In 2011, the global number of mobile phones exceeded 1.3 billion and the touch penetration rate reached 25%.

According to the observation of the Photonics Association (PIDA), the most popular 3C consumer electronics products, including smart phones, tablets, and netbooks, are small and medium-sized panel applications. Mobile device. The common feature of these products is the touch function, which also makes the production value of the touch panel along with the rapid growth of these application products.

At present, the touch screen mobile phone is the largest application product in the touch panel industry; PIDA estimates that in 2011, the scale of touch-enabled mobile phones in the world could reach more than 330 million, and the number of mobile phones in the world would exceed 1.3 billion, making it possible to calculate touch-enabled mobile phones. In 2011, the penetration rate reached 25%. It is estimated that by 2013, the global touch phone penetration rate is more likely to look up to 42%.

In addition to mobile phones, products that use a large number of touch panels should be tablet computers. The advent of tablet PCs made the extremely hot netbook market two years ago a blip, even affecting the sales of notebook computers (NB). In 2010, the world's tablet PCs amounted to approximately 14.9 million units. It is estimated that the number of tablet computers will increase further to over 50 million units in 2011 and more than 80 million units in 2012. This will have the opportunity to gradually challenge the output of NB.