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02-15-2017, 02:55 PM
Apple is in discussions with China's BOE Tech**logy Group to supply OLED screens for the 2018 iPhone, reports (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-02-15/apple-said-to-weigh-chinese-supplier-for-next-gen-iphone-screens-iz69urng) Bloomberg. The Cuperti** company is looking for ways to shore up its OLED supplies as the iPhone transitions from LCD to OLED displays.
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Apple has been testing BOE's OLED displays for months, according to Bloomberg, but it isn't yet sure whether to add the company as a supplier. BOE is one of China's largest display makers, recently spending about $14.5 billion on two AMOLED factories. Talks are too early to allow BOE to contribute displays for Apple's 2017 OLED-based iPhone, k**wn as the iPhone 8 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-8/), but BOE is hoping to contribute to the 2018 iPhone supply.
If Apple and BOE agree to a deal, the Chinese manufacturer will become Apple's first OLED supplier outside of South Korea and Japan. In **vember, it was reported that Apple's OLED suppliers, which include Samsung, LG, Sharp and Japan Display, would **t be able to meet demand (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/16/apple-supplier-wont-meet-demand-iphone-2017/) for the 2017 iPhone. The worldwide shortage of OLED displays*is thought to be one of the reasons why Apple is limiting the feature to the high-end device, while the regular iPhone 7 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/)s and 7s Plus are said to feature LCD displays.
One of BOE's new factories will open this summer while a**ther will open a couple years later. When they're up to full capacity, BOE says they'll be able to produce 1.6 million square-meters of flexible glass substrates*(surfaces that displays are carved out of) a month.
Samsung will exclusively produce OLED displays for iPhones in 2017, with Apple opening up to LG, Sharp and Japan Display in 2018.
Related Roundup: iPhone 8 (2017) (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-8/)
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Apple has been testing BOE's OLED displays for months, according to Bloomberg, but it isn't yet sure whether to add the company as a supplier. BOE is one of China's largest display makers, recently spending about $14.5 billion on two AMOLED factories. Talks are too early to allow BOE to contribute displays for Apple's 2017 OLED-based iPhone, k**wn as the iPhone 8 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-8/), but BOE is hoping to contribute to the 2018 iPhone supply.
If Apple and BOE agree to a deal, the Chinese manufacturer will become Apple's first OLED supplier outside of South Korea and Japan. In **vember, it was reported that Apple's OLED suppliers, which include Samsung, LG, Sharp and Japan Display, would **t be able to meet demand (https://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/16/apple-supplier-wont-meet-demand-iphone-2017/) for the 2017 iPhone. The worldwide shortage of OLED displays*is thought to be one of the reasons why Apple is limiting the feature to the high-end device, while the regular iPhone 7 (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-7/)s and 7s Plus are said to feature LCD displays.
One of BOE's new factories will open this summer while a**ther will open a couple years later. When they're up to full capacity, BOE says they'll be able to produce 1.6 million square-meters of flexible glass substrates*(surfaces that displays are carved out of) a month.
Samsung will exclusively produce OLED displays for iPhones in 2017, with Apple opening up to LG, Sharp and Japan Display in 2018.
Related Roundup: iPhone 8 (2017) (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-8/)
Tags: bloomberg.com (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/bloomberg-com/), OLED (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/oled/), BOE (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/boe/), 2018 iPhone (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/2018-iphone/)
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