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OLED technology is based on organic semiconductors that are used to create beautiful, flexible and efficient display panels. OLED-Info, established in 2004, is the world's leading OLED industry portal - offering a range of services to the OLED industry including a web publication, newsletter, market insights, and marketing and business-development services.

UBI: OLED shipments increase in Q3 2024, mostly driven by increased shipments by LG Display and Everdisplay

UBI Research says that shipments of small OLED panels rose to 247 million units, up 7.8% from the previous quarter (and up 32.6% from Q3 2023), mainly driven by increase in shipments by LG Display and Everdisplay.

LG Display shipped 17.6 million smartphones panels in the quarter, up 64% from Q2 and 12.2 million wearable OLED panels (up 147%) - thanks to strong shipments to Apple. In total LGD's AMOLED shipments grew 74% quarter to quarter, and 115% from last year. UBI expects LGD to continue and increase its shipments in Q4. The company is almost at full capacity and UBI says the company may decide to expand the capacity at one of its existing 6-Gen fabs.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 12,2024

Realme Neo7

Realme's Neo7 flagship smartphone offers a 6.78" 6,000 nits 120Hz 1264x2780 LTPO AMOLED display (produced by SDC), a Mediatek Dimensity 9300+ chipset, up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1T of storage.

The Neo7 smartphone is now shipping.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 12,2024

New OLED gadget: ASRock PGO32UFS / PGO27QFS / PGO27QFV

The ASRock PGO gaming monitor series all use LG's WOLED panels. There are three models - we'll start with the PGO27QFS which uses a 27" 240Hz 2560x1440 (QHD) panel. The PGO27QFV is also 27" in size and QHD in resolutoionn, but with a faster refresh rate - 360Hz.

Finally we have the PGO3UFS which offers a 31.5" 3840x2160 (4K) panel that can switch between 480Hz (FHD) and 240Hz (4K).

Read the full story Posted: Dec 11,2024

UBI: Samsung's automotive OLED shipments rise, but sales of tablet OLED displays are soft

UBI Research says that Samsung Display's medium and large OLED panel shipments in Q3 2024 were the same as in the previous quarter. Shipments of tablet OLED devices were low, but this was offset by increased sales of automotive displays. Compared to 2023, total medium and large OLED panel shipments more than doubled, mainly due to increased sales of tablet panels to Apple, and increased laptop OLED shipments.

UBI estimates that SDC's tablet PC sales decreased by 38% compared to the previous quarter. Automotive OLED shipments rose from 100,000 units in Q1 2024 to around 500,000 in Q3. 

Read the full story Posted: Dec 11,2024

New OLED gadget: Xiaomi Redmi Note 14

Xiaomi's Redmi Note 14 smartphone offers a 6.67" 120Hz 2,100 nits 1080x2400 AMOLED display, a Mediatek Dimensity 7025 Ultra chipset, 8 GB of RAM and up to 256 GB of storage.

The Redmi Note 14 will ship by the end of 2024.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 11,2024

Will Tianma exclusively supply OLED displays for Apple's next-generation HomePod device?

There is an interesting (but unverified) report out of Korea that Apple has chosen Tianma to be its exclusive OLED display supplier for a next-generation HomePod smart speaker device, the first one with a display. The OLED HomePod will be released in 2025.

Rumors about a HomePod with a display started surfacing last year, then suggesting that the display will be a 7-inch LCD, indeed supplied by Tianma. But these new rumors suggests that Apple has opted for a higher-quality LTPS AMOLED display, sized 6.7-inch.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 09,2024

Omdia: Korea retakes the top position in OLED shipments in Q2 2024, as Samsung and LG aim to widen the technology gap with Chinese rivals

According to Omdia, Korea regained the top position in the AMOLED market in Q2 2024, after China surpassed Korea in Q1 2024 for the first time.

Omdia says that both Samsung Display and LG Display enjoyed increased sales of high-end AMOLED displays for IT devices (laptops and tablets), and held a market share of 49.9% in Q2 2024, while Chinese OLED makers (Visionox, BOE, Everdisplay, Tianma and CSoT) held a market share of 49%.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 08,2024