Samsung had the honor, to call it somehow, of being the main and almost only manufacturer of the first iPhone screen with OLED technology. But it seems that the next generation of iPhone with OLED screen, Samsung will not be the only manufacturer, since LG has just signed an agreement with the Cupertino-based company to supply these types of screens.
According to Newspin, via DigiTimes, LG has reached an agreement with Apple to supply between 3 and 4 million OLED panels as well as 20 million LCD panels throughout this year. The OLED-type panels will be manufactured by the facilities that LG Display has in India, specifically in Paju.
It will be next year, in 2019, when the Korean company, Samsung's rival, Expand the number of OLED-type panels you plan to supply Apple, expanding the number to 10 million per year, for the maximum 4 that will be provided this year for new iPhone models. Last month, the South China Morning Post published similar data, predicting that LG would provide between 2 and 4 million OLED panels to the Cupertino-based company for the new generation of iPhones.
According to various analysts, Apple could launch a larger model, with an OLED screen that will hit the market to replace the iPhone X. But in addition, Apple would launch two new models with a design similar to the iPhone X, with LCD screenIn order to thus reduce the price of the new generation of iPhone, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus being the latest models to hit the market with those gigantic frames that have accompanied us since the first iPhone models.
But as we always say, they are rumors, rumors that finally will be confirmed or denied at the beginning of September, date on which Apple plans to celebrate the presentation keynote in which the new iPhone models will see the light, along with new iPad Pro and probably the new Apple Watch with a larger screen maintaining the same design as until now.