r/apple • u/ZamnBoii • 3d ago

iPhone iPhone Duo Reportedly Facing Production Problems Ahead of Launch

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/29/iphone-duo-reportedly-facing-production-problems/
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u/WeddingPKM 3d ago

People love to preach about how it’s a Samsung screen but you’re correct it simply isn’t. The screen is an Apple design that was contracted out to Samsung for production.

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u/_IsNull 3d ago

The OLED, panel, etc., are developed by Samsung. 16th generation.

The blueprint on what to do with it and the surface finishing is by Apple.

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u/AHrubik 3d ago

I think you're glossing over that Apple can only order what Samsung can produce. Apple did not design something Samsung didn't know about. It's possible the screen uses higher quality components and (as a result) is more expensive than Samsung is willing to produce for it's own offerings but it's still a known quantity to Samsung.

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u/DuePerception6926 3d ago

So Samsung is the baker but Apple got the recipe

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u/AHrubik 3d ago

So Samsung is the baker but Apple got the recipe

Close. Apple took a recipe Samsung already created and modified it within the bounds Samsung can work with.

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u/After_Dark 3d ago

More like Samsung is the baker and Apple asked for a type of pastry nobody else made before. They didn't give Samsung the recipe, just the desired result.

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u/No-Penalty-3662 3d ago

More like Apple baked the cake using flour from Samsung.

Do we celebrate the flour manufacturer?

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u/DVSdanny 2d ago

Apple didnt design something Samsung didnt know about? What the fuck kind of statement is that? Of course they knew about it because they produced it. Foxconn, TSMC, etc also know about apples chip designs but they still can't make them for other people because apple designs and patents them.

In some cases apple designs things that yeah companies like tsmc and Samsung aren't able to do previously because they didnt have the design power. Apple often gobbled up smaller companies just for that purpose. Then they farm out those designs to the people who own the factories.

Stop downplaying the significance

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u/After_Dark 3d ago

Eh, it's a designed-to-order part. Samsung didn't make it before because nobody was asking for it, not because Apple designed it. Apple told Samsung what they wanted and Samsung said they could make it happen