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Full screen OLED Smart phone, becomes a new trend in Smart phones.

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As smartphone specs and designs have been leveled up, smartphone makers are pursuing differentiation through display. In particular, full screen OLED smartphones, which have the largest screen size in the limited smartphone size by applying OLED, are becoming a new trend in the smartphone market.

In the first half of 2017, Samsung Electronics introduced full-screen Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S + with OLED and home button removed. In the second half of 2017, full-screen OLED smartphones began to be launched in 2017, with Apple, LG Electronics, and Chinese smartphone set makers lining up to launch OLED-enabled full-screen smartphones. Thus, in 2017, full-screen OLED smartphones began to be launched in earnest.

<Major full-screen OLED smartphones released in 2017>

There are fifteen full screen smartphones with OLED applied in 2017, with two new products in 1Q, four new products in 3Q and nine new products in 4Q. Samsung Electronics, Apple, and LG Electronics released full-screen OLED smartphones in 3Q 2017, and Chinese smartphone makers such as Huawei, Gionee and Vivo introduced full-screen OLED smartphones in 4Q 2017.

<Number of full-screen OLED smartphones released in 2017 by quarter>

In 2018, more full-screen OLED smartphones are expected to be released than in 2017. Three full-screen OLED smartphones were already launched in January 2018, including Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy A8, and at least two full-screen OLED smartphones are to be launched in February.

According to the ‘2017 Flexible OLED Annual Report’ published by UBI Research in December 2017, full-screen flexible OLED is expected to lead the flexible OLED market with an average market share of 79% by 2022. There is a growing interest in the spread of full-screen OLED smartphones, which has become a new trend for smartphones.

Full screen OLED 스마트폰, 스마트폰의 새로운 트렌드가 되다.

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최근 스마트폰의 사양과 디자인이 상향 평준화 되면서 스마트폰 업체들은 디스플레이를 통한 차별화 전략을 펼치고 있다. 특히, OLED를 적용하여 제한 된 스마트폰 사이즈에서 최대로 큰 화면을 구현한 full screen OLED 스마트폰은 스마트폰 시장에서 새로운 트렌드로 자리잡고 있다.

2017년 상반기에 Samsung Electronics는 OLED를 적용하고 홈 버튼이 제거 된 full screen 형태의 Galaxy S8와 Galaxy S+를 출시하였다. 이 후 2017년 하반기 들어 Apple과 LG Electronics, 중국 스마트폰 세트 업체들이 줄지어 OLED가 적용 된 full screen 형태의 스마트폰을 출시하는 등, 2017년에 본격적으로 full screen OLED 스마트폰이 출시되기 시작하였다.

<2017년 출시 된 주요 full screen OLED 스마트폰>

2017년 OLED가 적용 된 full screen 스마트폰은 총 15종이며, 분기별로는 1분기에 2종, 3분기에 4종, 4분기에 9종이 출시되었다. 3분기까지 Samsung Electronics와 Apple, LG Electronics가 full screen OLED 스마트폰을 출시했다고 한다면, 4분기에는 Huawei와 Gionee, Vivo 등 중국 스마트폰 업체에서 주로 full screen OLED 스마트폰을 출시하였다.

<2017년 분기별 full screen OLED 스마트폰 출시수>

2018년에는 2017년보다 더욱 더 많은 full screen OLED가 출시 될 것으로 예상된다. 2018년 1월에는 Samsung Electronics의 Galaxy A8을 포함하여 3종의 full screen OLED 스마트폰이 출시 되었으며, 2월에도 최소 2종 이상의 full screen OLED 스마트폰이 출시 될 예정이다.

또한 유비리서치가 2017년 12월에 발간한 ‘2017 Flexible OLED Annual Report’에 따르면, full screen 형태의 flexible OLED는 2022년까지 평균 79%의 시장점유율로 flexible OLED 시장을 주도할 것으로 전망하는 등, 스마트폰의 새로운 트렌드가 된 full screen OLED 스마트폰의 확산세에 관심이 집중되고 있다.

[MWC 2016] Surge of AMOLED in China

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A surge of AMOLED panels by Chinese set companies is starting. Chinese set companies exhibited many AMOLED panel applied products in MWC 2016 (Feb 22 – 25), forecasting that the demand for AMOLED panel could greatly increase.

 

6 companies, including Huawei, ZTE, LENOVO, and Gionee, exhibited AMOLED panel applied smartphones. Particularly, Hisense and KONKA, well known as TV set companies, presented AMOLED panel smartphones and the Chinese set companies’ increased interest in AMOLED panel could be confirmed.

 

The majority of the AMOLED panel smartphones exhibited by Chinese set companies had 5 inch level panel with HD and FHD level resolution, and analyzed to have been supplied by Samsung Display.

 

Samsung Display is known to have significant amount of mainstream AMOLED panels to Chinese set companies in 2015. Following this trend, over 100 million units of AMOLED panels are expected to head toward China in 2016.

 

The key points are Samsung Display’s rigid AMOLED panel production capa. and whether the Chinese AMOLED panel companies can carry out mass production. The current Samsung Display’s rigid AMOLED panel mass production capa. is estimated to be insufficient to meet the demands for Samsung Electronics’ mainstream Galaxy model and Chinese set companies. Chinese panel companies have also announced active mass production from the first half of this year.

 

From the significant occupation of Chinese set companies that applied AMOLED panel within the Chinese smartphone market, panel companies’ supply ability of AMOLED panel for Chinese set companies is expected to be one of the issues in 2016.

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LENOVO’s Moto X Force

 

[MWC 2016] 중국은 지금 AMOLED 돌풍

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중국 set 업체의 AMOLED 돌풍이 시작되고 있다. 현지시각 22일부터 열리고 있는 MWC 2016에서 중국 set업체들이 AMOLED panel을 적용한 제품을 대거 출품해 앞으로 AMOLED panel에 대한 수요가 급증할 수 있음을 예고했다.

이번 전시회에서 AMOLED panel을 적용한 smartphone을 전시한 업체는 화웨이와 ZTE, LENOVO, Gionee등 총 6개 업체이다. 특히 기존 TV set업체로 잘 알려진 Hisense와 KONKA에서도 AMOLED panel이 적용된 smartphone을 전시하며 중국 set업체들의 AMOLED panel에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

중국 set업체에서 전시한 대부분의 AMOLED panel이 적용된 smartphone은 HD와 FHD급 해상도와 5inch 급의 panel로 삼성디스플레이에서 공급했을 것으로 분석된다.

실제로 삼성디스플레이는 2015년에 중국 set업체에 상당수의 보급형 AMOLED panel을 공급한 것으로 알려져 있으며, 이러한 추세대로라면 2016년에는 중국향 AMOLED panel 수요는 1억대 이상 될 것으로 전망된다.

관건은 삼성디스플레이의 rigid AMOLED panel 생산 capa와 중국 AMOLED panel 업체들의 양산 여부이다. 삼성디스플레이는 삼성전자의 보급형 갤럭시 모델과 중국set업체를 모두 대응하기에는 현재 보유하고 있는 rigid AMOLED panel 양산라인 capa로는 부족해질 것으로 예상되며, 중국의 panel 업체들도 올 상반기부터 본격적인 양산을 공식화한 상태이다.

AMOLED panel을 적용한 중국 set업체들이 중국 내 smartphone 시장의 상당수 점유율을 차지하고 있는 것을 미루어보아 panel 업체들의 중국 set업체로의 AMOLED panel 공급능력이 2016년 하나의 이슈가 될 전망이다.

화웨이의 nexus 6P

LENOVO의 Moto X Force

Launching of Gionee’s ultra-thin AMOLED smart phone (5mm) is imminent

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Ctimes, a Chinese medium, reported that a Chinese smart phone maker, Gionee, will introduce an ultra-thin smart phone modeled GN9005.

GN9005 used AMOLED panel and is 0.55mm thinner than 5.55mm of the previous model, which was introduced as Elife S5.5 last February.

It is noticeable that 4.8” HD AMOLED panel is applied which is smaller than the 5” FHD Super AMOLED applied to the previous Elife S5.5. In general, the AMOLED panels produced by Samsung Display are named super AMOLED. However, no particular name for the AMOLED panel applied to GN9005 and its low performance indicate that the panel is highly likely to be supplied by AUO.

It is known that AUO has started supply to a Chinese maker from last June but any specifics on the maker has not been revealed.

A Chinese smart phone maker, BBK, drew attention with 5.75mm VIVO X3 after the launch of 6.18mm Ascend P6 by Huawei last year. Followed by launching, Gionee introduced the 5.55mm Elife S5.5 in February and will launch 5mm GN9005 and that fierce competition will begin soon in the ultra-thin smartphone market in China.140722_GioneeElifeS5.5vsGN9005

<Gionee’s ultra-thin smart phone comparison>

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<Gionee’s the world’s thinnest smartphone, ‘5mm’ GN9005, Source : TENAA>