Apple Display supplier may be out of large iPhone 14 orders after allegedly being caught cutting corners

Chinese display maker Beijing Oriental Electronics (BOE) may lose 30 million display orders for the upcoming iPhone 14 after it reportedly changed the design of the iPhone 13's display to increase yield rates, or produce non-defective products. has done. Have done. Report from Elec (via 9to5Mac).

Apple tasked BOE to build the iPhone 13 display last October, a short-lived deal that ended earlier this month when Apple reportedly told BOE the circuit width of the iPhone 13's display's thin-film transistors to Apple's knowledge. told for. Caught without replacement. (Did they really think Apple wouldn't notice?)

The decision could continue to haunt BOE, however, as Apple could also put the company out of the task of making OLED displays for the iPhone 14. According to Alec, the BOE sent an executive to Apple's Cupertino headquarters to explain the incident. It had not received an order to manufacture the iPhone 14 display. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 14 sometime this fall, but Elec says production for its display could begin as early as next month.

In place of BOE, The Elk expects Apple to split 30 million display orders between LG Display and Samsung Display, its two primary display providers. Samsung will produce 6.1 and 6.7-inch displays for the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro, while LG is set to produce 6.7-inch displays for the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

According to MacRumors, BOE previously only manufactured screens for refurbished iPhones. Apple later hired the company to supply OLED displays for the new iPhone 12 in 2020, but its first batch of panels failed to pass Apple's rigorous quality control tests. BOE's output has also been affected by a lack of display driver chips since the beginning of this year.