As a key catalyst, display technology has played an important role to reshape smartphone industry. We expect AMOLED display will continue to be an effective differentiator for smartphone vendors in 2018, backed by its technological advantage and its constrained supply. But the situation could be changed in the long run, when AMOLED panel oversupply the market. This could further accelerate the penetration rate of AMOLED displays.
This report tracks and forecasts the shipment of global top 19 smartphone vendors by display panels (AMOLED/rigid, AMOLED/flexible, LCD/a-Si, LCD/LTPS, and LCD/IGZO) from 2014 to 2018. Global smartphone shipments by display panel forecast numbers through 2022 are included as well.