LG Display and JDI are also rumored to supply Apple with some OLED panels, with both companies also investing billions of dollars into
their OLED production facilities.
The Korean company has reportedly invested billions this year to build
OLED production facilities.
Samsung is the largest OLED display manufacturer in the world right now and has the best
OLED production facilities in the world.
Nikkei said competitors such as BOE Technology Group, Tianma Microelectronics, and LG Display have been firing up
OLED production facilities in quick successions, which likely will heat up the pricing competition.
Almost every other display maker is currently struggling with
their OLED production facility or yield issues and are incapable of supplying Apple with OLED panels in decent numbers.
The company recently received approval from South Korean officials to build its first
OLED production facility in China.
Read: iPhone 8 News: Samsung Building World's Biggest
OLED Production Facility For Apple Display Orders
The company said last week it had received approval from South Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to build its first
OLED production facility in China.
In January, there were reports about Samsung deciding against investing in the new A5
OLED production facility owing to demand uncertainties in the global smartphone market.
Not exact matches
The new
production line will have a monthly capacity of 75 million sheets, four times higher than that of its existing flexible
OLED facility, according to the Yonhap News Agency.
According to a report from Reuters, the two Korean companies are planning a combined $ 12.8 billion (15 trillion won) in capital expenditure to put up the said
facilities to help build up
OLED productions for the next two to three years.
Apple is also said to be pushing LG Display to build out its
OLED display
production facilities.
Samsung, a leader in
OLED display research and AMOLED
production, is reportedly «on the fast track» to building a dedicated
facility with the sole purpose of supplying the high - quality displays to Apple.
LG is working on new
facilities for
OLED smartphone screen
production.
The plants are expected to cost about $ 1.75 billion for the
facility, and another $ 14 billion will be invested in equipment for
OLED production, according to ET News.
Apart from Apple - Samsung deal, Samsung Display is said to be turning its LCD factory into and
OLED facility, with the company's total investments for
OLED production lines possibly reaching KRW10 trillion ($ 8.8 billion) this year, reports from Korea said.
Thanks to its existing
production capability, Samsung was the sole supplier of
OLED display panels for Apple's iPhone X in 2017, which left LG Display under pressure from Apple and scrambling to invest billions in its
OLED manufacturing
facilities in time to compete for the next round of orders.That investment appears to be paying off already, with LG Display reportedly in line to supply some
OLED panels to this year's new range of iPhones, which is expected to include two new 5.8 - inch and 6.5 - inch iPhone models with
OLED displays.
For years, rumors have hinted that Apple has been considering
OLED but reportedly couldn't offer it due to low yields at
production facilities.
However, that may change in the future as LG is reportedly looking to transform its P10
production facility in Paju, Korea to manufacture mobile
OLED displays.
LG Display is planning to double its
OLED panel manufacturing capacities in China after the South Korean administration approved the company's request to build another
production facility in Guangzhou earlier this week, five months following LG's initial request which was still actively deliberated just several weeks back.
Supposedly both phones will have an
OLED screen sourced from Samsung, and work on them is said to have begun earlier than usual due to funding,
facility investment and
production plans - possibly to avert any possible supply issues.
Production at the facility will reportedly start in early 2017 and according to eBEST Investment & Securities, once up and running, the new lines will increase production of flexible OLED panels by over 100 percent from 39,000 sheets of glass per month currently to about 90,000 sheets per month next year, making the Tangjeong facility the largest flexible OLED production hub fo
Production at the
facility will reportedly start in early 2017 and according to eBEST Investment & Securities, once up and running, the new lines will increase
production of flexible OLED panels by over 100 percent from 39,000 sheets of glass per month currently to about 90,000 sheets per month next year, making the Tangjeong facility the largest flexible OLED production hub fo
production of flexible
OLED panels by over 100 percent from 39,000 sheets of glass per month currently to about 90,000 sheets per month next year, making the Tangjeong
facility the largest flexible
OLED production hub fo
production hub for Samsung.