Nuked Hey there, tech lovers! Today I’m here to talk about Apple’s upcoming iPhone SE 4 and its display supplier, BOE (Beijing Oriental Electronics).
It seems like Apple and BOE will be working together for a while longer: a new report from The Elec pegs BOE as the display supplier for the rumored iPhone SE 4. Things got off to a rough start with Apple in 2020 when some of BOE’s screens for the iPhone 12 reportedly failed quality tests. Later, Apple caught BOE making unapproved changes to its iPhone 13 display design.
However, BOE eventually secured a deal to make 6.1-inch OLEDs for the iPhone 14, and now it looks like they’ll be supplying 6.1-inch OLEDs for the next budget iPhone. This is good news for the bottom line, as the SE will likely use an older OLED design that can use existing parts inventory.
Apple has been trying to reduce its dependence on Samsung for displays, but it looks like it will be quite a few years before that becomes a reality. Samsung Display reportedly gets away with things that no other Apple component supplier would dream of, like not letting Apple engineers into its facilities and refusing to replace a supply of screens when a minor flaw was identified.
So, until Apple can get its MicroLED production off the ground, Samsung will continue to have a powerful hold over Apple. It looks like Samsung’s display production lines will be plenty busy making OLED panels destined for high-end iPhones.
