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Apple's Foldable iPhone Will Have a Samsung-Made OLED Display
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Meh, it's a thing - Android foldables have been around for years already, I don't see the point personally but it seems there's a market for expensive bricks with double-sided displays that open up for, well, some reason.
Call me a simpleton, I just want something light with a battery that lasts all day.
bLackjackj
macrumors 65816
You don't honestly belive that? The fact they all form under the one samsung group of company means that they are very much in the know.
CATiNTHESTORE
macrumors 6502a
code-m
macrumors 601
code-m
macrumors 601
$3K is a different psychological price point and it’s a tough sell. $2,500 is more reasonable, maybe the top spec model will go for $2,999.
Spinarelo
macrumors 6502
It’s only going to ramp up even more from here to September…. Pretty soon we’ll start getting an article for every little component and part picture that gets leaked…. Then comes the case CADs, etc
IIGS User
macrumors 65816
The Apple folding phone. Brought to you with Google AI and Samsung parts.
And look, I know Apple regularly sources parts from Samsung and Sony. It's just for a laugh.
Samsung is such a giant company that the part of Samsung that's making phone parts for Apple probably can't even provide those parts to the part making phones.
Samsung makes everything from cargo ships to TV's. If they make the parts to Apple's spec and provide them in quantity at the right price, of course Apple would use them.
Still funny, though.
And look, I know Apple regularly sources parts from Samsung and Sony. It's just for a laugh.
Samsung is such a giant company that the part of Samsung that's making phone parts for Apple probably can't even provide those parts to the part making phones.
Samsung makes everything from cargo ships to TV's. If they make the parts to Apple's spec and provide them in quantity at the right price, of course Apple would use them.
Still funny, though.
Taq'aix
macrumors 6502
Mark my words. It’s going to flop harder than the Vision Pro. LMAO!
Dirk Pieters
macrumors 6502a
Remember that we had rumors about Neo about a year beforehand.
I look forward to the post of that one guy who buys it, returns it for a benign reason, posts that reason here and the 20 pages of opinions that follow after that.
C7 POWER
macrumors 68020
Its just like the 16 Pro/PM display is made by Samsung, and it had the thinnest bezels of any Samsung Display. Apple pays big money for Samsung to make their displays, and have for years, and Apple ensures to get some new features first
contacos
macrumors 603
I am not saying they aren't in the know, I am just saying Samsung isn't only using Samsung components
Why are Apple processors better than competitors who also use TSMC?
It’s a mistake to think Apple is buying off-the-shelf Samsung displays rather than getting Samsung to build displays to their specifications (as they’ve been doing for some time).
Is this a surprise to anyone? Isn't samsung one of their main display manufacturers and they have a track record with foldable phones
HouseLannister
macrumors 68040
Samsung will of course have a phone using this same display out in July. Just a matter of if Apple comes out in the fall, winter, or spring. Seems to be a lot of debate about that at the moment.
Imagine if Apple had bought LG’s rollable OLED display tech patents and mass produced them for iPhones and iPads! However, it would cost as much as the Lisa!