According to their claims, the Nikkei corporation has already previously made its intent known to its suppliers, and therefore in accordance with this intent, the LG Display has been progressively augmenting in capacity ever since. It has been revealed quite recently that LG appears to have plans to open up a new factory in Korea, with a net value of (up to) approximately 4.2 billion dollars; however, as far as we know there appears to be no clear indication as to whether this potential new factory would be specifically aimed towards the iPhone, or possibly even Apple in general.

Presently, there exists only one product within all of the Apple range that incorporates the OLED technology in its hardware, and that is the Apple Watch. And, as we know, as of today LG remains the sole provider of displays for this product.

It has been implied by Nikkei that quite possibly Samsung may be joining them, mainly due to the fact the latter company has much more experience and is generally more reliable when it comes to manufacturing OLED displays as mass production, but also because there is some very real concern that LG might very well not be able to meet Apple's demands in terms of production and supply. Already, in the past, Samsung has provided Apple with parts for various different products and models, among there LCDs.

While it has been speculated in recent times that, due to the limited production capabilities of LG, Apple may in fact find themselves in the position of being forced to offer both OLED phones and LCD phones; however, for those familiar with the company's track record (particularly their fondness for wide ranging consistency among their product range and models), this possibility does seem somewhat unlikely, if past experience is any indication. As an example regarding this point, let's take a look a the iPhone 6s and 6s plus models: these are two very similar but slightly different products; they incorporate different screen sizes and different degrees of image resolution. But even having these significant differences, we find that both models do share in principal all their underlying technology and, in fact, do produce very similar results in terms of user experience and application.

As we all know, OLED panels possess the quality of being extremely flexible, and owing to its inherent characteristics as a material it can be said rather confidently that OLED panels do perform in a much superior manner when compared to those made of LCD. This is true both in terms of the devices power performance, as well as regarding the visual quality provided. Even though there is a very real possibility that some parts or elements of the hardware, along with some of its functionality, may indeed deteriorate to some extent with time (this is what we could call "normal tear and wear", as applied to mobile electronics), Apple are indeed committed to tackling these issues and have already announced that they're in talks with both the display suppliers, as well as the producers of their manufacturing equipment. The current goal of these talks is to deal with these potential and I or probable future issues, and try to establish ways to counteract their possible adverse effects. According to Apple themselves, the company and their suppliers are determined to find effective solutions to this problem and implement them strategically during next year, approximately.

We had the chance earlier this year to hear the declarations of Ming-Chi Kuo, who is a KGl Securities analyst. According to Mr. Kuo, the OLED technology that is now being implemented and utilized is very unlikely to appear in new iPhone units, at least until the year 2019, at the very earliest. This statement, while not an official communication on the behalf of the company itself, does indeed give some indication as to the scale and nature of Apple's timeline when it comes to actually incorporating this new technology in their upcoming products and models. And this is by no means due to a lack of interest or commitment on the company's part; in fact, accoring to the very same declarations, it appears that several very significant companies have still ongoing large investments in LCD manufacturing. This includes businesses such as Foxconn, according to Mr.Kuo.