Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/isuppli-oled-panel-shortage-a-concern-for-android-smartphone-ma/
Everyone wants an OLED display on their cellphone, right? Ok, maybe
not everybody, especially when compared to
regular AMOLED, but we certainly want, no
demand, a
4-plus inch Super AMOLED on our next Android smartphone. Problem is, there just
aren't enough to go around according to iSuppli. An issue compounded by the fact that Samsung, the world's largest AMOLED panel manufacturer, gets first crack at its displays in support of its
massive growth plans for 2010, leaving companies like
HTC to look elsewhere as we've already heard. That leaves LG, the only other source for small AMOLED panels, to shoulder the burden until the two can ramp up production, or until more players can enter the market. Samsung hopes to significantly boost production in 2012 when it brings a new $2.2 billion AMOLED facility on-line. Meanwhile, Taiwan-based AU Optronics and TPO Display Corp. plan to introduce AMOLED products by the end of 2010 or early 2011. Until then there's always the venerable LCD which will continue to dwarf AMOLED shipments for many years to come. See the numbers after the break.
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