
Samsung Display Corporation, a globally renowned manufacturer of displays, emerged as an independent entity from Samsung Electronics in 2012. The corporation boasts a diverse portfolio of display products, encompassing LCDs, OLEDs, MicroLEDs, and various other innovative display technologies.
Samsung TVs are typically renowned for their brighter displays and superior contrast ratios, whereas LG TVs boast significantly wider viewing angles and cutting-edge smart functionalities. Despite LG's extensive OLED offerings, Samsung has introduced its own QD-OLED TVs that exceed LG's OLEDs in brightness and color vivacity.
OLED production facilities
Organization Facility identifier Location of Facility
LG Display E5 site Gumi, South Korea
LG Display Guangzhou site Guangzhou, China
OLEDWorks Aachen, Germany
Wisechip Semiconductor
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Samsung, the primary OLED supplier for Apple, has obtained authorization for the mass production of screens destined for all four models of the upcoming iPhone 15 series, anticipated to hit the market in September. According to Korean-based media outlet The Elec, Samsung Display secured this approval on August 1st, preceding its competitors LG Display and BOE.
Despite initial skepticism, LG persevered with its dedication to rendering OLED a practical solution and introducing it to the consumer sphere. On the 1st of March, 2023, LG unveiled its OLED TVs in 2013, which swiftly gained popularity in the television industry.
In the course of the last two years, Samsung Display has been providing its LTPO OLED technology to Apple for utilization in handheld devices. It is now being rumored that Apple is embarking on a partnership with LG Display as a new supplier of OLED screens for the upcoming iPhone 14 Pro models, alongside its existing supplier, Samsung Display.
Intriguingly, despite Panasonic sourcing its OLED panels from LG Display, the identical supplier that fulfills OLED panel requirements for its affiliated firm, LG Electronics (LGE), LGE has refrained from explicitly mentioning Micro Lens Array as the key technology driving the exceptional brightness of its G3 OLED evo model.
Nearly 50% of Apple's suppliers have their operations situated in mainland China, while the remaining are dispersed across Southeast Asia, including Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea. Amongst them, Foxconn, a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturing company, holds the distinction of being Apple's largest and longest-standing supplier.
Samsung Display is adhering to its commitment to enhance OLED manufacturing capabilities. The firm has commenced mass-scale production of 90Hz OLED screens, designed for laptops, which are destined to feature in several forthcoming 14-inch laptops from Asus. September 15th, 2021
Apple has committed to investing $2.9 billion in Samsung and LG for acquiring OLED panels destined for the next-generation iPad Pro (2024) models, announced on March 8, 2024.
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