BOE to provide Apple with OLED screens featuring LTPO know-how: report

BOE will provide Apple with OLED screens featuring LTPO know-how, Chinese media outlet China Star Market reported on Tuesday. The settlement was signed in February, and the manufacturing line will likely be situated in Mianyang, Sichuan province, in accordance to a number of provide chain sources. LTPO, which stands for low-temperature polycrystalline oxide, is an OLED backplane know-how initially developed by Apple that permits variable refresh charges. Apple beforehand sourced LTPO OLED for its iPhone Pro collection solely from Samsung. Although BOE has not commented on the settlement publicly, a supply on the firm confirmed to China Star Market that they lately upgraded some manufacturing traces with LTPO know-how in Mianyang and likewise within the metropolis of Chongqing. [China Star Market, in Chinese]