Apple weighing Chinese supplier for next-gen iPhone screens

San Francisco

APPLE Inc is in discussions with China's BOE Technology Group Co to supply next-generation displays for future iPhones, a key component that's being provided by a Samsung Electronics Co unit, sources said.

Apple's been testing BOE's active-matrix organic light-emitting diode screens for months but hasn't decided if it will add the Chinese company to its roster of suppliers, one of the sources said. BOE, one of the country's largest screen makers, is spending close to 100 …