LG Innotek recently finished constructing a manufacturing plant in Vietnam, where it will produce single-lens and dual-lens camera modules for several iPhone models, according to South Korea's ETNews.

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LG Innotek reportedly built the factory to expand its production capacity due to Apple's increasing demand for iPhone camera modules. Production costs are also lower in Vietnam, as workers are often paid less than in South Korea.

LG Innotek is said to be planning a production capacity of 100,000 modules per day by the end of this year, and it should start supplying them to Apple on a full-scale basis in 2018. Orders are expected to continue through at least 2019.

"It is heard that LG Innotek's plant in Vietnam is built in order to match increased orders from Apple," an industry representative told ETNews. "It is likely that there is already an outlook for 2018 from Apple."

LG Innotek already has production lines exclusively for Apple, its largest customer, at its factory in Gumi, South Korea. It extends these lines whenever there is a large increase in the number of orders, according to the report.

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Delgibbons Avatar
80 months ago
First LG perfected banding and grain on OLED screens so....why not move onto cameras:P
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coolbreeze Avatar
80 months ago
First LG perfected banding and grain on OLED screens so....why not move onto cameras:p
iPhone XI...bootloop heaven!
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kdarling Avatar
80 months ago
LG already runs its South Korean factory 24 hours a day for Apple.

But wages in Vietnam are a tenth of those in South Korea. Apple must've pushed for a price reduction.

Looks like LG is becoming Apple's new fair haired parts boy for now. It'll be interesting to see if they still are in ten years.
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44267547 Avatar
80 months ago
LG already runs its South Korean factory 24 hours a day for Apple.

But wages in Vietnam are a tenth of those in South Korea. Apple must've pushed for a price reduction.

Looks like LG is becoming Apple's new fair haired parts boy for now. It'll be interesting to see if they still are in ten years.
Not to mention it's been speculated Apple will diversify and is investing into LG for OLED panels. Approximately 45,000 Panels monthly in 2019.

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/28/apple-investing-billions-in-lg-for-oleds-report/amp/
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Avieshek Avatar
80 months ago
So, the new dual 18-megapixel sensors for 2018 iPhones from Largan Precision might be true.
LG already runs its South Korean factory 24 hours a day for Apple.

But wages in Vietnam are a tenth of those in South Korea. Apple must've pushed for a price reduction.

Looks like LG is becoming Apple's new fair haired parts boy for now. It'll be interesting to see if they still are in ten years.
I suppose, Google's new fair haired parts boy too.
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Razeus Avatar
80 months ago
If I found my iPhone had an LG display, I'd instantly return it until I got a Samsung one.
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