Samsung Might Have Lost Its Smartphone Market Share, but It’s Raking in the Cash Thanks to OLED Screen Sales

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The South Korean conglomerate has essentially cornered the market and even arch rivals like Apple get their displays from Samsung. The display unit of Samsung made a whopping 93.3 percent of the OLED displays sold in the world for the July-September quarter. In terms of revenue, OLED displays accounted for $6.6 billion of the $10.7 billion in revenue earned through smartphone display sales. According to the IHS Markit report, Samsung also dominates the LCD market. As a whole, Samsung makes nearly 57.8 percent of the smartphone displays, followed by BOE and Tianma, which only have a market share of 7.9 percent and 7.7 percent respectively.

Cheap Phones Are Driving What Little Growth Is Left in the Smartphone Market -- The Motley Fool

The global smartphone market has been maturing for years, with overall unit volumes continuing to plateau. Who needs unit growth? The figures underscore why Apple will soon stop reporting unit sales in its most important hardware businesses. For a company that revels in bragging, flat unit volumes often fail to impress investors. Apple has instead been able to generate considerable growth from its iPhone business using price increases, and it will only report iPhone revenue going forward.

Smartphone Assembly Volumes Dropped 4.4% in the Third Quarter, Driven by Weakening Market Conditions, According to IDC

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