Samsung will sell oled screens to apple

The Korea Herald reported that Samsung will begin supplying OLED display panels to Apple starting in 2017. It will provide approximately 100 million units of 5.5-inch OLED panels, on an annual basis. This deal is worth $ 2.59 billion, Samsung bosses have declined to confirm the deal for privacy reasons.

Samsung will sell OLED screens to Apple

These screens provide sharper images and brighter colors than LCD screens , however the manufacturing cost is higher and their life time is shorter, they also eliminate the need for backlighting used in traditional LCD screens, allowing Potentially for Apple to reduce the thickness and bezels of their iOS devices .

New OLED screens from Apple will be worn by iPhones in 2017

LG Display along with another Japanese company will also provide these screens to Apple but in smaller quantities.

According to rumors, Apple plans to introduce the first iPhones with OLED displays in 2017.

According to Kuo, in 2017 iPhone will see a major design overhaul, which, if true, would be to see Apple separate the two-year tradition from its update cycle, which includes a major redesign followed by a smaller internal update. By virtue of said update cycle, the iPhone 2016 would be the phone that would show a new design, while the iPhone 2017 would have the same design introduced in 2016. Instead, Kuo believes that 2017 will see the introduction of a device of Apple with glass stand that includes wireless charging and biometric recognition along with the aforementioned glass screen and curved case.

Although not mentioned in the Korea Herald report, another rival to Samsung is likely Sharp, which was recently acquired by Apple maker Foxconn.