TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A new report from the Korean website ET News over the weekend shows that Apple has claimed one-third of Samsung's OLED display production for iPhone 8 screens.
Samsung's factories have reportedly been ramped up over the last two years, and are capable of producing about 45,000 panels per month that are eventually used to make OLEDs. 15,000 of them are allegedly designed for Apple.
At this level, the Samsung Display facility will be capable of producing about 130 million screens. However, due to alleged high technical difficulty level to meet Apple's specific demand, this machine will operate with a 60 percent yield, and generate about 79 million iPhone 8 screens.
This report is in line with previous reports that Apple will only offer the iPhone's tenth anniversary model in a limited number. Normal iPhone production reaches about 200 million units, so this will make the iPhone 8 only for 40 percent of the total iPhone. Apple is reportedly still planning to introduce a model of "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus" are updated.
ET News reports that Samsung's A2 production line has finished the inspection, and is ready to operate on a full scale to meet Apple's demands.
However, as Apple will ask to increase OLED production in the coming months, Samsung has invested significantly into its production facility to boost the 45,000 figure to 105,000 panels per month by the end of the year, and even seems to decide to build a completely new factory specifically for iPhone 8.
BUSINESS INSIDER | ERWIN Z
