LG Display has begun developing a new etching technology for OLED panels that will be supplied to Apple, TheElec has learned.The technology is being prepared by the company to launch a so-called hybrid OLED panel, which uses a glass substrate like a rigid OLED panel but uses thin-film encapsulation

Samsung Electronics and LG Display have resumed their negotiations for a possible white OLED (W-OLED) supply deal, TheElec has learned.The pair are discussing LG Display potentially supplying somewhere between 200,000 to 300,000 units of W-OLED panels as the initial stock, sources said.If LG Display

Chinese display panel makers monopolizing the liquid crystal display (LCD) market will in the long run threaten the TV businesses of Samsung and LG, according to UBI Research CEO Choong Hoon Yi.Yi told TheElec in an interview on Tuesday that while many see the dominance of Chinese companies in the L

Samsung Display is almost certainly expected to use its M12 material set for OLED panels that it will supply to Apple for iPhone 15 series this year, sources told TheElec.The South Korean display panel maker used the material set for the first time last year for the two top-tier models of the iPhone

Samsung Display will start manufacturing OLED panels for the iPhone 15 Series in May, a month earlier than initially planned, TheElec has learned.This is because BOE, which was given the order by Apple to manufacture some OLED panels for the standard model of iPhone 15, is facing problems in product

LG Display is expected to supply a 30-inch range OLED panel to electric car maker Lucid, TheElec has learned.The supply timeline has been delayed due to Lucid’s financial difficulty but LG Display is expected to start producing the panels in the fourth quarter, sources said.The OLED panel Lucid plan

Samsung Display was considering collaborating with APS holdings for the development of a 3500ppi fine metal mask (FMM), TheElec has learned.The masks are used to manufacture OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) that can be used in virtual and augmented reality devices.APS Holdings had last year unveiled an OLED

Executive and employees of display and battery production equipment maker Toptec have been found guilty of leaking the technologies of customer Samsung Display to Chinese competitors.The Suwon High Court, the appeals court, overturned a ruling of not guilty from the district court on Tuesday and fou

Samsung is starting its reliability test for the waterdrop hinge it will adopt on its next foldable smartphone, likely to be called Galaxy Z Fold 5, TheElec has learned.The final reliability test will last around a month and the company is expected to finalize the concept afterward, sources said.Thi

BOE was facing problems in developing OLED panels aimed at Apple’s iPhone 15, TheElec has learned.The hole display was facing a light leakage problem __ where the light that isn’t properly covered by the screen comes from the corners or edges. And in this case, the light was leaking out of the hole

Samsung Display will be using Chemtronics as its vendor to handle the back-end etching of OLED panels it plans to supply to Apple for iPads, TheElec has learned.Chemtronics will be the sole vendor for the process, sources said.Samsung Display and LG Display are gearing up to start production of OLED

OLED material company Lordin has registered a patent related to blue OLED that has four times the luminance efficiency than previously.Lordin CEO Oh Hyoung-yun told TheElec on Wednesday that the technology on the patent was differentiated from those in the US and Japan.The company was aiming to comm

The CEO of Chinese display giant BOE is visiting Japan for a meeting with those at display production equipment maker Canon Tokki, TheElec has learned.The visit by BOE CEO Gao Wenbao is expected to be made around the middle of the month, sources said.His visit is likely being made to secure earlier

The shipment growth of MiniLED panels is expected to grow up to 2024 but essentially halt from 2025 onward.This is because Apple will be applying OLED panels instead of MiniLED panels for its tablets and then subsequently notebooks, according to analyst firm Display Supply Chain Consultants.MiniLED

LG Electronics is using OLED panels from Samsung Display for its first OLED notebook, TheElec has learned.LG unveiled its Gram Style notebook series this week, which comes in 14-inch and 16-inch models.These two models are currently being manufactured using Samsung Display’s rigid OLED panels, sourc

The Korean CEO of TCL CSOT will step back from management of the Chinese display giant.TCL CSOT CEO Kim Woo-shik, who is also senior vice president of TCL, will leave his current role and become an advisor at TCL.Kim, who previously worked at LG Display before joining the Chinese firm, had been at C

Apple is planning to use hole-display for all four models of its iPhone 15 series, TheElec has learned.Hole-display has a hole in the display panel where the front camera is located, allowing there to be more screens compared to notches.Cupertino applied this technology to two models of its latest i

LG Electronics may launch a transparent OLED TV in 2024 at the earliest, TheElec has learned.LG Display had pitched the idea to the electronics maker earlier this year; but such a model is not slated to launch in 2023, sources said.This is likely due to the demand for consumer electronics such as TV

Samsung Display has changed its priority in the development of Gen 8 IT OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The South Korean company is planning to postpone investments into full-cut, vertical deposition method it had been co-developing for over a year with Japan’s Ulvac.Samsung Display will instead st

LG Display is planning to halt production of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels for TVs in South Korea this month, TheElec has learned.The P7 factory at the company’s facility in Paju, which is responsible for the panels’ production, will halt production within December.The nearby P8 will continue