Apple intends to produce its own MicroLED screens for the iPhone and iPhone

This was stated by Nikki Asia in her detailed article. According to agency sources, Apple has spent at least $1 billion on research and development of microLED displays over the past decade, and once production begins, Apple itself will carry out a critical “mass transfer” step in the manufacturing process, which involves placing at least tens of thousands of Small microLED chips on substrates.

The company plans to manufacture microLED chips directly on the chips and will work with ams-Osram for microLED components, LG display for the substrates, and TSMC for the 12-inch chips. This process is said to take place at Apple’s secret research and development facility in Taoyuan City, located in the northern tip of Taiwan.

Apple has research and development teams working on the project in the United States, Taiwan and Japan, and it is said that it has designed not only the integrated circuits for microLED displays, but also some of the production equipment itself to better control the process, allowing it to finally adopt the display technology in products that traditionally use OLED panels. Mainly provided by Samsung and other suppliers.

Despite Apple’s initial work, producing microLED displays remains a challenge and manufacturing costs are higher, which is why the company will begin rolling out the technology with the Apple Watch Ultra before eventually mass-producing microLED displays for the iPhone.

“Apple’s eventual plan is to bring the technologies into the iPhone, which is its main source of revenue and has a much larger sales volume, to justify the investment over the years,” said one source who has seen samples from the company. microLED screen.

The display technology will allow for greater brightness, lower power consumption, improved contrast ratio, and other advantages over current iPhones that include OLED screens.

Since the Apple Watch Ultra isn’t expected to use tiny LEDs until 2025, it’s likely the first iPhone to adopt the technology is several years away. All four iPhone 15 models that will be released later this year are expected to have OLED screens.