On the morning of July 23, it was reported that due to Apple’s shift to OLED, Korean panel makers are expected to become beneficiaries.
People familiar with the matter said that Apple plans to introduce OLED panels for the new iPad , which will be launched next year. This is the first time Apple has equipped a tablet with an OLED panel, and the iPhone has already been introduced. Samsung and LG Display are evaluating how to invest in necessary equipment, and there are reports that they have negotiated with equipment suppliers.
LCD panels provided by Chinese panel makers are cheaper and profit margins are declining. Korean panel makers are converting LCD production lines to OLED production lines. This change is beneficial to Korean material and equipment suppliers.
An industry official in South Korea said: “The transformation of the small and medium-sized panel market to OELD is accelerating because these panels are better and are the next-generation screens. This shift is beneficial to local manufacturers because competitors have to catch up with OLED for a while. time.”
Samsung has been producing OLED panels for smartphones a long time ago. LG’s OLED panels are mainly aimed at TVs, but it has caught up in the small and medium-sized panel market and is catching up very quickly. As LG’s relationship with Apple becomes closer, LG’s catch-up may accelerate.
LG Display is developing a panel for the folding screen iPhone, and it is expected that Apple will launch a folding screen phone as soon as 2023.
Compared with LCD, OLED panels are thinner, lighter, have better picture quality, higher contrast, more vivid colors, and higher brightness. But the output of OLED is not very high now, so the price is much more expensive than LCD.
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