The South Korean company Samsung, being the market leader in OLED-panels continues to invest large sums in this development area. According to SamMobile, to expand production Samsung OLED-displays, plans to spend an additional $ 6.8 billion.
In anticipation of the release of the first iPhone in 2017 with OLED-display Samsung is investing large sums in the development of production. The Korean company plans to spend about 8 trillion Korean won (about $ 6.8 billion at current exchange rates) to increase production capacity by more than 50%. It expects to increase the number of OLED-panels produced to 200 million units per year. It now produces annually 300 million OLED-displays. Sources pointed out that since 2017 Samsung on Apple order to supply 100 million 5.5-inch the OLED-panels for the new iPhone.
In addition to potential suppliers Samsung OLED-panels for the next iPhone is called LG Display and JDI. Other smartphone makers, including Chinese brands, is now also increasingly using new AMOLED-display devices.
Recall, last week it became known that Samsung Display controls 95% of the market OLED-panels . In the first quarter of 2016 it shipped 86.7 million from 91.3 million OLED-displays, issued during this time. In second place after Samsung settled LG Display, a subsidiary of Korean giant LG.
The ability to increase investment in the production of OLED-panels also consider AU Optronics (AUO). The company plans to invest in R & D and scale up the production of OLED-panels. Director General of AUO, said that now the OLED-panels are used mainly in the flagship models of smartphones and they are unlikely to fully replace the TFT LCD panel in the next two or three years. According to him, by 2018 there will be a significant increase in production volumes OLED-panels, but it will take a lot of time and effort. AUO will focus on the production of OLED-panels for virtual reality devices (VR), as well as wearable electronics.