Special Report
Foldable & Slidable OLED Technology and Market Outlook Report
₩6,000,000
January 2, 2024
Introduction
Foldable OLED technology, which started in the smartphone market, is also sprouting up in the notebook market. Foldable OLED technology has the advantage that the entire front of a smartphone or notebook can be configured as a screen, and since the screen can be folded, it is a product that enhances portability. Therefore, it will become an essential product in the increasingly sophisticated information age.
Notebooks are the optimal application of Foldable OLED because the form factor itself is a foldable product, and since folding phones have existed in the mobile phone market before, foldable phones are also naturally being incorporated into the lives of modern people. Since the foldable book can be expanded to 20 inches, it will evolve into a new product that can overcome the monitor market.
Following on the heels of foldable OLED technology is slidable OLED. Slidable OLED is a way to expand the screen by taking out the OLED inside the device. Like Foldable OLED, Slidable OLED is a technology that can expand the screen, making it more portable. The application of Slidable OLED is a slidable PC that will replace tablet PCs. Instead of a 13-inch tablet PC, a slidable PC that can expand to 17 inches will be a new product that can expand to the notebook market.
Foldable Book and Slidable PC will be a game changer that will break the boundaries of the IT market where LCDs are used.
Originally published in 2024, the report “Foldable & Slidable OLED Technology and Market Outlook” detailed the technologies that are essential for foldable and slidable OLEDs to succeed in the market and provided a forecast of the future market.
Contents
2. The Need for Foldable & Slidable OLED Devices
2.1 Differences between Foldable and Folding Devices
2.2 Difference between Slidable and Rollable Devices
2.3 Foldable OLED and Slidable OLED will be a Game Changer for the IT Industry
3. Trends in Foldable and Rollable Devices
3.1 Foldable Phone Releases in 2023
3.2 Foldable Notebook Release Status
3.3 Rollable TV Release Status
4. Foldable OLED
4.1 Foldable phone
4.2 Foldable Book
4.3 Foldable TV
4.4 Multi-folding Devices
5. Slidable OLED
5.1 Slidable Phone
5.2 Slidable PC
5.3 Slidable Book
5.4 Automotive
6. Rollable OLED
6.1 What is Rollable OLED
6.2 Rollable TV
6.3 Rollable Monitor
6.4 Automotive
7. Foldable + Slidable OLED
7.1 What is Foldable + Slidable OLED?
7.2 Hybrid PC
8. Foldable & Slidable OLED Success Factors
8.1 Barriers
8.2 Success Factors
9. Foldable OLED and Slidable OLED Core Technologies
9.1 Low Power Drive Technologies
9.2 LTPO-TFT
9.3 Oxide TFT
9.4 High Refractive Index CPL
9.5 Micro Lens Array
9.6 Pol-less & COE
9.7 Phosphorescence Blue Emitting Material
9.8 Digitizer Technology
9.9 On-cell Touch
9.10 Neutral Plane Design Technology
10. Foldable OLED Market Sales Performance
10.1 Shipments
10.2 Shipments by Company
11. Foldable & Slidable OLED Market Forecast
11.1 Shipment Forecast
11.2 Shipment Forecast by Application
11.3 Samsung Display’s Shipment Forecast by Application
11.4 Estimated Market Penetration of Slidable OLEDs for Tablet PCs
11.5 Estimated Penetration of Foldable OLEDs in the Notebook OLED Market
12. Foldable & Slidable Capa Views
12.1 Substrate Area Forecast by Application
12.2 Substrate Area Forecast
12.3 Capa Forecast by TFT
12.4 Analyzing Shipment Capa by Company
13. Cover Window Market Outlook for Foldable & Slidable OLEDs
13.1 Market Outlook for Cover window
13.2 Cover Window Market Forecast by Application
13.3 UTG Market Outlook
13.4 CPI Market Outlook
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