LG Display has secured approval to supply OLED panels by Apple for iPhone 16 Pro, alongside rival Samsung Display, TheElec has learned.It is the first time that it secured such an approval in a timely fashion before the phones go into mass production.In the past, LG Display received approval months

South Korean component maker Fine M-Tec has been approved by Samsung as a backup supplier of hinges for the Galaxy Z Flip foldable phones, TheElec has learned.However, the company is yet to receive the approval to supply hinges for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 6, sources said.Fine M-Tec is yet to make

Samsung Display expects LED on silicon (LEDoS) displays used on augmented reality devices to be a monolithic one panel, a senior executive said.Samsung Display vice president Huh Jong-moo said on Thursday in the Microdisplay Conference hosted by TheElec that LEDoS technology is expected to evolve fr

Samsung is planning to increase the number of smartphones made through joint development manufacturers (JDM) in China this year.The South Korean company initially planned to manufacture 4.4 million units through its JDM partners this year, but this has increased by 23 million units to 6.7 million un

Samsung’s upcoming foldable phone Galaxy Z Flip 6 will have a thicker cover glass than its predecessors, TheElec has learned.The ultra-thin glass (UTG) cover window will be 50 micrometers thick compared to its predecessors’ 30 micrometers, sources said.This was being done to increase the hardiness o

Dreamtech said on Thursday that it was planning to supply chip modules to a global chipmaker.It said it will be supplying DRAM modules and assembled solid-state drives (SS) to the global top-tier customer __ highly likely Samsung’s chip division. The company said it was entering the sector to respon

Samsung Display showed off its deposition mask to be used in the production RGB OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) display at the Display Week event hosted by the Society of Information Display (SID) in the US from May 14 to 16.Rival LG Display also showed off its own OLEDoS technology at the event, a white O

Samsung may cancel its planned launch of a budget model version of its upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 6 foldable phone, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant initially planned to showcase three foldable phones during the summer: Galaxy Z Fold 6, Galaxy Z Flip 6, and an affordable version of the Fo

Apple unveiled its first iPads that sport an OLED panel rather than a liquid crystal display one on Tuesday.Cupertino in its online Let Loose event showed off its new iPad Pro models, which have a two-stack tandem OLED panel as their screen.The iPhone maker also unveiled new iPad Air models that doe

BOE has decided to use OLED deposition machines from South Korea’s Sunic System for its production of Gen 8 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.Rival Canon Tokki didn’t put in a bid for the order, paving the way for Sunic System to clinch the deal as the single vendor.The South Korean equipment make

Samsung Electronics vice chairman and co-CEO Han Jong-hee returned from its three-day visit to China on Wednesday.Han, who is also the head of Samsung’s Device Experience (DX) division, which makes smartphones, TVs, and appliances, was accompanied by Samsung’s head of procurement at its TV Business

Battery and display production equipment maker Philoptics said on Tuesday that it has supplied a piece of laser equipment to a chipmaker’s trial line for use in the production of a glass substrate.The equipment, called Through Glass Via (TGV), based on laser, was supplied to the potential customer l

Samsung’s smartphone business is planning to use OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) from Sony for its extended reality (XR) device, TheElec has learned.Samsung MX Business’ decision to use the Japanese company’s technology over its affiliate Samsung Display, which has also been developing its own OLEDoS techn

Econy will handle all the back-end processing orders for the ultra-thin glass (UTG) that Samsung will use for its Galaxy Z Flip 6 smartphone, TheElec has learned.For the UTG of Galaxy Z Fold 6, Samsung will continue to use Dowoo Insys as its back-end processing contractor, sources said.Back-end proc

Samsung manufactured more smartphones and tablets than it aimed to during the first quarter this year, TheElec has learned.The tech giant manufactured 64.5 million units of smartphones and tablets during the quarter, 22% higher than it initially targeted at the year’s start, sources said.Samsung had

Universal Display Corporation’s (UDC) plan to commercially launch a phosphorescent blue emitter material for OLED panels by the end of this year seems up in the air.Sources based in South Korea told TheElec that the emitter’s performance is still unstable and when and on what display panel they will

LG Electronics has sold 48 patents to Chinese smartphone maker Oppo.According to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the South Korean electronics maker sold the standard essential patents to Oppo in November.The SEPs are related to codec, the technology needed to compress digital video an

LG Display has diversified its supply line for display driver ICs (DDI) it uses in OLED panels for customer Apple.Taiwan’s Novatek will supply the chips for the first time this year along with existing supplier LX Semicon, for OLED panels to go on iPhone 16.LG Display’s move is likely aimed at contr

Display wet equipment maker FNS Tech is aiming to supply etching equipment for glass substrates aimed at chip packages, TheElec has learned.It is hoping to supply the kits to SKC Absolics, which is developing glass chip packages and building a dedicated factory in the state of Georgia in the US.FNS

Display component maker Anapass will be supplying display driver ICs that will be used in OLED panels for Samsung Galaxy S24 Fan Edition (FE), TheElec has learned.The company, which specializes in time controllers, or T-cons, has begun manufacturing the ICs, which are called TCON embedded driver ICs