Foldable Devices – Display Daily

OLED Smartphone Market Set to Surge in 2024, with Major Shifts Among Top Brands and Rising Demand for Flexible and Foldable Displays

by Joseph Bryans

Apple, despite a slight dip in its dominance, remained at the forefront in 2023, commanding a 36% share in units and an impressive 56% in panel revenue.

Foldables Take Apple to Second Place

by Omid Rahmat

When will Apple get with the times? Is there too much hubris in thinking that it can wait out innovation and claim the premium market all to itself?

Tags:Apple| Foldable Devices| MicroLED| OLED| showcase

ViewSonic Takes Aim At Event Industry With 135″ Folding LED Display

by Shawnee Blackwood

The display comes with a flight case for easy transportation, and is designed for quick setup by no more than two people.

Tags:Foldable Devices| Hospitality Displays| LED| ViewSonic

Beat Competitors With Products as Positioning Statements

by Omid Rahmat

Samsung gets beaten to the punch and that may be all an LG product has to do to be productive.

LG Ready to Mass Produce 17-Inch Foldable OLEDs With Launch of Gram Fold Laptop

by Shawnee Blackwood

The company was the first to initiate mass production of OLEDs for 13.3-inch foldable laptops in 2020 but the new 17-inch versions are more adaptable and have a folding curvature of 3R.

Tags:Foldable Devices| LG| OLEDs| Tandem OLED

Huawei Unfolds the Mate X5’s Inner and Outer Displays

by Shawnee Blackwood

Both the internal and external screens of the Collector’s Edition, as well as the external screens of the standard Mate X5, will support 1-120 Hz LTPO adaptive refresh rates.

US Smartphone Shipments Decline 24% YoY in Q2 2023, but Foldable Market Shows Promise

by Shawnee Blackwood

There will be a continuation of demand weakness at the start of Q3’23, but the expected strong demand for the iPhone 15 is likely to offset this weakness in the Android market.

Tags:Counterpoint| Foldable Devices| Market Data| smartphone

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IISc Researchers Fabricate Composite Semiconductor for Next Gen Flexible Displays

by Shawnee Blackwood

The research team has secured a patent for their groundbreaking material and are gearing up to evaluate its shelf-life and device-to-device quality control before scaling up for mass production.

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| OLED| research| showcase

Foldable OLED Market Set for Significant Growth Expanding to 61 Million Units in 2027

by Artem Alekseenko

Average annual growth is expected to be 29%.

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Foldable Devices| OLEDs| UBI Research

Pixel Fold OLED Display Issues Frustrate Enthusiasts

by Shawnee Blackwood

Foldable phones are new enough, and expensive enough, to create a lot of anxiety among users so any hint of a problem is going to be magnified by the commentary online.

Tags:Foldable Devices| Google| OLED

Google Pixel Fold Dominates Dxomark Display Rankings, Setting New Standards for Foldable Devices

by Shawnee Blackwood

With its high-quality display and efficient handling of foldable-specific aspects, the Google Pixel Fold is setting a new standard in the realm of foldable devices.

Tags:DXOMARK| Foldable Devices| Google| Pixel Fold| smartphone

Pressure on Panel Prices Should Intensify

by Omid Rahmat

Demand is softening, and there is not a great deal to be optimistic about the second half of the year, even if there is a seasonal pick-up in the sale of TVs, computers, and smartphone.