iPhone 8: 50 million for the OLED screens? – Want …

waiting to discover the results tax for the fourth christmas of Apple, expected for tomorrow in a conference call with investors, analysts, the us already think about the future. In particular, at Q2 of 2017, when the group of Cupertino could usher in the production of the so-vociferati iPhone 8. Apparently, the decision to include an OLED screen in the future the device could result in high costs for the company, the parties to 50 million. It is what sustains Timothy Arcuri, an analyst at the Apple universe for Cowen & Company.

it discusses the possible launch, in addition to the classic iPhone 7S, and iPhone 7S Plus, a refurbished iPhone 8. The device, designed to celebrate ten years since the presentation of the first smartphone of Cupertino, which could see the introduction of a screen borderless 5.8-inch, powered, finally, by a panel OLED. A component that could be provided exclusively by Samsung for the group of Cupertino, as it was shown in the past few weeks, an investment maybe able to add another $ 50 million to the costs of the annual classics for the line iPhone.

The reason cost in growth for the Cupertino, as well as supports the analyst, it would be inherent in the characteristics inherent to OLED panels are much more difficult to produce than traditional LCD. While being more bright and the energy consumption, most content would be few companies able to guarantee a supply on a large scale for reality as great as Apple. In addition, the equipment useful for this purpose would be particularly expensive, and very rare on the market. All conditions that can contribute to increase the expenditure for the Apple and, perhaps, also the list price is the final for iPhone 8.

In the meantime, Arcuri assumed 76 million iphones sold to the fourth, which will be illustrated by Cupertino in short, a figure that is growing, but substantially similar to that of the same period of last year. For march, instead, the analyst expects 50.5 million iphones, 10 million ipads and 2.5 million Apple Watch.