Last week the publication Macotakara, citing its own sources, said that in 2017 Apple will release the iPhone 7s iPhone 7s Plus instead of the iPhone 8 with OLED display and wireless charging. However, as later sources told The Wall Street Journal, next year Apple will introduce three new iPhone models, one of which will have an OLED display.
Apple plans to equip the iPhone display on organic light emitting diodes raises the question: who will be lucky enough to be a supplier of and improve their financial position. Among the potential partners of the “Apple” giant, long-listed, the company Japan Display to supply Apple’s LCD displays, and Sharp, has recently been under full control of the main assembler of Apple products Foxconn. Other likely suppliers of OLED panels for iPhone 8 call market leader Samsung Display.
It is not surprising that Samsung plans to the first half of next year to increase the performance of your enterprise A3 Line from the current 15 000 wafers per month to 70,000 wafers per month. The latter figure corresponds to the production for the year by about 170 million panels with a size of 5.5 inches diagonally.
According to the analytical Agency JP Morgan, Samsung will be the exclusive supplier of OLED panels for Apple smartphones release in 2018. And other manufacturers of screens, including Japan Display and Sharp, to join in 2018, when all iPhones will be equipped with OLED-displays.
In the third quarter of mobile devices with OLED will be shipped 16.6 million units in the fourth — to 38.4 million units. In 2018 the volume of deliveries will increase significantly.
As regards the first iPhone with OLED screen, it is, according to unconfirmed reports, was attired in a glass case with a new design and get built-in display, fingerprint scanner Touch ID.
