iPhone 12 teardown showcases South Korean parts makers

Samsung's OLED display pushes country's share of handset value past US

20201113 iPhone 12 teardown

The inside of a iPhone 12: The handset is packed with more parts to make it 5G capable.

NORIO MATSUMOTO and NAOKI WATANABE, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- South Korean suppliers are becoming more important to the manufacture of Apple iPhones. A teardown of the latest iPhone 12 Pro found that South Korean-made components account for a 26.8% share of the handset's value, up sharply over last year's model, and a larger share of the total than that of U.S.-made parts.

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