OLED display and lighting are expected to become increasingly applied to the interior and exterior of automobiles.
At CES 2018, Samsung Electronics introduced the OLED-applied dashboard. LG Electronics unveiled the center fascia with 14-inch OLED, and OLED set makers continue to exhibit their OLED applications for automobiles.
The number of OLED TVs exhibited at CES 2018 increased to 31, which was a significant increase of 17 from CES 2017. The number of OLED TV companies that exhibited at CES 2018 were 7 including LG Electronics, Sony, Panasonic and Skyworth.
“Connected” is the theme of largest number of exhibitors participating in 2018 CES. In the future, home appliances and electronic goods such as TV, washing machine, refrigerator, and automobiles will be connected to people and operated with artificial intelligence (AI).
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are going to unveil low to mid-end smartphones at CES 2018 instead of their mainstream smartphones.
It is expected that OLED will be applied to Nokia’s next flagship smartphone model ‘Nokia 9’. GSMARENA released the specification of the Nokia 9, citing the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) document. According to GSMARENA, it is equipped with LG Display’s 5.5-inch OLED display, with a resolution of 1440 x 2560 and an aspect ratio of 16: 9. The previous version, Nokia 8, has a 5.3-inch IPS LCD.