Apple Said to Be Evaluating iPhone 14 OLED Displays This Week Ahead of Mass Production - MacRumors
Skip to Content

Apple Said to Be Evaluating iPhone 14 OLED Displays This Week Ahead of Mass Production

Apple is evaluating OLED displays for the iPhone 14 this week ahead of mass production, The Elec reports.

iPhone 14 Lineup Feature Purple
The ‌OLED‌ display panels in question are reportedly destined for the standard, 6.1-inch iPhone 14 model, with mass production due to begin between July and August.

The displays are from Chinese display panel maker BOE, which was embroiled in controversy earlier this year after Apple discovered that the supplier secretly changed the circuit width of thin-film transistors on ‌OLED‌ panels for the iPhone 13. After BOE executives visited Cupertino to resolve the situation with Apple, the ‌OLED‌ panels were approved once again, not least because its presence in the supply chain puts pressure on Samsung Display and LG Display to be more competitive and cut prices.

The debacle with changes to the iPhone 13's display is likely to cap the number of displays that Apple orders from BOE at around five million. BOE hopes to receive Apple's approval before the end of June, but the supplier is said to be several weeks behind Samsung and LG. Despite delays with manufacturers in China, the iPhone 14 lineup is expected to launch as normal in the fall.

Related Forum: iPhone

Popular Stories

airpods 4 new new orange

Beyond iPhone 18 Pro: AirPods 5 in September, iPad Mini With OLED Display in October

Sunday August 30, 2026 7:25 am PDT by
In his newsletter today, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated that AirPods 5 will be released as early as this September, alongside the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, a foldable iPhone, the Apple Watch Series 12, and the Apple Watch Ultra 4. Apple is holding an event on Wednesday, September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific Time. He also reiterated that he expects an iPad mini with an OLED display and...
macOS Golden Gate HDR

macOS Golden Gate Seems to Hint at MacBook Pro With OLED Display

Tuesday September 1, 2026 12:34 pm PDT by
As noted by Broadcasts developer Steven Troughton-Smith, many Liquid Glass interface elements on the macOS Golden Gate beta have an even glassier appearance on certain high-end OLED displays with HDR support than they do on ordinary displays. Apple reportedly plans to release new MacBook Pro or "MacBook Ultra" models with an OLED display by early 2027, so it is likely that macOS Golden Gate...
Oled iPads and MackBook Pro Notch

5 Apple Products to Get OLED Displays

Thursday August 20, 2026 6:50 am PDT by
Apple plans to upgrade several iPads and Macs with OLED displays over the next three years, according to a new DigiTimes report. The following five devices will receive OLED displays between 2026 and 2029, according to the Taiwanese publication's industry sources:iPad mini: 2026 MacBook Pro: Late 2026 or early 2027 iPad Air: 2027 iMac: 2028 or 2029 MacBook Air: 2028 or 2029OLED...

Top Rated Comments

55 months ago

What are we supposed to do with this information?
Hope you don't get a BOE display if you buy an iPhone 14?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tridley68 Avatar
55 months ago
Hurry up Apple I'm getting bored with my 13Pro Max
Score: 11 Votes (Like | Disagree)
55 months ago
Yay apple ,cut costs even more ,increase margins ,up the prices ,enjoy ! we'll buy your stuff anyway 😉
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
tastesliketailpipe Avatar
55 months ago
What are we supposed to do with this information?
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️ Avatar
55 months ago

Hurry up Apple I'm getting bored with my 13Pro Max
Me too. I'm in need of a new iPhone as well. Hopefully, Apple doesn't make us wait till end of September.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
55 months ago

Still waiting on Apple to add a more powerful telephoto lens to the iPhone. I don't understand their reluctance to add it.
It could be as simple as Apple asking all relevant suppliers, “Hey, does anyone have a power telephoto lens we can use! We’re looking to order around 200 million of those over the next year?” and no supplier responding. :) It’s easy to provide some bleeding edge tech in an Android phone that won’t sell more than 12 million units in it’s lifetime, much harder to repeat the same excellence hundreds of millions of times especially when the time window is 12 months (more if it’s one of the models that they keep around after the introduction of a new model).
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)