Foldable iPhone OLED Panels Enter Production as Hinge Issues Remain

Foldable iPhone OLED Panels Enter Production as Hinge Issues Remain Apple has formally approved Samsung Display to begin manufacturing foldable OLED panels for its first foldable iPhone, a concrete supply-chain milestone that moves the device from persistent rumor into active component production. Samsung has already activated a portion of its Vietnam back-end facility to fill an initial order of roughly 3 million panels, with approximately 50 of the facility's 80 production lines now running, The Elec reported today. The foldable iPhone display program has cleared a major qualification gate. What hasn't cleared: the hinge. That split captures where the program actually stands. The display supplier has been approved, panels are in production, and Samsung Display says it has no outstanding issues. The launch schedule, according to industry sources cited by The Elec, now depends on Apple's own component readiness, specifically the mechanical assembly that lets the device fold and unfol