According to a new Digitimes report, Apple is rumored to be building a new facility to better control the production of OLED screens expected to be used in the iPhone 8 and beyond.*
Samsung, one of the Apple's biggest rivals in the industry, has thus far been tapped as the exclusive supplier of the new screens. That exclusivity might **t last beyond the next version of the iPhone, expected to be released later this year.*
Digitimes reports that Apple has already bought some chemical vapor deposition (CVD) machines, which are used to build OLED panels. The machineswill reportedly be used to set up a new research and development facility in Taiwan, where the company can begin working on its own line of screens. Read more...