Wired
There has been news before that BOE is going to supply Apple with the screen required for the iPhone 13, and now it seems that it has been realized. According to a reporter from Beijing Business Daily, from the industry chain, the news was confirmed to be true. It is understood that BOE has set up a flexible OLED panel production line exclusively for Apple in the B11 factory in Mianyang. Recently, shipments from the Mianyang B11 factory have increased significantly. Although BOE officials did not respond to this, according to people familiar with the matter, the new iPhone 13 screen has been successfully mass-produced and shipped on BOE’s Mianyang production line.
At present, BOE has passed Apple’s qualification review and officially entered the mass production stage of the iPhone 13 display, becoming the only domestic panel manufacturer participating in the supply of new iPhone products.
Regarding this situation, some experts said that orders for the iPhone 13 series screens come from Samsung, LG, and BOE. BOE, as the only Chinese company that produces iPhone 13 OLED panels, marks the iPhone screen supply pattern led by Samsung and other Korean companies. Has been broken.
In October this year, it was reported that BOE began supplying a small amount of OLED displays for the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 at the end of September, and plans to increase shipments soon. The final qualification review process will focus on the durability of the screen and will end this month at the earliest.
Cupertion’s supply chain sources said that BOE is currently supplying OLED panels for the iPhone 12. In the first half of this year, the company supplied about 6 million OLED panels for the iPhone 12. As of October this year, the company expects to supply a total of 10 million OLED panels.
BOE issued a third-quarter report stating that the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies in the first three quarters was 20.015 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 708%, a record high.
The report shows that in the first three quarters, the company achieved revenue of 163.278 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 72.05%; basic earnings per share was 0.56 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 818.03%.
Among them, the third quarter achieved revenue of 55.993 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 46.77%; net profit was 7.253 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 441.14%.