Wide Displays to Proliferate

Data from Sigmaintell Consulting, quoted in the Taiwanese press, is said to report that all-screen smartphone displays reached 55% of the market in Q2 2018, up from 42%. The top four suppliers are Samsung Display, Tianma, BOE and AUO. Penetration, as you would expect, is higher in OLED and LTPS than in a-Si panels. The forecast is that the ratio will reach 60% by the end of this year and 90% by 2020. Even a-Si panels will see 65% penetration by all-screen panels by 2020. Notch-less panels will start to increase in share in 2019.