According to study of prices for display from IHSiSuppli , despite the shipments in June rise, but because digital cameras and personal navigation devices and other applications have weak demand , the global small and medium display (SMD) panels are still uncertain in the third quarter. Shipments of 1.0-9.x-inch SMD panel in June increased slightly to 188.5 million, compared with 186.6 million during May it increased 1 percent, which is the first increase since February.Despite the weak performance of the overall industry, but South Korea and Taiwan suppliers have managed to increase shipments, although which is very small. South Korea and Taiwan are major producers of SMD panel. For SamsungMobileDisplay and LGDisplay Korean companies ,shipments of such as SMD June was 39.9 million, while Taiwan's AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ling Ju, HannStar, CMO and Wintek six suppliers combined shipments of 148.6 million .
Shipments increased slightly in june, probably due to the continued support from panel buyers, they buy the panels to use for their smart phones and tablet PCs, consumers still keen on these two types of products. Panel buyers may also increase inventory to meet the demand in third quarter and season before holiday. However, the overall SMD panel market has been plagued by weak demand. U.S. and European economies struggle to suppress the use of such panels for consumer electronics products of interest, and the Chinese government's actions against illegal phone also inhibited the local SMD panel demand. Nokia's poor position and ResearchInMotionLtd. (RIM) third-quarter decline in orders, it may further suppress SMD panel market.The shipments of Nokia and RIM smart phone both fell.
Overall, shipments of mobile phones SMD panel in June was kept, but in digital cameras and personal navigation devices field it decreased 1%. In particular, as digital cameras and personal navigation devices are relatively mature, and increasingly replaced by intelligent mobile phones and platforms, so consumers have decreased demand for both products, leading to its decline in the demand for panels.
But there is an  area which SMD panel prices are remain strong, and that is very popular flat-panel applications. The datas from IHSiSuppli company show during the third quarter, for 7.0 and 9.7-inch flat panel computer, the average price will be around $ 53 and 65.