Apple looking into BOE as second largest OLED supplier for 2021

31 December 2019
Samsung will remain the largest OLED supplier but BOE is expected to supply up to 45m displays.

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IÂ’mPhone, 31 Dec 2019How many OLED fans will mention about low PWM flicker and h... moreExactly. I refuse to buy any phone with an AMOLED panel because the PWM flickering causes me terrible headaches and eyestrain, and DC dimming is an insufficient solution since it does not eliminate flickering entirely and causes a degradation in image quality.

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    Anonymous, 31 Dec 2019US companies can try to move manufacturing out of China but... moreadd to the fact that China is devaluing its currency, essentially cancelling out effects from tariffs.

      NotAnOpinion, 31 Dec 2019There it is, apparently, Huawei analysed the faulty display... moreQuantity does matter you produce 1000 display if 10 or 20 turns out faulty than its ok but if 100 or 200 turn out faulty it should be a concern so quantity does matter and I am sure the reason they skipped QHD on P and Mate series was to cut cost

        LG Superfan, 31 Dec 2019Maybe to cut cost? They thougt QHD was inefficient? No one ... moreThere it is, apparently, Huawei analysed the faulty displays from LG and BOE (doesn't matter the quantity) and the final results were that BOE's QHD displays weren't stable enough for its future products.

        These facts should concern Apple, etc. using BOE's displays unless BOE has given Apple's engineers/scientists a few samples of their upcoming displays.

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          Anonymous, 31 Dec 2019Did you read your own link ? - Apple attempts to cut costs ... moreUS companies can try to move manufacturing out of China but the supply chains can't be built overnight. What country in the world can do what China does at the same production costs and scale?.

          Trump or any other president can impose tariffs on China all they want. However, businesses only care about profits. Right now, manufacturing in China is still more efficient in terms of costs and scale than anywhere else. That's reality. No amount of biased media reports can change that.

            BOE has made screen for Mate 20 Pro which is great.

              Love the Community, 31 Dec 2019No. Apple is supposed to be innovative. They can pull off t... moreAgreed

                NotAnOpinion, 31 Dec 2019That brings more mysterious questions. Why did Huawei stop ... moreMaybe to cut cost? They thougt QHD was inefficient? No one knows but there have been no news on majority of BOE display having issues those faulty ones from Mate 20 Pro were by LG mostly and very few from BOE

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                  Anonymous, 31 Dec 2019What low-end? BOE been investing exactly to same cutting ed... moreDid you read your own link ? - Apple attempts to cut costs and reduce its reliance on South Korea's Samsung Electronics.

                  Strange that they are moving to chinese BOE (owned by government of China), as there has been a lot of talk that U.S. tech giants are moving out from China and moving also their production parts sources out from China.

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                    A Student, 31 Dec 2019At first be innovative and the talk about perfection.. All ... moreThey are far from innovation.
                    These days they are only playing catchup

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                      • 31 Dec 2019

                      Hahaha, now what do ppl wanna say now that Apple also using cheap Chinese parts, cheap slave labor and giving Apple cloud keys to China to avail zero taxation.
                      Corporate greed at its finest!

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                        Adul Al Salami Kebab, 31 Dec 2019RIP made in Murica I guess?Apple has never and would never do anything unprofitable.

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                          Anonymous, 31 Dec 2019How many "ips is better than oled" apple fans will turn the... moreHow many OLED fans will mention about low PWM flicker and higher heating?

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                            NotAnOpinion, 31 Dec 2019I think that this news is meant to distract and to bring fa... moreAnd apple doesn't use qhd or high refresh rate. It makes sense for them to source oled displays from boe.

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                              Anonymous, 31 Dec 2019How many "ips is better than oled" apple fans will turn the... more"How many "ips is better than oled" apple fans will turn their backs and say the opposite now?"

                              Now?

                              OLED haven't been problem after iPhone X came, i personally was very worried about iPhone having OLED screen, but luckily Apple made it their own version, it doesn't really look your typical OLED screen with unnatural punchy colours. OLED have got lot better than what it was before, you know tech improves? So i don't see anyone turning their backs.

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                                Anonymous, 31 Dec 2019How many "ips is better than oled" apple fans will turn the... moreOLED in the large scheme of things is actually not better, lets face it other than the colors and darkest darks I fail to see why its worth the massive price hike and repair cost... =/

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                                  RIP made in Murica I guess?

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                                    Love the Community, 31 Dec 2019But BOE has yet to make Transparent OLEDs for the underscre... moreFaceID doesn't even need transparent display. It's the visual part that does. FaceID, the dot projection part could work through OLED panels already. Problem is with visual sensors that need to pick up actual details and colors (basically visual spectrum of light).

                                      Cheap source + higher smartphone price = more profit for Apple.

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                                        • 31 Dec 2019

                                        How many "ips is better than oled" apple fans will turn their backs and say the opposite now?