LG Electronics' announcement today that it will ship a curved smartphone using a flexible display to the U.S. market in the first quarter stirred excitement at the International CES 2014.
However, technical challenges related to the manufacturing of flexible active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays mean it will take several years before curved phones and panels are manufactured in high volumes, according to IHS.
Global shipments of flexible AMOLED display panels for smartphones are expected to amount to 814,000 units in 2014, based on data from the OLED Displays Market Tracker - Q4 2013, a report from the IHS Display Materials and Components service.
Shipments will remain limited in 2015, 2016 and 2017, reaching only 1.9 million, 4.5 million and 8.3 million, respectively, during those years. Even so, shipments will nearly double every year within the period.
"As shown by the announcement of the G Flex today from LG, there's a great deal of interest from the industry and the marketplace in the use of flexible display technology in smartphones," said Vinita Jakhanwal, director of mobile and emerging displays and technology at IHS. "However, initial production is likely to be curtailed by numerous pending technical issues related to producing flexible AMOLED displays. As these issues are resolved-and the cost of flexible AMOLED declines-shipments will rise in the coming years."
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