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Jun 2, 2024BF3D-0020Not comparable

ETNews: BOE not yet cleared for iPhone 16 OLED

BOE had not yet received approval to supply iPhone 16 OLED panels at the time of the report.

ETNews reported that Samsung Display and LG Display had been approved to supply iPhone 16 OLED panels, while Chinese panel maker BOE had not yet received that approval.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedBOE had not yet received approval to supply iPhone 16 OLED panels at the time of the report.
  2. Who said it, and whenIt was reported on Jun 2, 2024 in ETNews, and we could not tell who reported it first.
  3. What happened, and whenApple iPhone 18 was announced on Sep 9, 2024, 99 days after this report. From our product record · source
  4. The verdict, and whyNot comparableThis measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.Why: The assertion concerns BOE's approval status at a point in prelaunch production; the final product announcement cannot falsify that historical internal status.
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Product
Apple iPhone 18 · reported as “iPhone 16 series”
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The story of this report

  1. Jun 2, 2024This report · ETNews
  2. Sep 9, 2024Apple iPhone 18 was announced · from our product record
  3. VerdictNot comparableWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

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Questions about this report

Did this Apple iPhone 18 report turn out to be true?
Not comparable. This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared. The assertion concerns BOE's approval status at a point in prelaunch production; the final product announcement cannot falsify that historical internal status.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 99 days before Apple iPhone 18 was announced on Sep 9, 2024.