Growth in production of panels for tablets leads to lower prices, seven-inch models will drop in 2013, the most

Tablet boom has prompted manufacturers of LCD panels to increase its production of these products. As a result, prices for it went down. According to IHS iSuppli, in just a month (in January 2013 compared to December 2012) registered a decline in the price of the panel size 7, 9.7, and 10.1 inches at $ 0.5-1.0. Not only cheaper panel size of 7.9 inches. During 2013, prices will continue to decline, and this will be most noticeable in the case of a seven-inch panels, according to specialists IHS iSuppli.

To increase the supply, manufacturers will redirect to the production of small power panels, previously occupied by production of panels for notebook computers and desktop monitors, for which demand is falling.

The rate of increase in output panels for tablets are so high that in the near future, the industry will face a crisis of overproduction, analysts say.

Cheaper and larger panels, because the market is a seasonal decline in demand.

In the case of panels for monitors consumer interest in switching from desktops to tablets led to a reduction in demand. As a result, panel makers have lowered the price by $ 1.0-1.5 to somehow stimulate sales. This same situation is with the panels for laptops. Hopes for a revival in demand associated with the release of Windows 8, did not materialize, leading to the accumulation of stocks. It is expected that the panels for notebooks will be cheaper to April-May, at least, in the third quarter of the price will rise slightly due to increased demand, associated with the beginning of the school year.

Source: DigiTimes