TV sets have witnessed a constraint in their demand owing to their rising retail prices, which has resulted in a YoY shipment decline despite the arrival of the festive season. As such, while there has been an 8.3% QoQ increase in sales, it is overshadowed by a 14.7% YoY decrease.

The research conducted by TrendForce further talks about how TV prices began to plummet in August, enabling Chinese TV brands to expand sales during the Singles’ Day (November 11) shopping festival, and in turn make up for deficits in their yearly sales targets.

The global market, on the other hand, will unfortunately not be able to capitalize on the price drop until 1Q22 due to factors such as production, transportation, and inventory adjustments. Such brands will also be unable to increase their TV shipments in the final quarter of 2021.

As for the total shipments of TVs in Q421, they’re expected to reach 59.13 million units, representing a 12.6% QoQ increase but a 10.3% YoY decrease. The numbers for the second of the year will likely be among the lowest in several years.

The increased demand last year was obviously due to the pandemic. But with everyday life returning to normal in Europe and North America in 2H21, the pandemic-generated upswing in TV sales has gradually lost momentum. This is paired with increased prices due to raw materials and transportation/logistics services reaching sky-high costs. All in all, the annual TV shipments for 2021 have been forecasted to be 210 million units, a 3.2% YoY decline.

But despite the drop in total sales, the sales of OLED TVs are expected to reach 6.8 million units – a 72.8% YoY increase. This is largely due to OEMs’ focus on ensuring that the production of OLED TVs remained free from disruptions. As a result, the price difference between LCD panels and OLED panels has narrowed more than ever.

Moving on to rankings in terms of OLED TVs, the top spot is held by LGE with a mammoth 60% market share. It is trailed by Sony with 20% market share and Panasonic with 7% share. On the flip side, Xiaomi and Sharp have seen explosive YoY growth this year with 900% and 140% growth rates, respectively.

Last but not least, TrendForce reports that major brands will be concentrating on the high-end and large-sized TV range next year, while smaller brands will continue to steadily develop more mainstream products.

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U.S-based tech giant Apple stunned the industry when it released its 2017 flagship models with several innovative features. One of such features is the Face ID technology. There are indications that Apple will continue with the design language but would increase the screen ratio aboard the 2018 flagship. Technology analysts TrendForce predicted that iPhone sales will increase significantly this year, while those of Samsung smartphones will fall.

The tech analysts estimated that total smartphone production for 2017 reached 1.46 Billion units, marking a 6.5% increase from the previous year’s sales. The firm also sees a slightly slower growth in 2018 for smartphone companies, triggered by rising component costs.

Despite a predicted slump in sales, TrendForce predicts that iPhone production will grow by 7.5% this year. The company noted that iPhone production for 2017 increased by 3% over the previous year and even stated that the figure could be higher but for early yield rate constraints on the iPhone X. The sales for the major part of this year will be spearheaded by the iPhone X at the top end of the market. This would be supplemented by a new iPhone SE for the mid-range segment. 

On the design and features of the 2018 iPhone models, TrendForce says Apple will improve on its Face ID technology as well as on the design as a higher screen-to-body ratio is expected. The Face ID technology may be a long time coming to other Android phones as technical barriers are fingered as forces that would make other OEMs stick to fingerprint recognition for now. Instead, we could see a rise in under-display technology which it predicts will enter mass production in the second half of the year. Apple is also said to be planning to increase the memory content and embed AMOLED display in two of its models. 

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Further, the TrendForce report revealed that Samsung recorded a boost in its sales by 3% last year but may likely see a drop in sales by the same margin this year. This will be due to great challenges and fierce competition brought by its rivals, including Apple in the high-end market and a number of Chinese brands with Android OS.

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Back in 2015 when Apple released the iPhone 6s with 2GB of RAM, there were already Android phones with double that RAM. The ASUS Zenfone 2 and OnePlus 2 are best examples. The iPhone 7 Plus released last year is the only 3GB RAM iPhone and there are tens of Android phones with double that already.

There are speculations that one of the iPhones released this year will have 4GB of RAM but analysts at TrendForce think otherwise. They believe the increase in prices of LPDDR4 RAM is affecting the growth in smartphone RAM this year.

They say if Apple plans to maintain its annual shipment target of about 200 million,then 3GB of RAM should suffice for the 5.8-inch iPhone with an AMOLED display and the 5.5-inch version with an LCD display. The 4.7-inch LCD version will also make do with 2GB RAM.

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It appears the guys at TrendForce knows something we don’t since they are mentioning that we are still getting three iPhones (only one with OLED) instead of the Foxconn source that says there will be only two iPhones (iPhone 8 an iPhone 8 Plus) with both sporting OLED displays. The source says Foxconn has received orders for two iPhones only.

TrendForcce also says that next year will see Apple launch an iPhone with 4GB of RAM. 2015’s 12.9-inch iPad Pro is the only iOS device that ships with 4GB of RAM at the moment.

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