Samsung Galaxy S27 may use BOE screens
Chinese display panel maker BOE is reportedly trying to supply screens for Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S27. A new report from Korea claims that BOE has seen that TCL-owned CSOT has secured a contract with Samsung for the Galaxy A57 and would like to enter the Korean company's supply chain as well.
Samsung Display is still the main display supplier for the Galaxy A57, but CSOT is the second supplier in terms of volume. With that in mind, Samsung is allegedly considering using BOE as a secondary supplier to Samsung Display for the Galaxy S27, but a decision hasn't been made yet.
This would undoubtedly help Samsung Electronics save some money, which it can then use to pay for more expensive memory. Interestingly, the Korean media report that talks about all of this speculates that Samsung, at the group level, may not want to get BOE as a supplier for a high-end device made by Samsung Electronics as that would somehow weaken Samsung Display's negotiating position with Apple.
At the end of the day, Chinese display panel makers are cheaper than Samsung Display, and that may factor into Samsung Electronics' decision especially considering the evolution of memory prices in recent months. We'll have to wait and see what actually happens.
Source (in Korean)
Reader comments
- Anonymous
- rJq
So next is Mediatek chipset? I guess by S30 the whole phone will be manufactured by some Chinese ODM.
- Randy Random
- S7y
Well, depending on what type and quality of BOE screens they want for their S series, that can be a huge improvement in comparison to current screens. It is well known that Samsung uses older generation screens on their S series, while their top of...
- .alpha
- UNx
Anyone paying attention to technical phone reviews already know TCL, BOE, Tianma OLED displays are on par with Samsung and LG. BOE even made the tandem OLED for Huawei Mate 80 RS that's only available on the fanciest iPad Pro
