Latest iPhones Driving Smartphone Vendor Push to High-Resolution Smartphone Displays

Apple is driving smartphone makers’ push to high-resolution displays, said an IHS report. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus led growth in the low-temperature polysilicon thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (LTPS TFT LCD) category for smartphones, which grew by 31 percent to 251 million units in first half 2015 over the first six months of 2014, IHS said. IPhone displays were 52 percent of all LTPS TFT LCD smartphone display shipments for the period, it said. Display manufacturers are now investing in new fabs to increase future production capacity, not only for LTPS TFT LCD displays but also for high-resolution active-matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) displays, said IHS. “Apple adopted wider displays with higher resolution in its latest iPhone series, which has helped spur demand in LTPS TFT LCD displays,” said Hiroshi Hayase, analyst. Following Apple were Xiaomi, LG and Huawei with 6, 5 and 5 percent share each, it said.