BOE halted some of its iPhone AMOLED production at its B11 fab in December, as it suffers from quality issues, Apple transfers orders to SDC

According to a report from Korea, for the past two months BOE has been suffering from disruptions at its B11 AMOLED production line, which is where BOE produces smartphone AMOLED displays for Apple's iPhones. The production line started having quality issues at some of the processes, and BOE halted production already in November 2025.

According to the report, Apple has been forced to transfer an order of millions of iPhone OLED panels to Samsung Display, as BOE simply could not deliver the displays that Apple ordered from them. These issues at BOE's B11 line haven't been resolved yet.

BOE is producing AMOLED displays for many Apple models, some of these are after market displays (like for the iPhone 13, 14 and 15 models), and some are for new phones including the iPhone 16 (2024 model) and iPhone 17 (latest 2025 model). BOE is also the supplier of the OLED displays used in the iPhone 16e budget phone (similar panels to the iPhone 14 standard model).

BOE has also been signed up as the first (and only, so far) supplier for Apple's upcoming budget iPhone 17e smartphone, that will ship early in 2026. It will be interesting to see whether Apple will indeed rely on BOE alone for this future phone.