Apple’s display supplier might lose a big iPhone 14 order after being detected cutting corners, according to reports

Beijing Oriental Electronics (BOE), a Chinese display maker, may lose 30 million display orders for the future iPhone 14 after purportedly changing the design of the iPhone 13’s display to enhance yield rate or the creation of non-defective goods.

Apple Display Supplier Might Lose Orders

Apple entrusted BOE with producing iPhone 13 screens in October, a brief partnership that ended earlier this month after Apple allegedly found BOE changing the circuit width of the iPhone 13’s thin-film transistors without Apple’s knowledge.

This decision may come back to haunt BOE, as Apple may also remove the business from the task of producing the OLED display for the iPhone 14. According to The Elec, BOE sent an official to Apple’s Cupertino headquarters to explain the matter, and the company claims it did not get an order to manufacture iPhone 14 screens. Apple is anticipated to unveil the iPhone 14 at an event this autumn which is expected to carry out seamless iOS transfers, but The Elec reports that manufacturing for its display might begin as soon as next month.

Instead of BOE, The Elec anticipates Apple to divide the 30 million display purchase between its two key display manufacturers, LG Display and Samsung Display. Samsung is expected to manufacture the 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screens for the next iPhone 14 Pro, while LG is expected to manufacture the 6.7-inch display for the iPhone 14 Pro Max.

BOE historically solely made screens for reconditioned iPhones, according to reports. Apple subsequently engaged the startup to provide OLED screens for the upcoming iPhone 12 in 2020, but the company’s first batch of panels failed Apple’s stringent quality control testing. A display driver chip scarcity has also hampered BOE’s manufacturing since the beginning of this year.