Samsung will make flexible OLED displays for the iPhone 7?

Everything in the industry that produces smartphones is closely related. And sometimes the manufacturer of Android-phones can be profitable success of the next iPhone. Presumably, the iPhone 7 will use flexible OLED-displays. Their supplier will be Samsung Display, an agreement with which, according to a new report, has already been achieved by Apple. As part of this deal, Samsung will have to invest up to US $ 7.47 billion in manufacturing and equipment to fulfill the order. It is expected that the production of these displays will begin in the first quarter of 2016 and will continue in 2017.

The fact that such a message came from "industry insiders", said in the published resource Android Authority Kris Carlon's note (Kris Carlon) "iPhone 7 to feature flexible OLED display made by Samsung." The transaction value is unknown. Presumably, the monthly production volume will be from 30 to 45 thousand panels.

However, we should not forget that this information is not confirmed by the companies themselves, therefore it belongs to the category of assumptions.

iPhone stand out against many other premium phones with its LCD displays. The first Apple device with a flexible OLED-screen was the Apple Watch. Is it a Samsung supplier? It is widely known that it is this company that makes the best OLED displays on the market. It should be noted that in the iPhone there are many components of Samsung production, including the A9 processor.

For many, Samsung is firmly associated with Android-devices. Nevertheless, the company has done a lot and in order for the iPhone to acquire its attractive technical characteristics. After all, the position of Samsung in the smartphone market is difficult to call good, while the company's business of component manufacturing is excellent support for it.

Chips, displays and memory are the main sources that bring money to the company. Therefore, the proposed agreement on the delivery of additional components of such popular devices as the iPhone, which Apple will please in the course of its upcoming autumn presentation, may become a very profitable business for Samsung. After all, Apple - an incredibly rich company, whose products are very popular among consumers, and Samsung is in the meantime in the lead in the doubled AMOLED market.

Is it surprising that Samsung is ready to supply components to a company that is considered its main competitor?

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