Fierce Price Competition Amongst WOLED TVs, QD-OLED TVs, and Neo QLED TVs

We experienced fierce price competition in the first half of 2022 among premium TVs with a launch price of $2,000 or more. It will be interesting to see how the Amazon Prime Day event scheduled for July will affect TV prices.

OLED Smartphone Launch Products Slows Down In The First Half of 2022

The number of OLED smartphone launches, which had steadily increased from 2019 to 2021 reached only 110 units in the first half of 2022. 137 units had been released in 2019, 166 units in 2020, and 225 units in 2021.

Merck, now it is time to consider the refractive index of common layer materials.

At the 'OLED settlement seminar for the first half of 2022' held at COEX on June 23, Merck's Kim Jun-ho, head of research institute, said, "The concept of the refractive index of the emitting layer is often applied to the capping layer on the cathode, but now it is also required for HTL” and mentioned that the light extraction efficiency can be improved through the optimized refractive index design of HTL.

Choong-Hoon Yi, CEO of UBI Research, “Korean display companies must have price competitiveness as well as OLED technology competitiveness”

Although there is still a gap in display technology between Korea and China, it has been argued that Korean display companies should have price competitiveness as soon as possible.

GrapheneLab surpasses the ppi limit with a plated metal mask

GrapheneLab, a graphene commercialization technology company, announced that it is possible to manufacture FMMs over 800ppi using graphene.

Will BOE Resume iPhone 13 Production?

It seems that BOE has started line operations for iPhone 13. Back in March, most of the iPhone 13 shipments were canceled due to an issue with Apple. BOE will now resume production.

1Q of 2022 OLED Emitting Material Market $420 million, up 9% Compared to the Same Quarter of the Previous Year

According to “2Q22 OLED Emitting Material Market Track”, a quarterly report published by UBI Research, the sales of emitting materials in the first quarter were $421 million, down 21.1% (QoQ) from $533 million in the previous quarter but was an increase by 9% (YoY)when compared to $386 million in the first quarter of 2021.

Chinese Panel Makers in Crisis! Will the Display Business's Deficit Increase This Year?

Chinese panel makers such as Visionox and BOE are expected to face losses due to cost pressures. The operation rate of Visionox was analyzed to be high. This is because Visionox is exclusively producing 70-80% of Honor, a large Chinese smartphone manufacturer.

Samsung Display Unveils World’s First High Refresh Rate 240Hz OLED

Samsung Display today announced the start of mass production of the world’s first OLED displays for laptops with high refresh rate of 240Hz. The new panel will make its debut in MSI’s latest 15.6-inch gaming laptop, Raider GE67 HX, upping the ante in the fiercely competitive gaming market for high-performance displays.

What is the future change of WRGB OLED to respond to QD-OLED?

2As Samsung Display's QD-OLED begins to be applied to TVs and monitors in earnest in 2022, technological changes are being detected for LG Display's WRGB OLED, which has been leading the large OLED market.

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