Samsung agrees to provide OLED displays to Apple in 2018

Samsung is having a good year so far. The Galaxy Note 7 incident, while devastating, did not hit the brand as severely as predicted. The company even made a healthy return this year with the release of the flagship duo, Galaxy S8, and S8+. However, Samsung is not only known for smartphones only, but it also provides display panels. One of Samsung’s biggest customers is incidentally Apple, its biggest rival. Samsung is already making up to 80 million OLED panels for the iPhone 8, which launches later this year.

A recent report from Korea Herald suggested that Samsung agrees to produce up to 180 million OLED displays for iPhone 9 and iPhone 9 Plus, slated for release in 2018. The iPhone 9 screen size is about 5.28 inches, while the bigger iPhone 9 Plus has the display size of 6.46 inches, similar to that of a phablet. It is an interesting turn of event, as Apple for a while has been trying to be less dependent on Samsung for manufacturing.

One possible reason is the rival firms to Samsung could not keep up with Apple’s demand. There are other manufacturers reported to work with Apple as well, such as LG, and BOE Display from China. Whatever the case, it is notable that the size of the displays Samsung produces for the iPhone in 2018 is significantly larger than that of the previous iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Perhaps for iPhone’s 10th anniversary, Apple is going to make some design change? We have to wait and see!

Samsung agrees to supply Apple with OLED displays!

Since Samsung decides to continue supplying Apple for the 2018 iPhone, this partnership seems to stay for a while. At any rate, we should wait for official words of both companies. Now, we wait for the reveal of iPhone 8!