According to Taiwan Economic Daily, the outside world is expected to usher in a major upgrade next year for Apple’s iPhone 15. According to market reports, in addition to the flagship model being equipped with a periscope lens for the first time to realize the lightness of the phone. To comprehensively improve the imaging quality, Apple designated suppliers to use ALD atomic layer deposition coating equipment with an asking price of more than NT$100 million (approximately RMB 22.7 million) each.
According to market estimates, the total cost of ALD coating equipment purchased by Largan has exceeded the company’s highest capital expenditure (NT$8.5 billion) over the years.
Taiwan media pointed out that due to the long delivery time of the equipment and the fact that the equipment still needs to be verified, Largan placed an order to purchase the equipment last year and mastered the noise-resolving light (Flare) technology. In addition to the periscope telephoto lens, the two newly added prisms will also need to be coated in the future. Because Largan has mastered the technology and pioneered the opportunity, it is expected to take all the orders for the upgraded lens of the new machine.
According to the data, Largan’s capital expenditure reached a new high of NT$8.5 billion (approximately RMB 1.93 billion) in 2019. The outside world expects that with the successive arrival of ALD equipment, Largan’s capital expenditure will be pushed to a new high.
