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1 out of 3 Mobile Phones Uses Touch Panel in 2011
04/22/2011
– Touch panel market size in 2011 reach $10.42 bln, 76% Growth Y/Y
– 1 out of 3 mobiles phones in 2011 uses touch panel ?forecasted to increase 1 out of 2 in 2014
– Out of all touch panels in 2011, small/medium-size under 10-inch share reach 89% in terms of revenue
– Projective Capacitive type touch technology to show rapid growth and expected to compose 73% of total touch panel market in 2014
Seoul, Korea & San Jose, CA, April 21, 2011- Displaybank, a global authority in market research and consulting for the display industry, today announced that 2011 touch panel market size is to reach $10.42 billion showing 76% growth Y/Y and that 1 out of 3 mobile phones will use touch panel. Touch panel market is growing very sharply in recent 2-3 years focused on the small/medium-size under 10″ applications such as mobile phone and Tablet PCs and that 1 out 3 mobile phones in 2011 and 1 out 2 mobile phones in 2014 will equip touch panel. Mobiles phones with over 3″ display size especially will show 91% touch panel penetration in 2011 that most will equip touch panel. These and other findings are disclosed in Displaybank newly published 2011 Touch Panel Market and Issue Analysis which covers touch panel market on annual basis.
Irene Heo, senior analyst at Displaybank noted that “touch panel market in 2010 reached $5.93 billion in size to show high growth rate Y/Y at 152% and it is expected to continue the growing trend of showing 76% Y/Y growth rate in 2011 as well. In 2014, touch panel market size will record 2.6 times greater than the market in 2010 to record $15.64 billion showing 46% average compound annual growth rate.”
The growth of touch panel market directly comes from the success of mobile phone focused on Smart phones and Tablet PCs and that the share of touch panel penetration in 2011 for small/medium-size will comprise 89% of the total touch panel market. Recently as the demand for large-size touch panel market continuously grows, large-size touch panel share is expected to grow from 11% in 2011 to 22.5% in 2014.
Duke Lee, director at Displaybank added “from technological perspective, Projected Capacitive touch panel technology is leading the industry. Pro-cap touch panel share remained at 36% in 2010 but is expected to grow to 54% in 2011 and to 73% in 2014. Pro-cap penetration in mobile phone will especially show strength to grow from 48% in 2010 to 85% in 2014.”
As the touch panel market shows strong growth, existing panel and color filter makers are entering into the industry in order to create much higher added value and not only through direct businesses but rather companies are realizing touch panel businesses through utilizing and integrating supply chain and related subsidiaries.