IPhone 8 Could Launch with OLED Displays Made by Samsung and LG

Apple is close to signing a final agreement with LG Display and Samsung to provide OLED screens for next-generation iPhones, according to a new report from ET News [Google Translate] (via Reuters). To expand their OLED production capacity, the two companies will spend almost 15 trillion won (about $12.8 billion) – possibly with some funding from Apple – over the next 2-3 years. The suppliers will have to tweak their production process to be able to produce OLED display if they are to retain their working relationship with the iPhone maker. Samsung could end up getting a bigger order than LG Display according to the Electronics Times.

OLED is also more power-efficient than LCD where the majority of the content is black, as it is with the Apple Watch, but this would not deliver much benefit in an iPhone unless Apple used a black theme for a future version of iOS.

LG Display has existing LCD lines that can be switched to OLED. We reported last month that Apple is working on developing OLED screen technology in a lab in Taiwan, and after a new report, we have a clearer picture about exactly what that might involve.

OLED technology is regarded to be more powerful and better in quality than a liquid crystal display (LCD) technology. It has been rumoured that Apple would be moving to OLED for years so, sooner or later one of the rumours had to be right.

LG Display is now discussing about first supplying 30,000 flexible OLED panels per month based on size of Gen. 6 board to Apple.

Apparently the Fruity Cargo cult Apple is just ironing out the details of the contract which will see it investing in expansion of the OLED production lines at Samsung and LG. OLED display has been found to provide sharper images and brighter colors than LCD displays.