Samsung is planning to begin production of its new MicroLED TVs that use low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) thin-film transistors (TFT) during the third quarter, TheElec has learned.They will be the tech giant’s first MicroLED TVs that use LTPS TFT instead of printed circuit boards (PCB)

Chinese smartphone makers had launched a total of 76 models of smartphones that use OLED panels up to May this year, analyst firm UBI Research said on Wednesday.In the month of May alone, 20 new models were launched, the firm said.Vivo was the top vendor in terms of OLED smartphones, having launched

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on Wednesday that it will spend an additional 300 billion won on expanding its flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) production capacity.This brings the total tally for the company’s spending on FC-BGA since December to 1.9 trillion won.The additional 300 billion won will

Samsung Electro-Mechanics will go into trial production for server flip-chip ball grid array (FC-BGA) during the third quarter, TheElec has learned.The packages will be made at its Busan facility and are for a major global customer, sources said.The South Korean component maker had so far manufactur

Samsung had nearly 50 million units of smartphones in distributor stocks, TheElec has learned.Its mid-tier Galaxy A series took up a huge portion of smartphones in inventory being read to be sold, sources said.They said Samsung is aiming to ship around 270 million units of smartphones this year and

Apple will start evaluating BOE’s samples of OLED panels aimed for the upcoming iPhone 14 this week, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display panel maker is hoping to receive approval from the iPhone maker within the month, sources said.If Apple gives the approval, BOE will start mass production of t

APS Holdings was forming a research line for ultra high resolution fine metal mask (FMM) for application in augmented and virtual reality (AR, VR) MicroOLED displays, TheElec has learned.Its subsidiary APS Materials was building the line at Cheonan.The aim is to make an FMM that can allow for 3000pp

Samsung’s share based on shipment in premium TVs in China has dropped substantially over two years, analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultant (DSCC) says.Samsung’s late-20% share in 2019 dropped to late-10% in 2021, the firm said.It dipped below 20% for the first time during the fourth quarter of

LG Display is expected to order a deposition equipment to make MicroOLED from Sunic System, TheElec has learned.The move is aimed at developing and manufacturing a MicroOLED panel to supply to Apple for their mixed reality (MR) device, sources said.Cupertino is expected to use Sony’s MicroOLED panel

Display revenue in 2022 is expected to drop 15% year-on-year to US$133.18 billion, according to analyst firm Omdia.The drip follows year-on-year increases in 2021 and 2020, which were 26% and 14%, respectively, due to increased demand for liquid crystal display (LCD) panels from the Covid-19 pandemi

Samsung Display is likely to build its first Gen 8.5 OLED line with a capacity of 15,000 substrates per month, TheElec has learned.Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) substrates are larger than the Gen 6 (1500x1850mm) used widely for smartphones.This means it is more efficient and productive for making larger OLE

Research into MicroLED technology was active in the US, Taiwan and Europe while there was none done by South Korean companies or institutes, a South Korean professor noted during a display industry conference in Seoul.Speaking at the 2022 SID Review Workshop, Korea University professor Hong Moon-pyo

Samsung manufactured around 12 million units of smartphones during the month of May this year.This was 20% less than a year ago, while accumulated production volume for the first four months of the year was also lower than a year ago, sources said.This dip, if it continues throughout the year, could

Google has postponed the launch of its first foldable smartphone again, TheElec has learned.The company planned to launch the project sometime during the fourth quarter but delayed the launch this year.It is the US company’s second postponement of the launch __ it originally planned to showcase the

Samsung is unlikely to launch TVs that use LG Display’s white(W)-OLED panels this year, TheElec has learned.Demand for TVs has dipped compared to the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic while liquid crystal display (LCD) panels that spiked before are dropping again, which means Samsung is in no hurry to l

South Korean display equipment makers are seeing their contracts with Chinese display panel makers delayed by around half a year, TheElec has learned.This was because of the lockdown measures in China due to the surge in Covid-19 cases there that are delaying local panel makers’ spending plans.Inven

BOE is yet to receive approval from Apple to manufacture OLED panels for the upcoming iPhone 14 smartphones series, TheElec has learned.The company was caught having changed the circuit width of the thin film transistors on the OLED panels it made for iPhone 13 earlier this year, people familiar wit

The first quarter earnings of suppliers to Samsung recovered thanks to the launch of Galaxy S22 smartphones, their earnings report showed.The combined revenue of 22 suppliers of components to the tech giant increased 28% this year compared to 2021 to 3 trillion won.Their combined operating profit ju

Samsung Display was researching phosphorescent blue OLED material to apply on quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels, according to a South Korean professor.Kyung Hee University professor Kwon Jang-hyuk told audiences at SID 2022 Review Symposium held in Seoul on Wednesday said it seemed the South Korean displ

Samsung has begun production of key components it will use on its upcoming foldable phones, TheElec has learned.The company has placed orders enough to manufacture a total of mid- to late-10 million units for Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4, sources said.The assembly of the complete production w