Apple Watch To Account For 84% of AMOLED Smart Watch Panels Shipped This Year, IHS Says
Global smart watch display unit shipments are expected to grow 250 percent year over year, reaching a record 34 million units in 2015, led by demand for the new Apple Watch, IHS said in a Monday report. “The display market…
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is still assessing the staying power of smart watch demand, so as not to overshoot display supply needs in the coming year,” IHS said. Active-matrix OLED panels will be 58 percent of all smart watch panels shipped this year, since the market-leading Apple Watch uses AMOLED technology, the research firm said. The Apple Watch will have 84 percent of AMOLED smart watch panels and 49 percent of total displays for smart watches shipped in 2015, it said. “Apple Watch has attracted a lot of attention from consumers, which has led to increased demand,” IHS said. “The display market is carefully watching consumer response to products in the smart watch category, which should help to improve future display technologies.”