iPhone 13 plays significant role in Samsung’s OLED sales surge in Q3 2021

Samsung Display saw its smartphone OLED panel shipment increase 24.6% quarter-to-quarter during the third quarter thanks to the launch of the iPhone 13. The South Korean company that makes display panels sent 124.76 million units of panels in the third quarter, reports Korean media TheElec.

According to the report, the total exports, about 62.63 million units or 50.2%, were medium-sized OLED tablets to low-end smartphones. The foldable OLED panels used for Samsung Electronics and Apple iPhones accounted for 46.6% of the total third-party panel maker or 58.2 million units.

Samsung Display delivered 3.93 million units of OLED panels per quarter, or 3.2% of total shipments. All were used by Samsung Electronics, and the folding OLED panels of the Glass Z Flip 3 were twice as large as those provided by the Galaxy Z Fold 3.

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With Samsung Display’s foldable OLED panel deployment, 39.31 million units were made for Apple. This doubled the offer given to Cupertino in the third quarter of 2020.

The Chinese companies, including Oppo and Vivo, have shipped 11.13 million units of flexible OLED panels. It has supplied 7.76 million units of premium OLED panels to Samsung Electronics.

With a strong OLED panel deployment, Samsung oversaw the delivery of 29.75 million units (47.5%), Chinese companies acquired 26.13 million units (41.7%) and American and European companies, including Google, accounted for 6.73 million units (10.7%).