iPhone 15 Pro will have a Chinese-made OLED screen?

Besides Samsung and LG as the two largest OLED panel manufacturers in the world, BOE is also an emerging name in the OLED industry. According to a report from Apple Insider, BOE is aiming to become the main OLED screen supplier for iPhone 15 Pro models launched in 2023.

In 2018, BOE also had a similar intention to provide OLED screens for iPhone 12 series, but until the end, only Samsung and LG are the two main partners providing OLED screens for iPhone 12 series. iPhone 12. If it follows its ambition, BOE will be the main supplier of OLED panels for iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max.

The Elec page said that the panel that BOE is expected to provide for the iPhone 13 Pro series will be an LTPO OLED (low-temperature polycrystalline oxide) panel. The advantage of this panel is that it has a real-time variable scan frequency. LTPO technology is currently being applied on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. In addition, BOE’s LTPO OLED panels are also expected to have a longer lifespan than conventional LTPO OLED panels due to the new design.

BOE’s new OLED display factory will be named B12 and be located in Chongqing city, China. The production lines have been in operation since the fourth quarter of last year with an output of 48,000 units per month.

Previously, BOE did not reach an agreement to supply OLED screens for iPhone 13, due to quality problems. Currently, Samsung and LG are still the two main partners of Apple.