Apple AAPL -0.81% could make the jump to OLED with its biggest iPhone yet, if rumors hold up.
Reports this week (here and here via The Motley Fool and based on an original Digitimes report, which AppleInsider called into question), point to a 5.8-inch iPhone 7 with an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display in 2017 or 2018. If accurate (which is a big “if” at this point) this would be the first iPhone sporting an OLED display — a technology that Samsung adopted years ago for its Galaxy S series of phones and is featured prominently on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Currently, Apple’s largest phone is the iPhone 6s Plus with a 5.5-inch LCD.
“iPhone Pro” is also being bandied about as possible branding for a larger iPhone.
Samsung appears to be the leading candidate to make the displays, though that could change as LG Display and Japan Display Inc. (JDI) catch up on OLED manufacturing, according to the report.
It’s important to note that while Digitimes is often criticized for “sketchy” reports, the Taiwan-based publication is simply reporting what it hears from suppliers at the moment, as they test out new components and designs. Sometimes those designs don’t pan out or are ultimately canceled by Apple.
OLED vs. LCD: As I noted in a post last week, Apple appears to be rushing to catch Samsung on OLED displays as it recognizes that LCDs (currently used on all iPhones) are falling behind in important ways. “The current [Galaxy edge] models are flexible but are maintained permanently curved and rigid under Gorilla glass,” wrote Raymond Soneira in a recent review of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge displays. “That can and will change in the future, leading to truly flexible, bendable, and foldable OLED display screens.”
A future iPhone could potentially have a wrap-around display, not unlike the display used on the Galaxy S7 Edge.
OLED displays are typically thinner, lighter, with a smaller bezel (for near-rimless designs), have a faster response time, better viewing angles, more vibrant colors, high color accuracy, and an always-on display mode.
A future iPhone could potentially have a wrap-around display, not unlike the display used on the Galaxy S7 Edge.
OLED displays are typically thinner, lighter, with a smaller bezel (for near-rimless designs), have a faster response time, better viewing angles, more vibrant colors, high color accuracy, and an always-on display mode.
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