Apple appealed to Japanese and South Korean screen manufacturers, urging them to increase the rate of production of OLED panels, which must begin using the iPhone in 2017. About it writes the edition Nikkei Asian Review, citing its own sources.
It is reported that Apple has decided to release the first iPhone model with a display of a new type in 2017, however, it may happen that the iPhone 7s (the presumed name of the model, which will be released after iPhone 7) will also receive a LCD display, and the launch of a smartphone with OLED display will be delayed for 2018 year. It all depends on Apple will face with any problems in preparation for launch or not.
The informant notes that Apple has provided a list of expected performance and requirements that the company will present new displays for the iPhone, and also announced the amount of required supplies.
For the right to supply displays for Apple’s smartphone will compete with LG Display, Japan Display (JDI) and JOLED. First, according to network sources, is going to invest billions of dollars in the construction of advanced plant to produce displays for organic light emitting diode (OLED).
Many experts attribute the construction of the factory LG Display’s decision to transfer the Apple iPhone on OLED technology. The company is the main partner of the company with designation P10 will be located in Paju (a city in Gyeonggi province, South Korea). The total cost of the formation of the company, is expected to exceed 10 trillion won or 8.7 billion dollars.
