Apple has additional strategies to reduce our reliance on third-party suppliers and partners. Apple wants to start manufacturing its own screens for the iPhone and Apple Watch as part of an ongoing effort to provide proprietary components for its products and eliminate potential market rivals. . The switch is expected to begin with the debut of the Apple Watch Ultra in 2025, according to reports.
A recent leak from the company’s supply chain indicated that a new Apple Watch with a microLED display would be introduced in Spring 2025. bloomberg news(via apple insider) reported on Tuesday, citing sources, that Apple has plans to bring similar screens to other devices, including the iPhone.
Taking this step will reduce the company’s reliance on companies such as Samsung and LG. In addition to Samsung and LG, Apple also sources displays from companies such as Japan Display, BOE Technology and Sharp. Apple seems to be focused on mobile products now.
Wei Chen, who leads Apple’s display technology team, is leading the initiative internally. These people work under the leadership of his John Srouji in the hardware technology department.
Bloomberg reports that in 2018, Apple stepped up its efforts to move to micro-LEDs, with the goal of launching its first devices by early 2020. This means that his 2024 target, which was just set, “could ship until 2025.”
Even though Apple has “developed new displays and planned the manufacturing process for them,” it will still rely on outside providers to manage the mass production of these displays.
The development follows Apple’s hint that it intends to end its dependency on longtime suppliers of cellular modems, Bluetooth chips and Wi-Fi chips, Qualcomm and Broadcom. Additionally, the business has naturally switched from Intel CPUs for Macs to proprietary Apple silicon processors starting in 2020.
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