Despite COVID-19 in 2020, total shipments did not decrease because brands actively reserved their inventory. Omdia expects further growth in 2021. Overall cover lens shipments will increase slightly to 6.17 billion units, up 3.6% YoY.
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Kimi Lin
Senior Research Analyst, Touch, Cover Lens & Fingerprint
Kimi is a senior analyst for display (TFT LCD and OLED) touch and user interface at Omdia. He covers display price, supply chain, fingerprint, cover lens, shipment forecasts, and emerging technologies.
Prior to joining Omdia (formerly IHS Markit), Kimi was a research analyst at Tianma Group, where he spent over two years in LCD and AMOLED market research. He also oversaw the China FPD industry market at the Topology Research Institute for over five years. Kimi has a bachelor's degree in telecommunications engineering and a master’s degree in microelectronics from Shanghai University, China.
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