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Published: Tue, 05/11/21
Recent poll shows most Xiaomi/Redmi customers prefer AMOLED over LCDs, a change from 2020
Xiaomi's VP (and Redmi manager) Lu Weibing posted an interesting poll at its Weibo account. Weibing asked Xiaomi users whether they prefer an AMOLED or LCD display.
Out of around 20,000 respondents, over 14,000 chose AMOLED as the preferred display type. Last year he posted a similar poll - but then most users preferred an LCD display. LCD advocates say that they prefer LCD if drove by DC dimming, rather than the PWM used in most AMOLEDs . It is actually also possible to use DC Dimming with OLED displays.
Kolon says it supplies polyimide films to Xiaomi's Mi Mix Fold cover window
Kolon Industries says that the company is supplying colorless polyimide (CPI) films to Xiaomi - used as cover windows for Xiaomi's latest Mi Mix Fold smartphone. Xiaomi sold over 40,000 such smartphones within one minute, and the company hopes to ship around 500,000 units in total.
Kolon says it is the only company that produces such CPI films, and the company says it also supplied films for Huawei's Mate X, Motorola's Razr and Lenovo's Thinkpad X1 foldable laptop - and will also supply to Oppo and Vivo for their own foldable devices.
UDC reported its financial results for Q1 2021
Universal Display reported its financial results for Q1 2021. UDC's revenues for the quarter were $134 million (down from $141.5 million in Q4 2020 and up from $112.3 million from Q1 2020) and net income was $51.7 million.
At the end of the quarter, UDC had $727 million in cash or equivalents. The company retained its 2021 guidance with revenues between $530 - $560 million.
Korea launches a national project to develop AR OLED microdisplay technologies
The Korean government launched a new project that aims to develop technologies for the production of OLED microdisplays for AR applications.
The new project, organized by the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy is led by AP Systems. The project aims to produce a direct emission OLED microdisplay with a resolution of 4,000 PPI by 2024.
DSCC lowers its OLED equipment spending forecast as display makers focus on LCDs
DSCC has lowered its OLED equipment spending estimate and forecast. DSCC is saying this is due to low OLED utilization rates in China's lower-tiered producers, delays in OLED TV production plans in China as companies are focusing on LCDs due to increase demand - and also new technologies such as mini-LEDs.
DSCC sees OLED equipment spending falling in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and surging back in 2025. Total 2020-2025 OLED equipment spending on an install basis is expected to to be $49 billion.
