Apple has placed an order to
Samsung Display for 60
Million OLED Panels for this year's
iPhone 8 , in addition to the 100
Million units reportedly
ordered by Apple last April . If the numbers are accurate, today's news confirms the display maker as Apple's main source of
OLED screens for the next-generation
iPhone (via
The Korea Herald ).
iPhone 8 concept images
According to those familiar
With the display market,
Samsung Will officially
Supply around 80 percent of the display
Panels in the
iPhone 8. The company still didn't confirm the Apple-related
OLED news,
With a
Samsung spokesperson saying "we can?t officially comment on anything related to the order."
"Samsung takes pride in small OLED panels," said an industrial source familiar With the matter. "While LG is enhancing its OLED business for TVs, Samsung is likely to focus on mobile OLED Panels this year, helped by the Apple orders." The
iPhone 8 is expected to include an
OLED screen as a way for
Apple to make the device thinner and include an
edge-to-edge design With various features -- like
Touch ID --
integrated directly into the screen .
Apple is believed to launch three
Total new iPhones this year, two of which
Will be basic updates to the
iPhone 7 , referred to as the "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus," while the third "iPhone 8"
Will include the
OLED display and more drastic design changes.
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