Foldable Displays Seen Starting in Smartphones This Year, Coming in Big, Pricey Devices
IHS Markit expects the first foldable active-matrix OLED smartphone displays to “hit the market this year,” said Jerry Kang, senior principal analyst, in a research note Tuesday. They will be a miniscule portion of flexible AMOLED shipments in 2018, rising…
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to 6 percent in 2021, said Kang. Smartphone brands plan to use the new foldable displays mainly in larger-sized premium devices, said Kang. Their “transformable” displays will “combine the usability of smartphones and tablets,” he said: The first smartphones with foldable displays will likely command steep prices that “could be a barrier to adoption.”