Apple is making an attempt laborious to diversify its show suppliers. For now, the corporate has Samsung as its main provider with LG and BOE as minor suppliers. Nonetheless, Apple desires the likes of BOE to get extra orders in order to cut back its dependence on Samsung. In accordance with current experiences, BOE will proceed to produce Apple with 6.1 (6.06) inch OLED panels this 12 months. This panel shall be for the usual mannequin of the iPhone 14 sequence i.e. iPhone 14 Analysts forecast reveals that Apple will ship 200 million iPhones this 12 months and about 20% will use BOE screens. Which means that about 40 million iPhones will use BOE screens this 12 months.

In accordance with experiences, BOE shipped 15-16 million OLED panels for Apple final 12 months, which was greater than anticipated. Nonetheless, BOE at present provides all LTPS OLEDs, and the corporate goes all out to mass-produce higher-net-worth LTPO OLEDs to interrupt into the iPhone 15 Professional provide chain.

On the finish of final 12 months, the primary part of the BOE Chongqing B12 manufacturing facility was put into operation. This can be the primary pressure of BOE screens (LTPO OLED) sooner or later. At present, the show screens of the iPhone equipped by BOE primarily come from the Sichuan B7 and B11 manufacturing traces. This 12 months’s iPhone 14 sequence 6.1-inch display screen will even come from the B11 manufacturing line.

BOE Sixth-gen AMOLED versatile manufacturing line in mass manufacturing

In accordance with BOE officers, the Sixth era AMOLED (versatile) manufacturing line undertaking in Chongqing has now formally commenced mass manufacturing. The corporate introduced this at a mass manufacturing and buyer supply ceremony. BOE spent 46.5 billion yuan ($7.three billion) to construct this manufacturing line. At current, BOE has deployed 6 key tasks in Chongqing, together with the Sixth era AMOLED (versatile) manufacturing line. It additionally has the 8.fifth era TFT-LCD manufacturing line, and the BOE Chongqing Good System Innovation Heart. These manufacturing traces have a cumulative funding of over 86 billion yuan ($13.5 billion).

The mass manufacturing of the Sixth era AMOLED (versatile) manufacturing line in Chongqing is in Chongqing Liangjiang New District, masking an space of ​​roughly 970,000 sq. meters. On the mass manufacturing ceremony, BOE President, Liu Xiaodong stated that within the present data and digital age, new software markets comparable to good cell terminals, good wearable gadgets, and good linked automobiles are exhibiting explosive development traits. That is rising the demand for high-end show applied sciences comparable to versatile shows.

This new manufacturing line is of nice significance for enhancing BOE’s complete energy within the international semiconductor show trade. It’s accelerating the expansion of the brand new terminal software market. Moreover, this manufacturing line will promote the innovation and growth of the worldwide show trade.