The shares of iphone display suppliers fell in asia after the electronic times reported apple has decided to use next generation screens.
Company making screens for new iphone. Apple plans to ship at least one new iphone with an oled screen this year the 10th anniversary of the product s debut people with knowledge of the matter have said. The iphone xs has a 5 8 inch screen and is the smallest current iphone followed by the 6 1 inch iphone xr and the 6 5 inch iphone xs max. The 3 63 billion company by market capitalization generates a. A shift toward oled panels for all new iphones would be initially problematic for the japanese company which is one of the main suppliers of lcd screens for apple.
This is a problem because screens lack the physical indentation of. A semiconductor company cirrus logic s crus 5 89 chips are responsible for processing the audio piped through the iphones. In a research note shared with macrumors barclays analysts said fellow korean company lg will likely support oled display production for 2019 iphones possibly followed by chinese manufacturer. The rumor indicates the smallest iphone will get smaller.
Will soon land a second supplier for the organic light emitting diode screens used in high end iphones according to people familiar with the matter a key step in the u s.