Samsung Electronics, the world s largest smartphone vendor, was the dominant player in the global foldable smartphone market last year, a report showed Tuesday, with its leading status expected to continue through 2021. For the whole of 2020, Samsung logged an 87 per cent share on a unit basis in the global foldable smartphone market that was estimated at 2.2 million units, according to market tracker Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC). The Z Flip was the No. 1 model with nearly a 50 per cent share followed by the Z Fold2, DSCC said. Korea was the leading region for foldable smartphone shipments in 2020 due to the success of the Z Flip and Z Flip 5G in that region as Korea accounted for more than 50 percent share of demand for Samsung s clamshell models in 2020.
Rumours of a new Switch model have been rife. Nintendo themselves, have been relatively quiet about it. However, a recent report suggests that Nintendo will be partnering with Samsung Display Co. to equip its new model with a bigger and better OLED display. Apparently, Samsung Display Co. will be mass-producing 7-inch, 720p-resolution OLED panels to supply Nintendo with an initial.
Will Apple ever launch OLED iPads and MacBooks?
There have been reports that Apple will release iPads and MacBooks with OLED displays. As of now, Apple Watch, iPhones, and other products already use OLED screens. However, Apple is yet to launch a MacBook or iPad with an OLED display. Of course, OLED displays are more expensive and the larger sizes required for iPads and MacBooks may be discouraging Apple. Nevertheless, a recent report from
DigiTimes shows that the company will release OLED iPads and MacBooks next year. Unfortunately, there is no more information regarding this report because Digities shared the information on its paywalled “Before Going to Press” section.