This is the year of the foldable phone! Chen Yanshun, Chairman of BOE Technology Group and Executive Committee Chairman, has revealed online that they are preparing to swap their flexible OLED displays for 100 million units in 2022! However, BOE is still not very good at producing flexible OLED displays.
BOE display business CEO Gao Wenbao stated that the two firms, situated in Chengdu and Mianyang, have two distinct AMOLED production lines with yields of up to 80%. BOE intends to enhance manufacturing of flexible OLED displays rather than standard screens due to a huge volume of demands from telephone industry veterans "Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, and others" for foldable phones. BOE's flexible OLED panels will be in high demand between 2022 and 2023, indicating that this is the year of foldable phones.
How this will be the year of foldable phones?
According to our sources, Samsung plans to release two new foldable gadgets this year, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Flip 4, while Xiaomi plans to release its second folding device, the Mi Mix Fold 2. Huawei has begun development on their third foldable device. The Huawei Mate X3. Some users have stated that the foldable displays are adequate, but not exceptional in terms of quality and refresh rate.
Conclusion
BOE has pulled up their sleeves to work on their best flexible OLED panels for the premium-feeling foldable gadgets. And phone makers have begun to put more effort into their foldable smartphones; the experimental phase of foldable devices has ended, and foldable phones have now become a premium need. In a few months, we could hear from some of the phone company's veterans. This will be the year of the foldable phone.
