Shortages of all-screen displays likely to increase smartphone manufacturing costs in 2018
Unless there won't be enough all-screen displays that these smartphones require. In fact, there's currently a shortage of smartphone panels, which is expected to continue into 2018. The main cause is the strong demand for “customized all-screen panels” and not enough manufacturers to fulfill it.
On top of that, the new 18:9 displays take more time to produce and require 20% more glass substrates than the 16:9 panels. Based on these “issues,” the price of all-screen panels is likely to increase “by a double-digit rate” in Q3 and Q4 2017, and that trend will continue in 2018.
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