Prospective iPhone OLED panel supplier BOE facing production problems

Chinese display firm BOE has been trying unsuccessfully to secure OLED panels orders for the iPhone, and is now hitting production quantity problems due to the ongoing global chip shortage.Late on Thursday evening, sources have reportedly told TheElec that the ongoing silicon chip shortage will impact BOE's production of iPhone OLED panels for the months of February and March of 2022.LX Semicon, BOE's display driver IC supplier, will move its priority to supply LG Display due to the supplier's lowered production capacity. As a result, BOE is expected to lower its production capacity to between two million and three million units for all customers in total as a result of the shortage. Read more...