According to statistics from Sigmaintell, total smart phone panel shipments in the third quarter of 2017 were approximately 530 million pieces, a slight increase of 1.0% over the same period of last year.
Although the third degree of Chinese brands adjust AMOLED pick-up rhythm, but Samsung Display (SDC)
Benefit from the new machine iphone X Apple's pull materials, led the Samsung display panel shipments of about 106 million, an increase of 6% over the same period last year.
China's third quarter AMOLED smartphone handsets total shipments of about 2.5 million, an increase of about 120% over the same period last year, of which Kunshan VISA is driven by the brand-end pull cargo shipments in the quarter exceeded 1 million.
As the Taiwan-based panel makers are still amorphous silicon (a-Si) panel as the main force, with the development of mobile phone panel technology and the rise of China's panel makers, especially in the full-screen trend of development, Taiwan panel makers will face even greater challenge.
Overall, Qunzhi Consulting said that the smart phone market is already a relatively mature and saturated market. In the future, market development needs more innovative products to stimulate. In this process, the competition will become more intense and the global competitive landscape will further Remodeling.
BOE also benefited from shipments of overseas brands. In the third quarter, BOE shipped 83 million smart phone panels, up 6.4% over the same period of last year. Shipment volume of smart phone LCD panels ranked first in the world , While BOE actively accelerate AMOLED development progress, the Chengdu 6-generation soft AMOLED announced mass production in October, is China's first 6th generation of soft AMOLED production line, so BOE phone products more comprehensive.
TIANMA's smartphone shipments in the third quarter reached nearly 55 million units, an increase of 48% over the same period of last year. Shipment volume of LTPS LCD panels reached more than 33 million units, an increase of 180% over the same period of last year. Under the market environment, since the 6th generation line of Xiamen Tianma has been mass-produced since the second half of 2016, it has been achieving full production and full sales with stable and excellent yield. Under the full-screen mobile phone development trend, the Company actively seized the development opportunity and continuously upgraded Product Value and Stable Customer Relationship.
Japanese monitor (JDI) Under the dual competition between Samsung AMOLED and China-based LTPS LCD panel, the demand for JDI brand dropped. In the third quarter, the shipment volume of smart phone panels was about 37 million, down 26% from the same period of last year. Based customer structure to face a severe test.
With the rapid growth of panel makers in China, Qunzhi Consulting said that the competitive edge of overseas panel makers' LCD panels is gradually declining. In the third quarter, LGD's smart phone panels shipped about 33 million units, Down 27.9%.
In response to the upgrade of mobile phone technology, LGD actively layout AMOLED, Gumi 6 generations of soft AMOLED E5 production line started volume production Q3, the soft AMOLED smart phone panel shipments of about 1.2 million pieces.