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Apple Reportedly Canceled Orders of Chinese iPhone 17 Pro Displays

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Apple has reportedly reassigned BOE's planned OLED panel allocation for the iPhone 17 Pro to Samsung after the Chinese supplier failed to resolve reliability issues ahead of mass production, according to a new report from ZDNet Korea.

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BOE was preparing to supply up to 10 million OLED panels for the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ in the Chinese market after receiving initial mass-production approval from Apple early in the third quarter of 2025. The supplier's progress apparently stalled due to unresolved technical problems affecting panel reliability, yield, and performance, making it unable to meet Apple's LTPO performance requirements.

BOE had not previously supplied LTPO OLED panels to Apple, which support features like always-on and ProMotion for refresh rates up to 120Hz. It was purportedly hoping to supply at least 40 million OLED panels to Apple this year, but amid rapidly falling supply forecasts, that is now highly unlikely to occur. BOE is said to have resolved the issues by mid-November, by which time it was too late and Apple's supply plans had changed.

Samsung Display will now seemingly take over BOE's planned volume for the ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌. Samsung was previously expected to supply around 80 million OLED panels for the iPhone 17 lineup. This figure is now projected to rise to approximately 90 million units as a result of the reallocation.

Apple remains dependent on Samsung Display and LG Display for high-specification OLED manufacturing as it scales LTPO technology across more of its devices.

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AAPLbuyback
24 weeks ago
Apple is good about rejecting parts from suppliers that don’t meet standards. It’s one of the reasons Apple devices actually have value and last more than 1-2 years.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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sw1tcher
24 weeks ago

BOE was preparing to supply up to 10 million OLED panels for the iPhone 17 Pro in the Chinese market after receiving initial mass-production approval from Apple early in the third quarter of 2025. The supplier's progress apparently stalled due to unresolved technical problems affecting panel reliability, yield, and performance, making it unable to meet Apple's LTPO performance requirements.

Samsung Display will now seemingly take over BOE's planned volume for the iPhone 17 Pro.
Apple was like "Sorry, but we're taking our business to Samsung because your product is Below Our Expectations"
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
djinn Avatar
djinn
24 weeks ago

Mind to share how did you find out what panel your phone has, so that we can also avoid the bad ones?
There's a thread on this in the iPhone section under the topic "panel lottery." Below are the steps they provided in the thread.

“For those wondering how to check your display manufacturer...

You can run sysdiagnose on your phone (press volume up, volume down, and lock button) all together for around a second. You will feel the phone vibrate.

Wait a couple of minutes and then go to Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Analytics and Improvements -> Analytics Data.

You will then scroll down and look for a file titled: sysdiagnose_XXXXXXXX.

You will click on that file and then click the arrow in the upper right hand corner and scroll down and click “Save to Files” Once it is saved you will go into your files and click the file to unpack it.

Within the folder that is unpacked you will click on the folder “ioreg” and then click the file “IODeviceTree”.

You will then use the magnifying search glass in the bottom right hand corner to search “raw-panel”. It will then give you a serial number.

I have an LG display which has the beginning letters of GH3.

GVC is the best of the LG panels but not as good as Samsung’s best which is the G9N.

The top 3 panels are:

• Samsung G9N • Samsung G9Q • LG GVC
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
sza Avatar
sza
24 weeks ago
This is good. I don't know what's going on but I feel China's increasing hostility towards Japan, Taiwan, and Western nations recently. It is critical for Apple to reduce the economic dependence on China and diversify supply chains further.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SFjohn Avatar
SFjohn
24 weeks ago

There's a thread on this in the iPhone section under the topic "panel lottery." Below are the steps they provided in the thread.

“For those wondering how to check your display manufacturer...

You can run sysdiagnose on your phone (press volume up, volume down, and lock button) all together for around a second. You will feel the phone vibrate.

Wait a couple of minutes and then go to Settings -> Privacy and Security -> Analytics and Improvements -> Analytics Data.

You will then scroll down and look for a file titled: sysdiagnose_XXXXXXXX.

You will click on that file and then click the arrow in the upper right hand corner and scroll down and click “Save to Files” Once it is saved you will go into your files and click the file to unpack it.

Within the folder that is unpacked you will click on the folder “ioreg” and then click the file “IODeviceTree”.

You will then use the magnifying search glass in the bottom right hand corner to search “raw-panel”. It will then give you a serial number.

I have an LG display which has the beginning letters of GH3.

GVC is the best of the LG panels but not as good as Samsung’s best which is the G9N.

The top 3 panels are:

• Samsung G9N • Samsung G9Q • LG GVC
I’m quite happy about how my display looks. I have no desire to find out the manufacturer. That’s a torturous process to go through & I’m stuck with what I purchased either way. 🤷
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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neuropsychguy
24 weeks ago

Which standards, really?
From the article: "The supplier's progress apparently stalled due to unresolved technical problems affecting panel reliability, yield, and performance, making it unable to meet Apple's LTPO performance requirements."
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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