LG surpasses Samsung for the AMOLED displays of the iPhone 16 Pro Max: it’s the first time this has happened

A historic result is expected LG Display: Apple has approved LGD as the supplier of OLED screens for its upcoming iPhone 16 Pro Max, the most advanced iPhone model coming out this year, ahead of Samsung Display. This is what emerges from some rumors from Korea which, if confirmed, would mark an absolute first.

In fact, it had never happened that Apple approved LGD before SDC for the screens of its flagship. It should be kept in mind that this does not mean that LG will displace Samsung as the main supplier of iPhone displays, also because SDC has a much higher production capacity than LG. However, such early approval indicates that the technological gap between SDC and LGD is now minimal, if not completely non-existent.

At this point both companies will likely produce panels for all four iPhone 16 models, and BOE is said to provide some panels for the two standard iPhone 16 models. Chinese manufacturer BOE has remained out of the running this year too for the flagship models, as we told you some time when talking about the approval of the screens for the iPhone 16 Pro models and the probable adoption of Tandem OLED screens for the Macbook Pro starting from 2026.

Thinner bezels for iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max

And speaking of rumors, it seems that the reduction of the frames in the iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max is almost certain. The new devices should in fact adopt the new technology Border Reduction Structure for displays, 6.3 and 6.9 inches respectively. This is a significant increase over previous years and would be the first time Apple has increased the panel size in this way.

The iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max, in fact, had 6.1 and 6.7 inch screens respectively: if this choice of reduction of the frames were confirmed, the space occupied would be reduced leaving more margin for the actual screen, a logical move that would bring at an increase of 0.2 inches per device. It is not yet clear, however, whether this choice will lead to an increase in production costs and therefore also in the retail price.