Apple’s Suppliers Gear Up to Bring New Screens to 2017 iPhone
- Applied Materials has received significant equipment orders
- Samsung, LG Display preparing for demand for OLED displays
Apple Bets on New Screen to Boost Future iPhone Sales
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At least one company in Apple Inc.’s supply chain is already reaping the benefit from plans to outfit next year’s version of the iPhone with a brighter, higher-definition screen.
The first evidence came last week when Applied Materials Inc. reported an almost fourfold leap in orders for equipment to make displays, an early sign producers are retooling their manufacturing to meet Apple’s demand for a new kind of organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screen. The technology will allow Apple to upgrade the biggest component of its main product.