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According to industry sources on the 22nd, the domestic display industry began mass production of OLED panels for the iPhone 18 Pro, Pro Max, and iPad mini this month.
Mass production of foldable iPhone OLEDs will also begin this month. MacBook Pro OLEDs will be produced from next month when Samsung Display's 8.6-generation OLED line starts operating.
All products launched in the latter half of this year will be equipped with OLEDs, which will be fully supplied by Samsung Display and LG Display, the two leading domestic display panel manufacturers.
Samsung Display and LG Display will jointly supply OLEDs for the iPhone 18 series Pro and Pro Max. BOE, a Chinese company, is not known to have undertaken any development projects for the iPhone 18 series.
Apple is launching its first foldable iPhone this year and expanding its OLED adoption by switching the iPad mini and MacBook Pro to OLED in its information technology (IT) product lineup. Samsung Display will be the sole supplier of displays for all these products. LG Display will handle all OLEDs for the Apple Watch 12.
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Apple is the largest customer of the domestic display industry. According to Samsung Display's sustainability management report published in 2025, the sales proportion generated from the US region where Apple is located reached 45.6%. LG Display's quarterly report showed that the sales proportion attributable to a company presumed to be Apple was 58.4%.
▶ Original source: https://www.etnews.com/20260622000287
