SHARP CEO hinted that the next generation iPhone will use OLED screen

According to the "Japanese economic news" reported that Hon Hai shares SHARP (SHARP), served as president of the Hon Hai is vice president Dai Wu, the 28 day of a conversation, indirectly confirmed the next generation apple iPhone smart mobile phone will use OLED screen rumors.

Reported that Dai Zhengwu won 28 honorary doctorate from the University of Taiwan Datong China Alma mater. In the degree awarding ceremony, Dai Zhengwu told the audience in the school students, iPhone in continuous improvement, and now it will abandon the LTPS screen, turned to the use of OLED screen. He can not predict whether Apple's OLED screen iPhone will be a great success, but if Apple does not go this way, do not change, it will lose a chance to innovate. This is a crisis, but also an opportunity.

In this regard, the report said, because SHARP is a supplier of Apple's iPhone screen, and Dai Zhengwu is also a senior manager of SHARP parent Hon hai. Therefore, his words have a high degree of credibility.

In the 2016 fiscal year ended September 2016, Apple's revenue is the first decline since 2001. The reason is that the lack of innovative elements iPhone, making weak demand. Compared with the LTPS screen, OLED screen color contrast is higher, manufacturers can produce flexible, foldable screen.

Currently, SHARP is offering apple LTPS screen, but its OLED capacity is limited. Therefore, Dai Zhengwu said that SHARP is building a new OLED plant in Japan, if necessary, will set up factories in the United States to produce OLED screen. Just last month, SHARP announced plans to invest $568 million into its OLED business, all funds will be the fastest in the second quarter of 2018.

However, Dai Zhengwu did not specify when the new smart phone with OLED screen iPhone will be listed. In this regard, the industry estimates, Apple will launch in 2017 the use of soft OLED screen design iPhone new smartphone. For such a time course, in fact, in June 2016 there have been reports that Samsung and SHARP plans to produce OLED screens before the end of 2017, the two companies may have been Apple's massive orders.

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