{"id":337779,"date":"2017-04-06T17:38:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/06\/apple-deal-samsung-oled-iphone-panels\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T17:38:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T09:38:56","slug":"apple-signs-two-year-deal-with-samsung-for-92-million-oled-iphone-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/apple-signs-two-year-deal-with-samsung-for-92-million-oled-iphone-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Signs Two-Year Deal With Samsung For 92 Million OLED iPhone Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has reportedly signed a two-year contract with Samsung for the supply up to 92 million curved OLED panels, as it attempts to ramp up capacity for this year&#8217;s release of its high-end &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-8\/\">iPhone 8<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week supply chain sources claimed Apple had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/03\/apple-orders-70m-iphone-panels-from-samsung\/\">ordered 70 million units<\/a> of panels from Samsung, its sole OLED supplier for the upcoming phone, which is expected to feature a major design overhaul. However, according to reports on Thursday in Korea-based <em>ET News<\/em>, <em>Chosun Biz<\/em>, and other media outlets, Apple has upped its OLED demands in an effort to cater for higher demand later this year and beyond 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/03\/iphonexconcept2-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-554481\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p>Based on the contract, Samsung Display will ship 70-92 million small-size OLED panels to Apple in 2017, said the reports. This means that about 30% of iPhone devices shipped in 2017 will come with curved OLED panels, given that Apple currently ships about 200 million iPhone devices a year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rumors have consistently suggested Apple will offer the OLED iPhone alongside more typical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-7\/\">iPhone 7<\/a>S and 7S Plus models with standard LCD panels when it announces the devices in September. Apart from a 5.2-inch edge-to-edge display, the redesigned &#8220;10th anniversary&#8221; iPhone is thought to feature a glass body, some form of wireless charging, no Home button, and a premium price tag.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Taiwan-based Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting has estimated that shipments of Apple&#8217;s forthcoming iPhones are likely to reach 100 million units in 2017. At least 55 million of the units are expected to feature OLED panels.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung has reportedly converted an LCD factory in Asia into an OLED panel plant to meet Apple&#8217;s demands. The South Korean firm&#8217;s total investments for OLED production lines could reach 10 trillion won in 2017, according to sources from the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>(via <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitimes.com\/news\/a20170406PD206.html\">DigiTimes<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has reportedly signed a two-year contract with Samsung for the supply up to 92 million curved OLED panels, as it attempts to ramp up capacity for this year&#8217;s release of its high-end &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-8\/\">iPhone 8<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week supply chain sources claimed Apple had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/03\/apple-orders-70m-iphone-panels-from-samsung\/\">ordered 70 million units<\/a> of panels from Samsung, its sole OLED supplier for the upcoming phone, which is expected to feature a major design overhaul. However, according to reports on Thursday in Korea-based <em>ET News<\/em>, <em>Chosun Biz<\/em>, and other media outlets, Apple has upped its OLED demands in an effort to cater for higher demand later this year and beyond 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/03\/iphonexconcept2-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-554481\" \/><em><center>&#8220;iPhone X&#8221; concept via <a href=\"https:\/\/gaborbalogh.myportfolio.com\/iphone-x-concept\">Gabor Balogh<\/a><\/center><\/em><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Based on the contract, Samsung Display will ship 70-92 million small-size OLED panels to Apple in 2017, said the reports. This means that about 30% of iPhone devices shipped in 2017 will come with curved OLED panels, given that Apple currently ships about 200 million iPhone devices a year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rumors have consistently suggested Apple will offer the OLED iPhone alongside more typical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-7\/\">iPhone 7<\/a>S and 7S Plus models with standard LCD panels when it announces the devices in September. Apart from a 5.2-inch edge-to-edge display, the redesigned &#8220;10th anniversary&#8221; iPhone is thought to feature a glass body, some form of wireless charging, no Home button, and a premium price tag. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Taiwan-based Yuanta Securities Investment Consulting has estimated that shipments of Apple&#8217;s forthcoming iPhones are likely to reach 100 million units in 2017. At least 55 million of the units are expected to feature OLED panels.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung has reportedly converted an LCD factory in Asia into an OLED panel plant to meet Apple&#8217;s demands. The South Korean firm&#8217;s total investments for OLED production lines could reach 10 trillion won in 2017, according to sources from the supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>(via <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitimes.com\/news\/a20170406PD206.html\">DigiTimes<\/a><\/em>.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Related Roundup: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-8\/\">iPhone 8 (2017)<\/a> <br \/>Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/samsung\/\">Samsung<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/oled\/\">OLED<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/apple-deal-samsung-oled-iphone-panels.2040555\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=JJHGzMXxfHY:XjXv9B7YWLM:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=JJHGzMXxfHY:XjXv9B7YWLM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/JJHGzMXxfHY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-337779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}