Apple's investment is not OK foreign media said LG mobile phone OLED screen there is a big problem

TechWeb reported on November 27, according to foreign media reports, after the introduction of the first iPhone X with OLED screen, analysts generally expected that Apple will launch two new iPhone with OLED screen next year, when the demand for OLED screen will Bigger

Apple is also looking for ways to increase the supply of OLED screens and try its best to diversify its supply channels and even invest in LG's billions of dollars. However, LG's OLED screens for smartphones are still of great quality.

Foreign media reported in July this year that Apple invested 2.7 billion U.S. dollars in LG to expand its OLED screen production line so that it could supply OLED screens to the iPhone, thereby increasing the supply of OLED screens and diversifying its suppliers.

In order to become the supplier of iPhone OLED screen, LG has also invested a lot of money, is expected to have as much as 3.5 billion US dollars.

LG OLED screen in fact, there are good results, the current OLED screen is divided into two categories, that is, the TV used in large-size OLED TVs and cell phones OLED, which OLED OLED technology is now more mature.

However, foreign media recently reported that although LG is strong in terms of technology such as television and other large OLED screen, there is no problem, but its OLED screen in smart phones have encountered problems, the current OLED screen for smart phones also There is a big quality problem.

Kwok Ming-kai, an analyst at KGI Securities, had previously predicted that after 2019, LG will enter the ranks of the iPhone OLED screen suppliers after its investment in Apple. The supply in 2019 will account for 10% to 20% of the demand for Apple's OLED screens, In 2020 it will increase to 20% to 30%. If quality problems can not be solved quickly, it may be very hard for LG to supply the iPhone with an OLED screen in 2019.

Apple launched this year, iPhone X, is the first iPhone with OLED screen, but the iPhone X OLED screen is exclusively supplied by Samsung, the limited number of supply, some time ago also appeared green line problem.Considering the consumption of Apple and Samsung Electronic products are competitors, combined with Apple has always been the diversification of parts supply tradition, so under possible conditions, Apple will try to buy OLED screen from other manufacturers.