LG takes over most iPhone 13 camera production as sensor-shift tech is tipped again

Korea's The Elec reports that LG Innotek will take over some of Sharp’s supply volume of camera modules for the upcoming iPhone 13 phones. The change is down to the closing of Sharp’s Ho Chi Minh factory in Vietnam due to a COVID-19 outbreak, and it is ordered to stay this way until September 15. LG also has a factory in Vietnam, but it wasn’t affected by the crisis.

LG Innotek is an electronic component manufacturing company part of the LG Corporation. Even if its factory in Vietnam suffers a similar COVID outbreak like the one in Sharp, the company has one more facility in Gumi, South Korea, which can handle production on its own.

The Korean manufacturer could eventually supply up to 70% of the camera modules for the iPhone 13 series. The increase in demand is partly due to Apple cutting ties with Chinese manufacturer O’Film over human rights violations. Another reason for the increased demand is Apple ordering 20% more components for the iPhone 13’s production in comparison to last year’s iPhone 12.