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Article last updated on: Aug 11, 2019

Are you looking for OLED market reports? OLED-Info publishes the world's leading hands-on market reports, covering a wide range of areas such as automotive OLEDs, flexible OLEDs, OLED for VR and AR, transparent OLEDs and more.

See below for our two most popular reports, for the flexible and transparent market reports. See the full range of our market reports here.

The Flexible OLED Market Report:

Why flexible displays and lighting panels are so exciting
What kind of flexible displays are currently on the market
What the future holds for flexible OLEDs
How to acquire flexible OLEDs for your products

The report package provides a good introduction to the flexible OLED market - present and future. It details both flexible displays and lighting technologies.

The Transparent OLED Market Report:

Transparent OLED properties and advantages
What are the main challenges towards transparent OLEDs
What kind of transparent OLED displays are currently on the market
The transparent OLED lighting market

The report package provides a good introduction to the transparent OLED market - present and future. It details both displays and lighting technologies.

The OLED Handbook

OLED-Info offers the OLED Handbook, a comprehensive guide to OLED technology, industry and market. Our leading guide to OLED technologies OLED Handbook is the best way to quickly get in-depth OLED knowledge and become an OLED expert.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

OLED technology, materials and production processes
What kind of OLED panels are available on the market today
What are the obstacles on the way for cheaper OLEDs
The OLED TV market
The future of OLED displays and lighting and the challenges ahead
And a lot more!

Recent OLED Market Reports news

The OLED Handbook, 2021 edition

We are happy to announce the new edition of The OLED Handbook, the most comprehensive resource on OLED technology, industry and market - now updated for 2021. The OLED industry grows and changes very fast, and the new edition include new details on the OLED mobile display market, new production fabs in China, rollable an foldable OLEDs, OLED TVs, the Coronavirus outbreak effects and more!

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

OLED technology and materials and production processes
How OLEDs compare to LCD displays
OLED TVs, foldable, rollable and transparent OLEDs
The OLED lighting industry
The future of OLED displays and the challenges ahead

The book also provides:

A history of OLED development
A guide to OLED investment
A comprehensive list of OLED companies
A list of existing and planned AMOLED fabs
An introduction to quantum dots, micro-LEDs and e-paper displays

The OLED handbook has been read by hundreds of display engineers, business developers, researchers, equipment vendors, OLED material companies, private investors and others who wished to learn more about OLEDs today and in the future. I truly believe that it is the best introduction to OLED displays and lighting!

Read the full story Posted: Jan 19, 2021

OLED-Info's transparent, microdisplays, foldable, flexible and automotive OLED market reports updated to January 2021

Today we published new versions of our market reports - that cover the flexible, microdisplays and automotive OLED markets. OLED-Info provides comprehensive niche OLED market reports, and our reports cover everything you need to know about the niche market, and can be useful if you want to understand how the OLED industry works and what this technology can provide for your own industry. The reports are now updated to January 2021.

The OLED and MicroLED Microdisplays Market Report:

The advantages of OLED and MicroLED microdisplays
Information on all companies involved in this market
What kind of displays are available on the market today
Future technologies and roadmaps

The report package also provides a complete list of OLED and microLED microdisplays makers and their current (and future) products, and personal contact details into the leading microdisplays makers. Read more here!

Read the full story Posted: Jan 14, 2021

The MicroLED Handbook, 2021 edition

OLED-Info and our sister site MicroLED-Info are happy to announce the 2021 edition of The MicroLED Handbook. This book is a comprehensive guide to MicroLED display technology, industry and market. MicroLED displays are thin, efficient, bright and flexible and are on track to revolutionize the display industry. The handbook is now updated to January 2021 and lists recent developments and new companies, initiatives and research activities.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

MicroLED technology, materials and production processes
How MicroLEDs compare to LCDs and OLEDs
What are the challenges towards commercial production
LED technology and manufacturing processes
MicroLED driving and full-color architectures
The MicroLED displays currently on the market

Read the full story Posted: Jan 12, 2021

LG's OLED sales continue to improve as demand for TV and smartphone panel increases

Omdia says that in 2020, LG Display's OLED TV sales surpassed LGD's LCD TV sales, for the first time. LGD's OLED TV sales were 53% of the company's total TV sales (up from 33% in 2019).

Xiaomi Master Series 65OLED photo

Omdia says that it expects LG's total OLED display sales (including TVs, mobiles and automotive displays) to reach 10 trillion Won in 2021 (around $9.15 billion USD).

Read the full story Posted: Jan 08, 2021

The Perovskite Handbook - 2021 edition

OLED-Info and Perovskite-Info are happy to announce the 2021 edition of The Perovskite Handbook. This book is a comprehensive guide to perovskite materials, applications and industry, and it is now updated to January 2021 and lists recent developments and new companies, initiatives and research activities.

Perovskites are an exciting class of materials that feature a myriad of exciting properties. Perovskites are now entering the display market, with applications in quantum dots, LEDs, lasers and more.

Reading this book, you'll learn all about:

Different perovskite materials, their properties and structure
How perovskites can be made, tuned and used
What kinds of applications perovskites are suitable for
Perovskites Quantum Dots
Perovskite solar cells, their merits and challenges
Perovskites-based LEDs
The state of the perovskite market, potential and future

Read the full story Posted: Jan 04, 2021

Omdia: 62.8% of all smartphones sold in Q4 2020 use OLED displays

Market research company Omdia says that at the end of 2020, 62.8% of all smartphones use OLED panels, while 31.8%, use LCDs (I'm not sure about the rest of the smartphones, maybe some use E Ink displays but not all the rest of the missing 5.4% in Omdia's summary.

ZTE Nubia Red Magic 5S photo

Omdia further estimates that SDC's smartphone OLED panel sales will exceed $5 billion in Q1 2021, a 30% increase over Q1 2020.

Read the full story Posted: Jan 01, 2021

Tianma sets an aggressive goal for 2021 - shipment of 40 million AMOLED panels

According to reports from Korea, Tianma plans to ship 40 million OLED panels in 2021. It is estimated that Tianma shipped a million panels in 2020, which means that this is quite an aggressive sales expansion for the Chinese display maker, and according to the report analysts expect the company to actually ship only around 7.5 million panels.

Tianma produces rigid OLEDs at its 5.5-Gen line in Shanghai, and in 2017 Tianma started producing rigid and flexible OLEDS at the company's 6-Gen fab in Wuhan. Later in 2018 the company announced plans to expand its Wuhan flexible AMOLED fab. This expansion plan was reportedly delayed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 24, 2020

DSCC details the OLED smartwatch panel market in 2020

DSCC posted an interesting chart that details OLED smartwatch shipments by supplier. This is an interesting market as there are almost 10 suppliers with no dominant player:

In fact DSCC says that there are five different OLED panel makers (BOE, SDC, LGD, EDO and Truly) that each has a market share over 10% in 2020.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 16, 2020

DSCC sees the foldable OLED display market growing to 94 million units by 2025

DSCC estimates that foldable OLED panel shipments will reach 3.1 million units in 2020, an increase of 454% from 2019. Revenues in 2020 will reach $462 million. DSCC decreased its estimates following the US restrictions on Huawei which prevented the launch of the Mate X2. The market will grow to 94 million panels by 2025 (a CAGR of 97% from 2018).

Samsung is clearly the leading foldable OLED device brand, with a market share of over 80% in the 2020. The two best selling smartphones in 2020 are the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and the Z Fold 2.

Read the full story | 2 comments | Posted: Dec 16, 2020

DSCC sees OLED revenues reaching $31.9 in 2020, Q4 will be an all-time-high

DSCC says that OLED panel revenues will reach almost $12 billion in Q4 2020 - reaching an all-time high (up 46% from Q4 2019) as all the major OLED markets, smartphones, TVs and smartwatches, saw increased demand.

One of the major drivers for the increased Q4 demand was Apple's later-than-usual release date which pushed orders into Q4 from Q3, and an earlier Samsung S21 release which meant SDC started producing panels for Samsung Electronics's upcoming flagship as early as November. DSCC estimates that Apple will account for 57% of all OLED smartphone panel revenues in the quarter.

Read the full story Posted: Dec 15, 2020