Smartphone upgrades continue FPC industry development is promising

The birth of smart phones is the evolution of handheld computers. Smartphones have been gradually applied and widely used in people's daily lives, and people's requirements for smart phones are getting higher and higher. In the development of the FPC industry, the contribution of smart phones is very large. At present, the mainstream smartphone FPC usage is 10-15 pieces, and the iPhone X usage is even more than 20 pieces. With the upgrade of products, the use of single-machine FPC will gradually increase in the future, and the development of FPC industry is promising.

Mobile phone FPC

    A large number of FPCs are used in smartphones for the connection of parts and motherboards, such as display modules, fingerprint modules, camera modules, antennas, vibrators, etc., with the continuous penetration of fingerprint recognition, the camera upgrades to dual camera As well as the use of OLEDs, the use of FPC will continue to increase. With the full screen becoming one of the trends in the upgrade of the smartphone industry, the COF solution is expected to drive the demand for FPC boards to increase significantly. At the same time, with the release of Huawei and Samsung foldable mobile phones, future foldable mobile phones will push up the demand for flexible AMOLEDs.

    According to Kaboer Technology Zhao Qiangao, with the gradual popularization of dual-camera and three-camera, the future growth of camera modules is still relatively large. It is expected to reach 45% in 2019. Huawei mobile phone is a firm promoter of dual-camera, 2017 Double-shot shipments accounted for more than 50%, followed by vivo and Apple. Apple FPC suppliers are mainly Japanese, Taiwanese and US suppliers. Samsung is mainly a Korean supplier. Huawei, OPPO and vivo will also purchase from domestic suppliers in addition to Japanese manufacturers. As a core component of smart phones, FPC flexible circuit boards will usher in new opportunities for industry development.