iPhone 15 Pro may face severe shortages initially owing to display woes

The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max are expected to feature the thinnest bezels on any phone, but at a cost.

LG’s displays have reportedly failed quality test for iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max. (Image credit: Anuj Bhatia/Indian Express)

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Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max may face “severe shortages” in September due to production issues with the displays, according to a new report from The Information. The report cites two sources who have direct knowledge of the problem.

The sources said that Apple is using a new technique to make the displays for the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, which will have much thinner bezels around the screen. A report from Ice Universe previously revealed that the iPhone 15 Pro Max will “break the record” of 1.81mm bezels held by the Xiaomi 13. This should allow Apple to increase the screen size without changing the overall size of the devices.

However, this technique has caused problems with some of the displays made by LG, one of Apple’s suppliers. The issues were discovered when Foxconn, Apple’s main assembler, started making hundreds of thousands of units to test their quality and reliability as part of the “risk ramp” stage of production.

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One source said that the LG displays failed a test called low injection pressure over-moulding or LIPO, which involves fusing the display into the metal frame before assembly. Apple is trying to fix the design of the LG displays so that they can pass the test.

The report says that Apple is unlikely to postpone the launch of the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, but it may have limited supply at first. The source said that the iPhone 15 Pro Max is more affected by the problem than the iPhone 15 Pro, suggesting that it will be harder to find.

The report also says that Samsung, another supplier of Apple’s displays, has not encountered any issues with the new technique. This means that Apple can still produce a large number of units with Samsung’s displays.

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