IHS Says Smartphone Market Maturation Worries Continue Even as Chinese Panel Makers Expand
After two years of “unprecedented capacity expansion” for smartphone panels, South Korean manufacturers in 2018 will “essentially halt” new active-matrix OLED panel factory construction, while Chinese rivals "build new factories as fast as they can,” IHS reported Monday. As the…
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smartphone market matures, “concern” is growing that sales “may not continue to increase at rates as high as previously hoped,” it said: With display and smartphone performance specifications “already excellent,” the phone replacement cycle is longer.