Most iPhone 15 displays will be made by Samsung, after competitors LG and BOE failed to gain Apple approval for their planned initial production.
Samsung is reported to be the only company making displays for the standard iPhone 15, the iPhone 15 Plus, and the iPhone 15 Pro Max …
Apple likes to have multiple suppliers for all major components. This provides resilience against supply problems, and also puts the company in a strong negotiating position on price, as it can threaten to move orders between suppliers.
For the iPhone 15, the company had planned to split display orders between Korean companies Samsung and LG, and China’s BOE.
As early as March, we learned that BOE was having technical problems in manufacturing the displays, with more detail coming to light later the same month.
Chinese manufacturer BOE has reportedly been unable to fix the issues it had in making the iPhone 15 display, with Apple pulling orders from the company for now.
The problem concerns the Dynamic Island cutout for the front camera and Face ID tech. BOE was having problems with the cutout during initial production runs – specifically light leakage around the slot.
That put BOE out of the picture for initial production, with Apple’s planned orders transferred to Samsung. LG was also set to make displays for both the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models.