Since the arrival of the first iPhone to the market, the battle between Apple and Samsung has focused on both the courts and the sales of devices, leaving aside trade agreements in which the Koreans have always supplied various components of the iPhone, such as the processor, memory chips….
Since rumors began about the possibility that the Cupertino-based company may finally implement OLED displays in future models, many have been the rumors that we have published in which different manufacturers would be in charge of making the screens.
At first it was rumored that LG and Samsung would be in charge of making them equally. Shortly after Foxconn's purchase of Sharp, rumors suggested that Apple would order the displays directly from the maker of Apple's devices, Foxconn. The latest rumors They seem to indicate that Samsung will be in charge of manufacturing an important part of these panelsFor a reason, it is the company that has been working on this type of product for the longest time.
According to Digitimes, the Korean company will send 40 million OLED panels for the manufacture of the iPhone 8, the first model to reach the market with this type of screen and that according to the latest rumors would arrive next year, instead of the iPhone 7s. They also affirm that each year Samsung's production will expand until it can manufacture 120 million OLED screens in 2019.
What seems to be clear is that Samsung will not be the only one in charge of manufacturing this type of screens, and Apple is going to have to rely on other companies like LG or the old Sharp now in possession of Foxconn. What we do not know is the ability of both companies to produce these types of components. Keep in mind that LG has a line of phones that use this technology and is not going to drop everything to get to work for Apple.