OLEDs Growing in Importance for Smartphones, Corning CEO Says
Corning CEO Wendell Weeks said OLED remains important for smartphones, comprising 24 percent of display viewing area of small screens, “and we expect that to double over the next several years." In “small screens” for smartphones, OLED “has potential,” he…
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told investors Friday. “Glass utilization for OLEDs is basically the same as for LCDs, but the increasingly demanding manufacturing processes for flexible OLEDs creates the need for an even higher-performance glass.” The CEO noted Samsung picked Lotus glass for the flexible OLED screens built into the Galaxy S8 and S8+. “Superior drop performance” of its fifth-generation Gorilla Glass for mobile devices “opens up opportunities to increase the amount of glass per phone,” said Weeks. Though plastics and metals were “primary materials” used for backs of smartphones, “glass offers design advantages, including more elegant form factors and better scratch resistance,” he said. Device makers also are starting “to incorporate new capabilities” into the backs of their smartphones, including wireless charging and faster data transmission, meaning more layers of glass are used, Weeks said.