LG Display joins OLED panel supply chain for the iPhone 14 Pro - AppleInsider

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Apple has reportedly started to usage LG Display arsenic a supplier of OLED panels for the iPhone 14 Pro models, alongside existing supplier Samsung Display.

For the motorboat of the iPhone 14, the Pro models' OLED panels were provided lone by Samsung Display. However, it seems that Apple has brought aboard different supplier for the premium models.

Long-time Apple spouse LG Display is thought to beryllium joining the iPhone 14 Pro proviso chain, supplying LPTO TFT-type OLED panels. According to sources of ETNews, LG Display started supplying the panels astatine the extremity of October.

It is claimed that LG Display was meant to beryllium portion of the Pro exemplary proviso chain, but an archetypal accumulation hold acceptable backmost its inclusion, but it has present gained Apple's approval.

This is LG Display's archetypal tally astatine supplying LTPO OLED to Apple for its products, though the exertion was archetypal introduced successful the iPhone 13 Pro. With a hard accumulation process, 1 besides analyzable by a punch-hole display, it raised the obstruction for LG Display to conscionable Apple's standards.

Samsung Display has supplied its LTPO OLED to Apple for mobile usage for the past 2 years, with its show exertion described arsenic stable. With LG's inclusion, Samsung Display volition beryllium supplying less panels to Apple.

With the alteration successful suppliers, LG Display volition beryllium providing screens for 2 iPhone models, Samsung Display volition beryllium doing truthful for each 4 iPhone 14 models, and BOE will proceed supplying for the iPhone 14.

LG Display isn't conscionable moving connected the iPhone 14 Pro models. It is besides reportedly processing foldable screens for aboriginal iPhones, microOLED displays for Apple's AR headset, and is besides trying to musculus successful connected the OLED iPad supply chain.