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iPhone sales down 44% in Q1

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TrendForce Expects Annual Growth of 45% for Worldwide IGZO Panel Capacity in 2016 with Apple Being the Only Major Source of Demand

19 April 2016

The display technology industry has seen a significant expansion in the production of LCD panels with IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) thin-film transistor (TFT) backplane. WitsView, a division of TrendForce, estimates that the global production capacity of IGZO panels by area will reach about 6.9 million square meters this year, up 45% from 2015. A Gen-8.5 fab owned by major Chinese panel supplier CEC-Panda is currently responsible for much of this capacity expansion.

TrendForce Reports Global Smartphone Shipments Reached 292 Million Units in First Quarter with iPhone Plunging 43.8%

18 April 2016

Global market research firm TrendForce reports that the worldwide smartphone shipments in the first quarter of 2016 totaled 292 million units, down 18.6% from the previous quarter and a year-on-year decline of 1.3%. The decrease was mainly attributed to market saturation. Leading brands such as Samsung and Apple no longer have the same growth momentum as before, so the overall shipments depended on contributions from Chinese brands and rising demand in India and other emerging markets.