Touch Panels for Use in Smartphones and Tablets: Current Developments and Future Trends

Table of Contents

1. Smartphone Market Development
1.1 Mid-to-lower-end Smartphones as Major Growth Driver
1.2 Proliferation of Mid-to-lower-end Smartphones Packed with High-end Features

2. Development of Smartphone Touch Panels
2.1 OGS Becoming the Mainstream
2.2 GF1 Share Increasing Thanks to Growing Popularity of Low-cost Smartphones
2.3 Introduction of LCD On-cell Touch Panels on Mid-to-lower-end Smartphones Begins

3. Tablet Market Development
3.1 Market Growth Sees Stagnation
3.2 Affordable Tablets Gaining Market Appeal

4. Tablet Touch Panel Development
4.1 Film-type Touch Panel Leadership Still Hard to be Challenged
4.2 Samsung's Product Strategy as the Determinant for On-cell Touch Panel Market Share
MIC Perspective
LCD On-cell Touch Panels to Heat Up the Market Competition in Mid-to-lower-end Smartphones
Metal Mesh Thin-film Solutions Emerge as Key Focal Area for Tablets

Appendix
Glossary of Terms
List of Companies

List of Tables

Table 1  Mid-to-lower-range Smartphones Debuted at 2014 MWC and CES and Specs Roundup

List of Figures

Figure 1  Worldwide Smartphone Shipment Volume by Price Point, 2012 - 2014
Figure 2  Chinese Branded Smartphone Touch Panel Technology and Price Distribution
Figure 3  Worldwide Smartphone Touch Panel Market Share by Technology Type, 2012 - 2014
Figure 4  Worldwide Tablet Shipment Volume, 2012 - 2014
Figure 5  Worldwide Tablet Touch Panel Market Share by Technology Type, 2012 - 2014