Samsung's reportedly struggling to get a hold of front-facing camera modules for the recently-announced Galaxy S8 as its supplier Patron is struggling to boost the yield rate, reveals The Bell. It's thought that the production yield remains at less than 70 percent and should be elevated to 80 percent for stable supply.
Power Logics, the supplier the firm is using for the Galaxy S8+, doesn't appear to be having the same problem (in fact, it recently increased its yield rate to more than 90 percent). Why? Because the front-facing camera and iris scanner are combined into one module on the smaller Galaxy S8, but not on the larger variant.