LG announced yesterday that it will increase OLED The investment of $8.71 billion will be invested to establish a new OLED panel factory in Pozhou, South Korea, to use in the OLED panel market, which is currently in short supply. The factory will cover large size televisions and small size OLED panels such as mobile phones and wearables, as well as flexible OLEDs. The factory will be officially put into use as soon as the first quarter of 2018.
It is known that only Samsung and LG are capable of mass production of OLED panels on the earth at present. Compared with Samsung, LG's OLED has more advantages in price. Yesterday we Love to play computer games About introducing Japanese Economic Daily“ iPhone The news that OLED panels will be used in 2018 ", combining the two news, it is obvious that LG's large-scale investment in building OLED factories is to prepare for the OLED screens needed for mass production of iPhones in 2018. However, when asked whether the factory is to provide OLED screens for iPhones, LG spokesmen did not answer.