2015 LED sapphire substrate industry demand is expected to surge

Global market research firm TrendForce's green energy research division LEDinside recently released "2014 Global Market Report sapphire substrate," noted the upcoming end of 2014, Apple's iWatch will have the opportunity to adopt sapphire cover. iWatch sapphire table cover expected 6 percent in 2014 will reach the global market demand for sapphire. If the 2015 sales figures of the market's most optimistic estimate of sixty million, in 2015 will account for 27% of global consumption of sapphire substrate, while the total consumption of the overall sapphire substrate will be compared to 2014 will grow to more than double , up to 129%.

Sapphire cover will likely be applied APPLE wearable appliance

According to LEDinside investigation, the upcoming debut of Apple iWatch at the end of the cover will have the opportunity to import sapphire material. Since sapphire material has abrasion, scratch properties, so the traditional fine watches using sapphire cover has been for years. But market demand handheld device applications is enormous, the traditional annual market size of fine watches only about one million compared to far, and flame fusion of traditional table cover past used Sapphire Dan Changjing process has been unable to cope huge market demand handheld appliance. According to iWatch specification, you must use special specifications sapphire ingot manufacturers only able to meet the design requirements for subsequent processing, which also explains why Appple requires active Provisioning sapphire industry supply chain.

iWatch sales figures will determine the 2015 sapphire substrate industry supply and demand

It is understood that the first launch of iWatch APPLE there will be men and women watches, the cover will fully cover the use of sapphire, respectively, male models female models 1.33 inch and 1.66 inch. Since the end of 2014 was launched iWatch, so if in 2014 there were five million iWatch demand, will occupy 6% of the estimated demand for sapphire market. As iWatch 2015 total shipments divergent figures, the current number of learned iWatch in the first quarter of 2015 also stocking up the thirteen million. If the sales situation than expected, the market's most optimistic forecast shipments will have the opportunity to sixty million. Overall demand for sapphire will cover 27% of the world will account for the amount of the sapphire substrate, while total consumption overall sapphire substrates will grow to more than double compared to 2014, reaching 129%. Therefore, the degree of consumer acceptance iWatch important factors that will determine whether the sapphire substrate industry in 2015 will supply tight.


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