Previously, some Taiwanese media reported that due to the production technology problems faced by the iPhone X last year, the initial production capacity and the yield rate were relatively low. As a result, Apple invited the factory to test production of new mobile phones earlier this year than in the past, but so far it has not. Reported technical problems in the trial production of new mobile phones.
According to industry predictions, Apple will launch three new mobile phones this fall, one with LCD screens that will not cost more than US$650 (approximately RMB 4,116), and the other two will use OLED screens provided by Samsung. And predict this. All three models will use Liu Haiping design.
Before this, Apple was negotiating with Samsung and hoped that the purchase price of OLED screens would be reduced from US$110 last year to US$100. This year, Apple will purchase a total of one hundred million OLED screens, of which 25 million will be used for iPhone X models, and the rest Fall new listing models.
Last year, Apple's mobile phone OLEDs all came from Samsung. Apple had hoped that LG, Japanese monitors and other companies could become suppliers, but this year, other manufacturers still can not supply volume, so Samsung will still grasp the pricing right of the screen. It is worth mentioning Yes, in this year's new mobile phone, Intel Corp. is expected to get 70% of the baseband processor (for mobile phones and mobile base station communications) orders, and Qualcomm, Apple's legal dispute, may only get 30%.
In addition, Apple's low-cost notebook or will not be launched this year, according to e-Times quoted sources, said the new MacBook Air may extend the delay to the second half or next year, It was revealed that before Apple has informed foundries and suppliers Delayed news, but did not explain why. In Apple's first-quarter earnings report, Apple's only decline in business, sales of computers fell by 5%, and revenues remained unchanged.
According to reports, the postponement of the production of new laptops and the production of new mobile phones in the third quarter will lead to some challenges for the upstream OEMs in terms of production arrangements and recruitment of workers.