47% of 2020 AMOLED Smartphones Were 5G Capable, DSCC Says

5G was built into two-thirds of AMOLED smartphones shipped in Q4 and 47% in all of 2020, reported Display Supply Chain Consultants Monday. Q3 AMOLED smartphone panel shipments fell year over year for the second straight quarter due to weakened demand from the pandemic and delays in Apple’s iPhone 12 launch, said DSCC. But Q4 was expected to have been a record quarter for AMOLED smartphone panels by “wide margins,” it said. Apple’s all-OLED launch in the flagship iPhone 12 lineup was responsible for most of the Q4 upswing in AMOLED smartphone panel shipments, said DSCC.