All of Apple's OLED 'iPhone 8' models to use curved Samsung panels - report
A Sunday report reaffirmed claims that next year's "iPhone 8" will come in separate OLED and LCD versions, with all of the OLED models sporting curved displays.
An 'iPhone 8' concept by Veniamin Geskin.
Apple's OLED panel orders from Samsung Display have been solely for plastic units, not glass ones, The Korea Herald said on Sunday, citing a source. The publication noted that companies typically use glass for flat panels, while plastic allows for curved screens like the one on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
Other iPhone models coming out next year will depend on flat LCDs from LG Display and JDI, the report said.
Samsung's curved OLED capacity is estimated between 70 to 100 million units, less than half of Apple's annual iPhone sales -- something that may support the idea OLED will be reserved for a "premium" model.
The Herald source also suggested that Apple may or may not use new technology which "enables the phone to respond when users touch any side of the device."
Past reports have indicated that Apple is working on three iPhones for next year: two LCD models sized at 4.7- and 5.5-inches, like the iPhone 7, along with a curved OLED product measuring 5.1 to 5.2 inches. One or more of the models could use edge-to-edge displays, potentially forcing Apple to embed some components like the Touch ID sensor.
An 'iPhone 8' concept by Veniamin Geskin.
Apple's OLED panel orders from Samsung Display have been solely for plastic units, not glass ones, The Korea Herald said on Sunday, citing a source. The publication noted that companies typically use glass for flat panels, while plastic allows for curved screens like the one on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge.
Other iPhone models coming out next year will depend on flat LCDs from LG Display and JDI, the report said.
Samsung's curved OLED capacity is estimated between 70 to 100 million units, less than half of Apple's annual iPhone sales -- something that may support the idea OLED will be reserved for a "premium" model.
The Herald source also suggested that Apple may or may not use new technology which "enables the phone to respond when users touch any side of the device."
Past reports have indicated that Apple is working on three iPhones for next year: two LCD models sized at 4.7- and 5.5-inches, like the iPhone 7, along with a curved OLED product measuring 5.1 to 5.2 inches. One or more of the models could use edge-to-edge displays, potentially forcing Apple to embed some components like the Touch ID sensor.
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I absolutely see Apple having a super-cutting-edge Tier 0 product. I also see an even higher-than-premium price tag to justify it. The tagline could be You've never paid so much for a phone before.
Look at what a (non) successful strategy has been introducing a higher priced iPad Pro and relegating the other iPads to older Processors. Result is lower sales of iPads overall. Surely Cook has learned his lesson there?
Any ideas?...
And speaking about cureved displays. It would conflict with exsisting systemwide gestures like swipe back. protective cases will confict too. But more important. While OlED make ssense, a curved display does not. How is anyome with limited or no sight suposed to operate touchbuttons at the displayy border where is barely room for a tiny font.
guess we are at a point where avoiding news is far better then getting spammed with fake news.
It annoys me AI uses a mockup that depicts a different rumor all together. Confusing for the causal reader.
Not sure if Sammy is doing any of this, but I'm confident Apple can do a better job utilizing that area of a display.
A display with little or no bevel makes sense to me (more viewable real estate or smaller device dimensions) and so does the incorporation of je home button into the screen (same reason), but a curved display seems pointless - especially while the phone is in ones hand, when said hand would be covering that edge display.
However, the iPad part is WAY off. In no world did iPad sales slip because of more options. Rather.... iPad sales peaked & were dropping quarter after quarter; Tim's gambit was to raise profits on iPads, DESPITE the decrease in sales. It worked!
Now- nobody is sure what's up for 2017, but here's what I'd like to see:
iPhone mini- exact size of SE, but with edge to edge screen, 4.5"-4.7", 3D Touch, latest processor, rounded 6/7 styling.
iPhone Air- exact size of 4.7" iPhone, but with edge to edge screen, 5"-5.2", latest processor- MAD thin!
iPhone Pro- exact size of 5.5" iPhone, but with edge to edge screen, 5.8"-6.2", latest processesor, Pencil support.
All with wireless charging.
your options for new iPhoness look good to me
Even without technical driven need or motivation a design change is important just to keep current and fresh. And there is One thing I would like improved now that I think of it - I'd like the iPhone to be more comfortable in the hand.
I believe the windshield of a car could benefit form a curved display.
Same thing exactly with curved TV screens: absolutely ridiculous. But there's always going to be some numbnuts to buy them because it's the latest thing and therefore it must be cool. People are so frickin dumb.
There is no absolute here. Because you've seen an oversaturated AMOLED display on a Samsung phone doesn't mean that it's a indefinite shortcoming of the technology, like with the viewing angle of a TN panel over IPS. To put another way, OLED can indeed be extremely accurate, and we've seen that on Samsung devices. What's been more of an issue for the technology is longevity of certain colored pixels and average power usage, but each generation improves.
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Having one stick on screen would be virtually impossible. yes you could stick them on but could you read it? Could you touch it?
Usability is a big problem.
I've used HUD's in military aircraft and have experienced many of these issues first hand. Perhaps you could design in some nifty display mangling that would take care of the different angles and curvature for your model of car but honestly anything more than a display (i.e. output only) would be a total waste of time. The ever increasing distance the glass is from the driver makes it just impossible. This helps in the Cd factors.