Samsung ultimately refuses BOE panels for the Galaxy S27, new report says | Infinium-tech

Last month we heard that Samsung was in talks with China’s BOE to supply OLED panels for the upcoming Galaxy S27, and BOE’s displays were reportedly $5 cheaper than Samsung displays. So it seemed pretty inevitable that BOE would get the deal and the vanilla S27 would ship with Chinese panels.

Well, not so fast. Today a twist in the story has come to light. Samsung has apparently decided not to go with BOE Display, and so Samsung Display was chosen to supply the OLED panels for the Galaxy S27.

Although there is no clear reason known for this decision, there is some clear speculation going around in Korea right now that Samsung Display was not at all happy with Samsung Electronics’ potential move. The latter already buys BOE panels for cheaper models, but flagships have so far been supplied with screens exclusively by Samsung Display. Even some senior executives at Samsung Electronics were reportedly against the idea of ​​this change.

BOE entering Samsung’s flagship family of supplies would have had a very obvious symbolic significance, and would not have been a good look for Samsung Displays.

This may not be great news for those looking to buy the Galaxy S27 coming next year, as sticking with the more expensive Samsung display panels may mean Samsung is not able to recoup some of the higher memory and storage costs. Thus, a price increase over the S26 may be inevitable.

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Source (in Korean)