Samsung is using the same OLED material set __ the M11 __ for the panel on the 6.8-inch Galaxy S22 Ultra as the Galaxy S21 Ultra, TheElec has learned.This is likely an attempt to control cost as Samsung’s focus is to increase the shipment of the S22 series compared to the S21 and S20 series, sources

LG Display has made a proposal to LG Electronics to launch a transparent OLED TV, TheElec has learned.The display maker has proposed the launch of a TV that uses a 55-inch transparent OLED panel to LG Electronics’ Home Entertainment Company, its TV business unit, sources said.The panel will be fixed

Chinese display giant BOE is facing production problems in OLED panels for iPhones due to the ongoing global chip shortage, TheElec has learned.The shortage will affect production this month and next month, sources said.BOE procures display driver ICs for the panels from South Korean chip firm LX Se

Samsung Electronics and Samsung Display have hit a roadblock in their negotiations over the price of quantum-dot (QD)-OLED panels that the latter originally planned to supply to the South Korean electronics giant for their TVs, TheElec has learned.The negotiations, which started late last year, have

LG Display was currently shifting some of its OLED production equipment at its E5 line at its plant in Gumi, South Korea to its plant in Paju, TheElec has learned.The company was transferring some of its tensioners __ used in depositing OLED materials on the panel during production __ to its E6-4 li

More TV panels will be manufactured at Gen 10 substrate and above lines this year, according to analyst firm Omdia.The firm expects TV panels made at Gen 10 (2880x3130mm) and Gen 10.5 (2940x3370mm) lines to account for 31.8% of the total TV panels __ including both liquid crystal displays (LCD) and

Samsung Display is unlikely to decide within the first half of this year on whether it will spend more to expand its production capacity of quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels this year, TheElec has learned.It is unlikely that the company will hold an investment review on QD-OLED during the first half of 2

Chinese display maker CSOT has placed orders for equipment to use in the production of large liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, TheElec has learned.The company has recently placed orders for use at its Gen 8.6 (2250x2600mm) oxide thin-film transistor (TFT) LCD production line at its T9 factory in

Samsung Display had said that it will utilize its patents in various ways amid intensifying competition in the mobile OLED space.During Samsung Electronics’ conference call for the fourth quarter, Samsung Display executive vice president Choi Kwon-young said that the company “will utilize its patent

Samsung is planning to begin production of new MicroLED TVs in May with lowered price tags, TheElec has learned.The company’s first 110-inch MicroLED launched last year had a price tag of 170 million won.But Samsung is planning to lower this by around 40% to 100 million won for its new 89-inch and 1

Chinese display maker CSOT has formed a team to evaluate its production line in a bid to supply OLED panels to Apple for iPhones, TheElec has learned.CSOT, together with Apple, first review the OLED panel produced from its T4 factory at Wuhan, China, sources said.T4 can manufacture Gen 6 (1500x1850m

Chinese display giant BOE has set a target to manufacture OLED panels for iPhone 15 Pro series next year, TheElec has learned.It is hoping to achieve this by successfully applying low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) technology on the OLED panels it will manufacture at its latest factory B12

Samsung Display is planning to use inkjet equipment from US firm Kateeva for use in its Q1 production line, which manufactures Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) quantum dot (QD)-OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display will place the order to HB Solution, which adds software to Kateeva’s inkjet equipmen

Samsung will unveil new TV models that use LG Display’s white(W)-OLED panels in June at the earliest, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to launch the TVs in May.But after the year-end reshuffle last year, Samsung had decided to reevaluate the contract it has signed wi

Samsung Display will need an order of substantial volume from Apple to expand its Gen 8.5 (2200x2500mm) IT OLED panels this year.The South Korean display panel maker’s development of a vertical deposition machine, in collaboration with Japan’s Ulvac, for use in Gen 8.5 IT OLED panel that started las

BOE has recently converted the layout of parts of its B12 OLED panel factory so that it can manufacture OLED panels for IT products and automobiles besides just smartphones, TheElec has learned.The phase 3 production line at B12 in Chongqing, China will be able to manufacture OLED panels for smartph

A plan to buy its own building by Korea Display Industry Association (KDIA), a trade association of the display industry with members such as Samsung Display and LG Display, is being criticized by association members as out of touch, TheElec has learned.Those working at member companies told TheElec

Samsung Electronics and LG Display’s negotiations over the price of TV OLED panels that the latter will supply are hitting a snag due to the parties failing to agree on an appropriate unit price, TheElec has learned.According to sources, LG Display has offered to supply the panels at a price lower t

Samsung Display will be procuring OLED transport layer material from SK JNC, TheElec has learned.SK JNC will be competing with existing OLED transport layer material suppliers DS Neolux and Solus Advanced Materials.The new supplier has also been chosen as a material recycling partner by Samsung Disp

LG Display is planning to apply its new technology on its OLED panels for TV to increase their luminance by 30% during the second quarter next year, when mass production will begin, the company said at a press conference on Wednesday.The technology, called OLED.EX, uses deuterium, one of two stable