According to foreign media reports, once Samsung launched a foldable smartphone in 2019, the company will seek to rapidly expand the collapsible mobile phone ecosystem in a variety of ways. One of the ways the company has adopted is to supply Oppo and Xiaomi. Folding OLED panel.
Samsung's collapsible smartphone will use the foldable OLED display panel developed by Samsung Display. Samsung Display has provided samples of its collapsible OLED panel to Oppo and Xiaomi. This foldable mobile phone screen with Samsung in Galaxy S Or the conventional flexible OLED panels used in the Note product line are different. It is believed that Oppo and Xiaomi are also developing their own collapsible smartphones.
Samsung is very certain that it will launch an excellent product. Although the price of this product is higher than that of Xiaomi, Oppo or Huawei, it seems to be willing to offer exclusive panels to these manufacturers to rapidly expand the market for foldable mobile phones. .
Analysts expect that the company's foldable panels will ship up to 1 million units next year, and by 2020, it will reach 5 million units.
Although Samsung's display subsidiary will benefit from these panel sales, the company may be counting on the growth of this ecosystem to offset the possible impact of Oppo and Xiaomi's collapsible smartphones on its sales.