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Samsung's OLED Display Monopoly May Explain iPhone 8's Rumored $1,000 Price
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Yes they do. It's funny reading people's posts saying LG doesn't know anything about manufacturing OLEDs when they are so far ahead of Samsung it isn't even funny. Samsung has only been successful manufacturing small OLED panels while LG has been successful making small and large OLED panels. Samsung had to exit the OLED TV business after only one year because they could not reliably produce large OLED panels.
You just proved you have no concept of supply chain if you don't understand the importance of a $75 increase in a single component price.
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Have a look at replacement LCD costs for both manufacturers on the market, not what the companies charge. iPhone using bog standard LCD technology, you can pickup iPhone 6 LCD for £12 wholesale, iPhone 7 LCD for £25 wholesale. Look at Samsung which uses OLED of which there are no "copies" or lower quality screens available anywhere, S7 LCD is around £90 wholesale, S7 Edge is around £230 wholesale, and S8 LCD is around £200 wholesale.
With the iPhone 8 moving to OLED, the prices of replacement OLED panels will increase, and repair costs will be huge. The company I work for charges £280 to replace the S8 Plus LCD, compared to £79 for iPhone 7 Plus. On top of the crazy prices, availability direct from Samsung for a lot of models is nigh on non existent which will get worse for both companies as demand outstrips supply (which is already the case for Samsung on their own).
With the iPhone 8 moving to OLED, the prices of replacement OLED panels will increase, and repair costs will be huge. The company I work for charges £280 to replace the S8 Plus LCD, compared to £79 for iPhone 7 Plus. On top of the crazy prices, availability direct from Samsung for a lot of models is nigh on non existent which will get worse for both companies as demand outstrips supply (which is already the case for Samsung on their own).
Yeah, that's why we have this great new, lean TV package they dreamed up
Definitely not for film content, but for music, and components they are lean and mean.
Apple hasn’t been able to commercialize microLED because it’s difficult to mass-produce so there’s no way they could have had it ready in time for launch with this year’s iPhone. In those three years since buying LuxVue, they could have invested in a partnership with LG to meet today’s demand. Also, LuxVue was still a startup when Apple bought them so it wasn’t a short-term investment, it was a long-term one. Even most analyst believe that LuxVue technology was destined for the Apple Watch and not the iPhone.
LG has a dominant position in large screen OLED production (think OLED TV's). Samsung has the dominant position in small screen OLED production. They are not the same thing. Apple doesn't need large screens.
No they don't. Where are you getting your information? Samsung's market domination of small screen OLED production capacity is monstrous. That's the reason Apple is investing heavily in LG increasing their capacity for small screen OLED panels. Your anecdote about LG's OLED large panel (TV) capacity has nothing to do with Apple's need for small smartphone panels. It's not like they can take a pair of scissors and cut them down.
Depending upon the source - and there are multiple, Samsung has 90-95% of the market share of smartphone OLED panels. There's really no question regarding Samsung's current domination of the OLED panel capacity. Once other companies get their capacity up, then there's a choice of who to use. Right now, there are no choices, just A choice.
This white/silver whatever front bez is honestly a crime to design. They should all be black. I want to cross my fingers and hold my breath that Apple will do the right thing, but I know better than that.
Haha yeah... nothing at all to do with Apples business model of 30% or more mark up.. nothing at all.. it's all Samsungs fault...
Of course Apple could build its own factories and make the displays themselves.. oh wait.. that would mean spending some of their massive profits or cash reserves..
You mean the same way that Apple was demolished for overpriced iPhones?
Samsung is better than LG at making the type of OLED displays that phones use. The fact that they suck at Tv's is irrelevant here.
He was dumb enough to charge iPod touch users $20 for software updates.
yep......the price high because of Samsung....yeah thats it....its Samsung fault. Most Apple fans hate Samsung anyway so...lets blame them!
Stories with similar themes have come and gone and how has Apple done during these times...? >
I, for one, welcome the iPhone 8 with whatever parts it has in it.
Even if it has the antenna from the iPhone 4?
Source? I think Samsung makes the best quality screens...or Apple would have just gone straight LG for the displays.
Apple is playing it smart...they have 2 suppliers and are investing in one to help it catch up to the other. This is done to help with future contract negotiations. They will always have 2 suppliers...it is good business to have some redundancy.