OLEDs are hitting their stride this year in all segments

LED NEWS: OLEDs are hitting their stride this year in all segments: MANHASSET, NY -- OLEDs are finally living up...

MANHASSET, NY -- OLEDs are finally living up to their long-promised potential and the next few years will present plenty of opportunities for organic light emitting diode materials suppliers to break out of their niche, specialty status. That's according to a new report by market research firm NanoMarkets . The growth of Samsung's Galaxy smartphone products have exceeded iPhones in the first quarter of 2012. What's more OLED TVs from both LG and Samsung are entering the market this summer and fall, and other manufacturers are likely to follow in the near term. OLED TV street price for 55 in. sets are expected to be $8,000 when launched in Q3’12, according to Paul Semenza, Senior Vice President at DisplaySearch . At a Society for Information Display presentation Semenza remarked that "by 2014, if the 55 in. OLED TV price can be reduced to $2,500, it will be similar to curre...

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