The arrival of the mobile era: The last straw that crushed the camel

With a flat-screen TV market alone, LCD may not be able to completely overwhelm the plasma, but with the release of the Apple iPhone, the wave of mobile Internet has become the last straw to suppress the camel.
Compared to LCD panels, plasma panels always have one of the deadliest flaws - no way to do it. After more than ten years of development, plasma camps led by Panasonic have not been able to produce plasma TVs under 40 inches in size. Plasma panels can not be stuffed into the tablet, let alone mobile phones.
In the field of 3-6-inch mobile phone display panels, LCD has established its own "absolute authority", and the explosive growth of smart phones has generated a huge demand. Small-sized LCD panels have become a hot spot for display device manufacturers to invest in for a few short years. Manufacturers' resources are always limited. Since the focus is on the LCD panel, the plasma panel cake will naturally become smaller and smaller. After 2005, this has almost become an irreversible trend.
In 2005, Toshiba announced that it stopped the development of plasma TVs. In 2006, Sony announced its withdrawal from plasma TVs. In 2007, Fujitsu announced the suspension of production of plasma TVs. In 2008, Pioneer stated that it would stop production of plasma TVs. By 2013, Panasonic, the plasma TV industry leader, eventually opted to withdraw in the face of a decline in the consumer market.
"This is a landmark event. Panasonic's exit has caused a heavy blow to global plasma manufacturers." Liu Buchen, an industry insider, said, "When other manufacturers give up, Changhong can't do it anymore. It's unavoidable to give up, because the plasma The television industry chain has been broken and some upstream components need to be imported."
Not long ago, South Korea's Samsung and LG have also confirmed to the outside world that they will stop the production of plasma TVs and plasma panels. The time point for the suspension of production was at the end of last month. Changhong, mentioned earlier, was the last plasma manufacturer to announce that it would shake off the plasma.
After more than ten years of development, plasma TVs finally ushered in the historic moment of the curtain call. As an ordinary consumer, we do not need to regret that we have once been so thirsty for this excellent display technology. It is the plasma camp itself that has severed its own path.