wraggster
February 11th, 2015, 20:12
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/a286588fbb39588faad53984919cf249/200310290/DSC00949_cropped.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/samsung-lg-oled-panels/)It's easy to forget that Samsung is a multi-tentacled company that builds much more than TVs and phones. For instance, it manufactures CPUs (http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/29/apple-rumored-to-need-samsung-for-some-a8-chip-production/) for arch-foe Apple and makes small-to-medium OLED panels for various companies (http://www.androidauthority.com/vivo-x5-max-worlds-thinnest-smartphone-573483/), not just its own mobile division. According to Reuters (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/11/us-samsung-display-investment-oled-idUSKBN0LF00R20150211), Samsung will invest another $3.6 billion into its OLED business to offset flagging smartphone sales (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/28/samsung-looks-for-a-boost-as-its-smartphone-sales-keep-slipping/). Most of that cash will go into a new production line producing curved panels for the Galaxy Note edge and third-party devices. And Samsung's not the only South Korean manufacturer dumping more money into OLEDs. LG will also stake nearly $1 billion on new OLED capacity for large-panel items like TVs, as well. The takeaway? Given the display dominance of the two companies, many more OLED devices -- both big and small -- should be hitting the market soon.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/samsung-lg-oled-panels/
http://www.engadget.com/2015/02/11/samsung-lg-oled-panels/