“Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays work with a backlight, allowing them to be thinner and lighter than traditional liquid crystal displays (LCD). In doing so, these enable sharp, vibrant displays that use less energy,” Bryan M. Wolfe writes for AppAdvice. “These reasons alone are why companies like Apple are turning to OLED for mobile products.”
“Unfortunately, Mitsuke, Japan-based Canon Tokki Corp. has a near monopoly on the machines that are capable of making OLED,” Wolfe writes. “The current lead time for the machines, which cost up to $85 million each, is two years.”
“The latest rumors suggest that Apple will produce a new 5.8-inch iPhone in 2017 that will feature an OLED display,” Wolfe writes. “Bloomberg believes that Samsung ‘is on track to be the sole supplier,’ but ‘may not be able to make enough due to low yield rates combined with increasing iPhone demand.'”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: In the 2016 election cycle, Donald Trump raised enough money from small money donors ($200 or less) to buy just one Canon Tokki OLED machine.
SEE ALSO:
Apple supplier Japan Display wins $640 million from government-backed fund to boost OLED tech as Apple eyes new iPhone display – December 21, 2016
Apple’s next-gen flagship OLED iPhone is codenamed ‘Ferrari’ – December 20, 2016
Apple says OLED finally ready for iPhones, but most suppliers still aren’t – November 17, 2016
Apple supplier Japan Display seeks $703 million bailout from Japanese government – November 11, 2016
Sharp President confirms Apple iPhone transition to OLED displays – October 31, 2016
Apple supplier Sharp names Foxconn exec as CEO to spearhead revival – May 12, 2016
Apple supplier Sharp preps AMOLED displays after Foxconn acquisition – April 6, 2016
Did Apple help Foxconn buy Sharp? – March 31, 2016
Japan Display, an Apple iPhone supplier, seeks financial help from Japanese government – August 9, 2016
Japan Display CEO hints at strong Apple orders ahead of new iPhone launch – September 3, 2015
Japan Display and Apple to build new $1.4 billion plant for iPhone Retina displays – March 6, 2015
Japan Display’s reliance on iPhone orders rises – June 24, 2014
This looks like an investment opportunity for ’s overseas billions. Invest in increasing the production capacity, and reducing lead time. 🖖😀⌚️
why the low rating? 🤔
Um, work WITHOUT a backlight.
…IOW: Not ready for prime time. But it’ll happen.
(Oh and a special expletive to the apparent *Ding*bats who flew in to ding-down markar12’s thoughtful comment above. You of course were sent here by Samsung because that corrupt and crippled company doesn’t want Apple to control their own OLED production. – – Yup! I figured that out all by myself. Meanwhile, you clowns haven’t figured out that no one cares about star ratings any more specifically thanks to your bozosity. You’ve made them meaningless. Congratulations).
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“Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays work with a backlight, allowing them to be thinner and lighter…”
Ummm, doesn’t he mean ‘work WITHOUT a backlight????
FWIW: The original article did say ‘without.’ Somebody at MDN doesn’t know how to copy-paste correctly. By eliminating the ‘out’ portion of ‘without’ it throws the accuracy of the article into question until the reader clicks through to read the truth.