Small-sized AMOLEDs have grown popular with Android-based smartphone manufacturers because the screens are thinner, known to perform better than AMLCDs (the ones used on the iPhone) and require less battery power since they aren't backlit.
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Unfortunately, OLED panels (especially Super AMOLED) have become a favourite among the likes of Samsung and HTC that more mobile phones are being designed with these screens quicker than the displays can actually be produced.
Research firm iSuppli cites that 20.4 million units were made with small AMOLEDs in 2009, but that number is expected to escalate to a whopping 184.5 million units by 2014. Only Samsung and LG are actually producing these presently, with a few more international companies investing and/or jumping into the AMOLED manufacturing business within the next few years.
Read more of "OLED shortage could be problematic for Android smartphone industry" from ZDNet.
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