtake LG Display as the larger OLED supplier for iPhones by 2023, U

BOE has started operations of its third flexible OLED line, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant’s B12 line at Chongqing, China has started production, people familiar with the matter said.B12 line consists of three stages: the first stage has started production. The second stage will start

Samsung Display is expected to manufacture 18 million units of foldable OLED panels next year, according to analyst firm UBI Research’s forecast on Sunday.The South Korean display panel maker is expected to build more foldable OLED modules line next year, the firm said.Its subsidiary Dowooinsys, whi

Samsung Display has placed orders for equipment to its suppliers that it plans to use for its new mobile OLED production line, which will likely be called A4E, TheElec has learned.The new production line will use Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) substrates to manufacture small OLED panels that will be used in sm

The market for display panels below 9-inches in size was worth US$13.41 billion in the second quarter this year, an increase of 15% year-on-year, according to analyst firm Omdia.Samsung Display saw sales increase to US4.34 billion during the quarter, an increase of 50% year-on-year.Omdia said the co

BOE is expected to supply over 15 million units of OLED panels to Apple for iPhones, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant is currently supplying OLED panels for iPhone 12 __ the company will likely receive the final approval from Apple to supply OLED panels for the recently launched iPhone

BOE, CSOT and Samsung Display were all developing the OLED panel that Samsung Electronics plans to use on its Galaxy A73 smartphone launching next year, TheElec has learned.The mobile business of Samsung Electronics will evaluate the OLED panels made by these three display panel makers and decide ho

Apple has given BOE conditional approval to supply OLED panels for the iPhone 13 series, TheElec has learned.Cupertino has given the Chinese display giant a risk order, also known as conditional approval.It is usually given when a display supplier fails to meet 100% of its customer’s requirements.Th

Display evaluation firm FlexiGO said on Tuesday that it has developed a new evaluation equipment for rollable and slidable panels.Like its previous evaluation equipment for foldable panel called Foldy, the new kits can evaluate the panel in high and constant temperatures as well in humid settings.Th

Near half of South Korean display equipment makers have recorded operating loss during the second quarter of the year.TheElec collected data of 30 related companies, with 13 of them reporting operating loss during the quarter.Meanwhile, nine of of the 30 companies that made a profit saw their earnin

CSOT had supplied some of the OLED panels Samsung used for its low-end Galaxy M smartphones sold in India, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker supplied a small batch for 2020 model legacy M smartphone that is still being sold there.Smartphone makers conventionally start using new sup

Major Chinese phone brands are expected to supply ultra-thin glasses (UTG) as voer windows for their upcoming foldable smartphones, TheElec has learned.Samsung was the first to shift away from polyimide films to glasses for the cover windows on its foldable smartphones.The company’s original Galaxy

Shipment of flexible OLED panels will be around 57 million units in the second quarter this year, a drop of 35% from the previous quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.The drop is due to the second quarter being the off-season and declining shipment of Apple’s iPhones.Flexible OLED shipme

China topped the automotive display market in 2020, according to Omdia.The country held a market share of over 30%, surpassing Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.Chinese panel maker BOE began making automotive liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for the first time in 2012.Omdia pointed out that China was

China’s display market was worth 446 billion yuan in 2020, according to local media FDDisplay.This was a 19.7% year-on-year growth, according to the report, and equals 40.3% of worldwide market share.As of the end of 2020, there was in total 35 display panel lines (of over Gen 6 substrates), the rep

OLED emission market will grow 9% a year on average from 2021 to 2025, market research firm UBI Research said.The market will be worth US$2.25 billion in 2025, it said.Despite Chinese panel makers expanding their OLED production line, the OLED emission material market will be led by their South Kore