Apple has officially launched its first foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo. Featuring a book-style inward-folding design, the device comes with a 7.6-inch inner display and a 5.4-inch cover display. TrendForce estimates that iPhone Duo shipments will reach approximately 5 million units in 2026, giving Apple a 24.8% share of the foldable smartphone market and making it the second-largest brand behind Samsung.
TrendForce’s latest display industry research reports that memory supply shortages and rising prices continue to intensify cost pressures across the smartphone supply chain, affecting smartphone brands’ shipment plans for 2026. However, sustained demand from the secondary and repair markets is supporting stronger-than-expected smartphone panel demand.
Taiwan’s leading display manufacturers are accelerating factory divestments as they shift away from competing on production scale toward a strategy focused on high-value-added products.
TrendForce's latest AMOLED technology and market report reveals that Apple plans to gradually adopt OLED panels capable of achieving 95% coverage of the BT.2020 color gamut across future MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and iMac product lines.
TCL CSOT is aggressively promoting inkjet-printed OLED (IJP OLED) technology as a means of entering the OLED monitor and notebook panel supply chain, according to TrendForce’s findings. Its Gen 5.5 IJP OLED production line has already reached volume production and successfully commercialized medical display panels, while validation programs for branded monitor and notebook products are currently underway. The company’s progress could potentially challenge the long-standing dominance of Korean panel makers in the OLED industry.
