Production cost of next-generation organic EL for smartphones falls below LCD, expected devices will increase

ByTechStage

One type of organic EL (OLED) panel "AMOLED(Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) "is one of the displays adopted for small devices such as Samsung's Galaxy series and Apple's Apple Watch. Although AMOLED has advantages such as wide viewing angle, high brightness, low power consumption, it has a disadvantage that its manufacturing cost is high due to its complicated structure. However, it turned out that the manufacturing cost of AMOLED was lower than the production cost of general LCD, and in the future the number of products adopting AMOLED has increased.

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Korean news media ETNews reported that market research firmIHS TechnologyInvestigated the manufacturing cost of AMOLED and LCD in the first quarter of 2016. The production cost of AMOLED in 5.0 inch full HD was 14 dollars 30 cents (about 1620 yen), LCD became 14 dollar 60 cents (about 1650 yen), the manufacturing cost of AMOLED fell below the manufacturing cost of LCD for the first time.


In the fourth quarter of 2015, the manufacturing costs of both are 17 dollars 10 cents (about 1940 yen) and 15 dollars 70 cents (about 1780 yen), AMOLED exceeds 1 dollar 40 cents (about 160 yen) Although it was, it will be reversed in just three months. The reason why the manufacturing cost of ETNews has declined is that "The fact that AMOLED's manufacturing cost suddenly declined is due to the fact that the operation rate of the manufacturing line has increased and that depreciation of the manufacturing line itself is completed" . According to the fact that the manufacturing cost fell below the LCD, there was the possibility that not only high-end smartphones but also low-end smartphones would adopt AMOLED.

ETNews also refers to Samsung, which continues to adopt AMOLED in the Galaxy series. Samsung will supply AMOLED to Chinese huge smartphone makers and expand production lines for small and medium-sized AMOLED from the latter half of 2015, the utilization rate of the manufacturing line rises to 90 to 95% at the maximum. Chinese smartphone maker Samsung supplying AMBLED has adopted AMOLED not only for high end but also middle range smart phone, and manufacturing cost reduction may be a boost to Samsung.

ByTechStage

Also, Apple that adopts AMOLED at Apple Watch says it will release 5.8 inch AMOLED display in 2017RumorThere is also. Mr. Minchi Kuo, an analyst at KGI Securities in Taiwan, said that the iPhone, which will appear in 2017, will be made of glass and the whole device will be curved. In addition, the iPhone that appears in 2017 finally has the possibility to carry AMOLED. This is said to be limited to cases where adequate supply has been secured, and it is a concern as to what effect it will have as a result of a significant reduction in manufacturing costs.

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