The explanation it thinks that its pill show line ought to be capable to produce each iPads and iPhones is just that the 11-inch iPad Professional and its 13-inch iPad Professional (2024) sibling do not promote very nicely. As a substitute of 10 million items of the primary OLED show iPads, shipments have reportedly been revised down to six.7 million of the most recent fashions.
The truth is, the iPad Professional (2024) solely offered nicely in its first quarter of existence, after which even the OLED show and screeching quick processor could not persuade extra customers that they want one. So as to add insult to damage, it’s the costlier iPad Professional 13-inch that reveals a lot weaker gross sales, and that is exactly the one LG is supplying OLED screens for.
Apple’s iPhones, however, nonetheless benefit from the novelty issue and LG expects to get orders for 60 million iPhones this yr, all of the whereas it has ready for one thing just like the 52 million it produced screens for final yr.
LG could make various iPhones from a single iPad OLED display. | Picture credit score – PhoneArena
The retooling of LG’s iPad line to make iPhone screens may be carried out a lot sooner and cheaper than constructing an additional one to answer the rise in iPhone show demand. This is the reason LG is aiming to retain the final word flexibility by retrofitting its iPad manufacturing set to additionally make iPhones when the going will get powerful for Apple’s Professional pill line.
