US fears iPhone supplier BOE is a Chinese military company

An extra measure has been added to the proposed US defense budget that would see iPhone screen supplier BOE being investigated as a firm that potentially aids China's military.BOE is an iPhone display supplierBOE is the firm that despite once losing all its Apple orders over making unauthorized manufacturing changes, has become a significant supplier of iPhone displays and is expanding its facilities in the hopes of growing still further. It's also facing a potential ban from the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and could now be the subject of a defense investigation.According to Reuters, the investigation has been added to the US defense budget currently under review. The budget is a bipartisan $852 billion defense spending plan for 2026, and has so far been passed by key committees in both houses of Congress. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums