South Korea’s Samsung and LG have always been suppliers of iPhone screen panels. The former is the exclusive supplier of the Pro series. Since the iPhone 13 series launched at the end of last year, the screen panel supplier of the regular iPhone 13 has also joined China’s BOE. Some Korean media recently broke the news that the supply of BOE has been stopped by Apple, and the reason may be related to unauthorized design changes.
The website The Elec recently reported that BOE has stopped supplying 6.1-inch AMOLED panels to Apple since February this year. The news said that BOE’s panel yield rate is lower than that of LG. Due to the shortage of screen driver chips, Apple decided to use all its limited resources. on LG panels. In addition, the Korean media also broke the news that BOE changed the design of AMOLED panels without Apple’s permission. After this move was discovered, Apple stopped the supply of the other party.
The report also mentioned that BOE’s AMOLED panels are suspected of infringing on Samsung’s pixel arrangement and touch and click patents, which may also be the reason for Apple’s discontinuation of supply.
Data and image source: The Elec
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