April 27 news, according to the Korean media Chosun-biz reported that supply chain related sources revealed that BOE and Apple signed a new contract earlier this month, BOE will start in June, for Apple to supply OLED display that can be used for iPhone 14. The screen supply reaches 50 million and will be used on the 6.1-inch version of the iPhone 14.
This year's Apple iPhone 14 series will have four models of iPhone 14, 14 Max, 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, with screen sizes of 6.1 inches, 6.7 inches, 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches respectively. Both Pro models will continue to use LTPO OLED screens with support for 120Hz adaptive refresh rates, supplied exclusively by Samsung. The two standard editions will use the regular LTPS OLED panel, which only supports a 60Hz refresh rate, which is jointly supplied by BOE and LG.
It is understood that last year, the screen of the iPhone 13 series was completely provided by Samsung and LG, of which Samsung supplied 77 million copies, accounting for 73%; LG supplied 29 million pieces, accounting for 27%. BOE also supplied Apple with a large number of OLED screens, but only for after-sales replacement and repair. Therefore, everyone will not directly buy the iPhone 13 equipped with boe screen, if you go to the after-sales screen, there is a high probability that it will be replaced by a BOE screen.
The news said that this year, BOE is expected to supply 50 million OLED screens, accounting for 25% of the total supply of iPhone 14 series screens, and the corresponding share of Samsung and LG will decline significantly. The impact of LG may not be too large, after all, the supply ratio is not high. Samsung may lose this part of the order for the iPhone 14 Standard Edition and only provide a high-brush OLED screen to the Pro model.
BOE OLED screen can be directly used in the new body this time, it can be seen that the screen quality fully meets Apple's standard requirements, compared with Samsung, LG will not have much gap. This reflects from the side that the domestic screen technology has completely reached the world-class level. In the future, with the price advantage, BOE's supply on Apple's side may continue to climb, and the probability of everyone buying an iPhone equipped with a domestic screen will become higher and higher.