Apple to Source iPhone OLED Panels From LG to Reduce Samsung Dependency

Jun. 29, 2018

While LG will be supplyingsomeof the OLED panels for this year’s iPhones,Samsung is still expected to retain the lions’ shareof the order from the Cupertino giant, largely because LG Display isn’t expected to be able to ramp up its capacity in time to match demand.

The partnership between Apple and LG, however, seems to have been in the works for a very long time, given that sources from within the supply chain had earlier also suggested that South Korean firm will be one of the key suppliers of iPhone display panels this year.

While the latest report suggests that the LG will be supplying panels for the premium model being referred to in the media as ‘iPhone X Plus‘, reports earlier in the year claimed that theApple will be using LG’s MLCD+ displayin themost affordableof its three iPhone models to be launched this year. That’s the same panel that LG uses in itsG7 ThinQ, and was said to help the Cupertino giant cut down on its input costs on the ‘affordable’ iPhone this year.

Passionate techie. Professional tech writer. Proud geek.