Although LG Display did not even produce an OLED display for Apple last year, things are about to change in the current situation, according to the latest report from the Korean media, and Apple plans to diversify its OLED supplier for its new generation iPhone.
Informed sources told The Investor that LG Display is about to sign an OLED supply agreement with Apple and will start shipping panels in the second half of 2018. It's worth mentioning that we do not know the truth of the source yet The South Korean company had previously admitted to negotiations with Apple on the matter.
LG will be the new 6.5-inch iPhone to provide OLED display shipments in the second half of this year
According to the latest news, LG Display will only provide Apple with 15 million -1600 million panels in 2018. If the news is true, Samsung Display, the display unit of Samsung, will remain the leading supplier of next-generation Apple mobile phone OLED displays, after all Apple's annual mobile phone sales have reached 200 million.
Not only that, the article also mentions the size of a new generation of iPhones, but it is clear that Samsung Display will mainly produce 5.8-inch by 6-inch displays, while LG Display will be mainly responsible for producing 6.5-inch screens.
That said, we're going to have at least two Apple Phones this year, one of which is roughly the size of the current iPhone X and the other Plus version with a bigger display.
