According to the elec report, the factory is moving from the LCD panel used in the iPhone to the car display panel site. In the third quarter of last year, the South Korean technology giant has stopped iPhone LCD production on turtle tail's AP3 production line, and even stopped producing panels for other smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2020. For those who don't know, the LCD iPhone production line has been very low in the profitability of LG display.
This is particularly important after the Cupertino based giant's latest iPhone series has recently been converted to OLED (organic light emitting diode) panels. Therefore, it is expected that the sales volume of OLED panel of sports iPhone will also exceed that of LCD panel model this year. At present, Apple iPhone se 2020 using LCD panel will use LCD panel made by JDI and sharp, and LG display has tried this method, but failed.
The company's AP3 production line will now focus on the production of automotive display panels, which will produce low temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPs) thin film transistors (TFTs). LTPS TFT is a better alternative to the amorphous silicon (a-Si) TFT panel used by LG display. LG display plans to scale down due to competitors such as BOE from China and AUO from Bay. These LTPS TFT panels have become more and more popular in the recently launched new models.