“LG Display Co. will jack up investment on next-generation mobile screens as top customer Apple Inc. prepares to adopt ultra-thin, power-saving screens for iPhones as early as 2017,” Jungah Lee reports for Bloomberg.
“Apple is said to be in exclusive talks for rival Samsung Display Co. to supply OLED panels as early as next year. Chief Executive Officer Han Sang Beom concedes his company’s a relative latecomer to the scene and while the market remains small because of the technology’s cost, OLEDs will go mainstream in a matter of years,” Lee reports. “The company is also developing foldable displays, Han said without outlining the size or timing for future investments in screens.”
Lee reports, “‘It’s true that we were late in OLED investment for smaller electronics devices compared to that of televisions,’ Han said at a company event. ‘It’s undeniable that flexible OLEDs are now the mega-trend in the mobile segment and we will have to embrace that.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: And, well before next year’s iPhone, the MacBook Pro could soon join Apple Watch as Apple products utilizing OLED displays.
SEE ALSO:
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Samsung to invest $6.8 billion OLED display investment focused on Apple iPhone – June 20, 2016
Applied Materials’ OLED push capable of sourcing 100 million Apple iPhone displays – June 2, 2016
Leaked photos pretty much confirm 2016 MacBook Pro’s OLED touchpad – June 1, 2016
Apple’s rumored iPhone 8 OLED swap could boost Advanced Energy Industries – May 31, 2016
Thinner, lighter 2016 MacBook Pro may feature OLED display touch bar and Touch ID – May 24, 2016
Apple suppliers gear up to deliver OLED to 2017 iPhone – May 23, 2016
Apple’s iPhone 7 Plus to get OLED exclusively, other models to stick with LCD, analyst suggests – May 16, 2016
iPhone 7 leak reveals professional dual-camera system – May 14, 2016
Two technologies that could spur iPhone unit sales growth – May 4, 2016
Apple plans huge 5.8-inch iPhone with AMOLED display , sources say – March 8, 2016
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple iPhone 7 Plus to offer innovative dual-camera configuration – January 28, 2016
Apple patent application reveals new dual camera zoom lens system – January 7, 2016
Oh, this latest tactic and strategy pre empting attention and fanfare for all new Apple products by diverting attention (already in huge deficit) to products 2 or more cycles away, is pathetic and only possible due to the sad brain deficit and drain prevalent these days matched only by total ignorance and deial of such by dds everywhere.
Glad I’m on my way out relative to on my way in…
Nothing like living the moment, huh…?
…deial = denial
Wow, this sounds totally strange to me. Why are they using the phrase “jacked up” to represent something good? These people are probably old and have never used slang until now. This was like reading “LG is expected to horribly mess up.” “Jacked up” was created to replace “f**ked up” without profanity, not to say “things will be wonderful.” Complete idiots.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jacked%20up
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack_up