Apple is the desire for the iPhone smartphone with OLED screen, the reason is that the LCD is slowly to replace the OLED. Apple has been the OLED display material is very concerned about, and always want to be able to change the iPhone IPS screen to OLED materials, to further enhance the screen brightness and saturation.
Although apple later will equip the iPhone with OLED screen, but may also won't appear on the iPhone 7, the phone will be released in September. The next generation of possibility is very large, because the performance of the OLED screen or popularity are rapidly over the LCD screen. In September 2017, we are likely to see 7 s OLED screen of the iPhone, if is called so.
Apple currently has actually USES the OLED screen equipment, such as Apple Watch. This watch is the LG flexible OLED screen, so watch to do such a small and thin. If the iPhone also USES OLED screen, it will also have the advantage. The benefits of OLED, of course, when the time comes to the iPhone is not only thin and light.
OLED beat the LCD screen
DisplayMate Technologies company CEO and screen expert Raymond Soneira said that the Galaxy S6 Edge and the Galaxy S7 Edge, let many people noticed the flexible curved surface screen. This is the first step in the future, the future equipment will no longer be just a flat, two-dimensional. The samsung Galaxy Edge series of products makes the image more stereo rise.
The current Galaxy Edge series model is flexible, but can maintain permanent radian curve and hardness. The future phones will be more advanced, the use of truly flexible, bendable, foldable OLED screen.
That's not all. OLED screens have thinner, lighter, border narrower features, faster response time, the view is much better, and can provide normally on the function of the screen.
The advantages of OLED are credited to each child in the OLED screen pixels can be independent, which makes the screen has a more accurate color performance, better contrast ratio and screen luminance uniformity.
OLED screen, samsung is the biggest manufacturer. This means that if after apple with OLED screen of the iPhone, apple is likely to need cooperation with samsung (in fact, there has been a lot of news that samsung is preparing OLED screen) for apple, apple will have to choose either a smaller manufacturers, such as LG, LG OLED screen in production, or it can wait JDI or AU Optronics slowly keep up with these vendors.
However, apple and so on, the user can't wait.
also Xu now there are still many users do not understand the OLED screen, don't understand its relative advantages of LCD. But with the Galaxy S7 Edge products such as driving slowly, there will be more and more people understand the OLED screen, LCD at this time could be considered old technology. Apple LCD center strategy will affect the sales.
Raymond Soneira said, apple has top screen engineer department, have great software development department, but they can't be able to do at OLED screen.
Recently, the news that the United States patent and trademark office has released the apple new patent - flexible electronic equipment, this equipment is usually use flexible shell and internal components, such as flexible batteries. Flexible internal components include screen, such as the OLED screen, apple is likely since 2017 using this screen.
It was found that a patent for the first time was in 2013, apple patent application for similar in Europe, in 2015, apple has made changes to the patent. Earlier this year, apple has applied for a patent, called "electronics assembly arc screen", patent describes a hollow in the screen protection cover structure, its outer covers special sapphire protective layer, the inner layer is flexible OLED screen.
Raymond Soneira added, I don't think that users have 1-2 years to wait for apple to launch a delicate, smooth surface of the OLED screen iPhone.
Apple had planned to launch in 2018 with OLED screen of the iPhone, but now seems to be a year ahead of time by 2017 in advance. Apple is part of the reason of early iPhone sales began to slow, apple needs to provide a new stimulus.
According to the relevant panel makers, at the end of last year had received apple's contact, ask can you supply 1 year ahead of OLED. In addition to being panel suppliers, such as South Korea's LG display and samsung electronics, apple has notified the associated device manufacturers and materials manufacturers. , apple appears to be a bit of a worry, users, and so on, after all, not for 2 years.
The latest news, samsung to apple to faster using OLED screen, are constantly increasing investment in OLED production line.
After several times of flexible OLED screen production line after investment, samsung again for additional investments of the production line. At present the factory monthly production to 15000 female version of the original glass, additional investments after samsung hope output can be doubled, reaching 30000.
Before, the factory has become the samsung's largest production base of flexible OLED screen, and EBEST predict investment securities company, samsung's flexible OLED screen production capacity will be promoted again, increased from 39000 copies per month to 39000 pieces, and the new production line is likely will start to work at the beginning of next year. If production line started work early next year, that is to say, apple's fastest OLED technology will be used in 2017.
For this, some analysis, samsung said the action, samsung may have to get the order, so they will in order to satisfy the demand of apple OLED screen, additional new investments. However, in addition to samsung, part of the OLED screen order is likely to be given to including au optronics, LG and Japan DISplay, other suppliers, this several DISplay manufacturers are currently apple iPhone LCD screen supplier.
