Samsung was reportedly looking for new OLED screen suppliers for the OLED panels for the upcoming Galaxy S21 smartphone. The company was said to be in talks with BOE for the same but a report claims that BOE won’t be supplying panels for the next-generation Galaxy S-series smartphones.
As per the report, Samsung was in talked with BOE for the OLED panels and the Chinese brand had also sent out samples for the same. However, the quality wasn’t up to the mark as per Samsung’s standard. The report adds that even after this rejection, BOE will continue its efforts to become a supplier.
BOE is one of the world’s largest LCD panel makers and the company is now looking to expand its footprints in the OLED market as well. Along with Samsung, the company also supplied samples of OLED screens to Apple for the iPhone 12 lineup, which also didn’t make the cut because of quality issues.
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To establish itself in the OLED market, China-based BOE is heavily investing in the technology and trying to become a supplier of the display panels for Apple and Samsung. Because of heavy investments and its ambitions, the company will keep trying to win orders from Samsung and Apple.
Samsung Electronics will continue to use OLED panels from Samsung Display for the upcoming Galaxy S21 lineup. When it comes to flexible OLED panels, Samsung Display has about 90 percent of the market share.
A recent report claims that BOE is supplying on-cell OLED panels with embedded touch sensors to Huawei for the Chinese giant’s upcoming Mate 40 flagship series. It is reported that BOE is the exclusive supplier for the Huawei Mate 40 while it is a co-supplier for Mate 40 Pro, along with Samsung Display and LG Display.
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