Apple to completely switch to OLED for iPhone display from 2025, Nikkei says (updated)
03/09/2024 11:37
(Adds background, Sharp, Japan Display no comments)
TOKYO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Apple AAPL.O will use
organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays for all iPhone
models sold in 2025 and afterwards, moving completely away from
liquid crystal displays (LCDs), Nikkei business daily said.
The planned move will exclude Japan's Sharp Corp 6753.T
and Japan Display 6740.T from Apple's handset business, Nikkei
said.
Apple has started placing orders for OLED displays for the
upcoming iPhone SE from China's BOE Technology 6740.T and
South Korea's LG Display 034220.KS , Nikkei also said, citing
several components suppliers.
Sharp and Japan Display had a combined 70% share of iPhone
displays about a decade ago but had supplied LCDs only for the
iPhone SE recently and do not mass-produce OLED displays for
smartphones, the paper said.
Both companies declined to comment on the report.
(Reporting by Kiyoshi Takenaka, Rocky Swift, Satoshi Sugiyama
and Chang-Ran Kim in Tokyo, Editing by Louise Heavens
Editing by Louise Heavens)
((kiyoshi.takenaka@thomsonreuters.com; +81 3 4563 2788;))