What’s so special about the emerging 18:9 screen aspect ratio that Samsung and LG have adopted? iPhone 8 is also expected to switch to an 18:9 display from iPhone 7’s 16:9 one, here’s what this could mean for you.
A new report from Economic Daily News alleged that iPhone 8 will use an optical fingerprint sensor to enable authentication directly on the OLED screen.
Apple is serious about commercializing micro-LED screens as its contract manufacturer Foxconn announces it’s buying a stake in American micro-LED startup eLux.
Apple could kick off trial production of power-efficient display panels based on micro-LED technology by the end of this year, according to a new supply chain report.
Samsung will be supplying OLED screens for iPhone 9 and a future device with a screen measuring 6.5 inches diagonally.
USPTO awarded Apple patents for three key features expected from iPhone 8: a bezel-less edge-to-edge display design, an in-screen Touch ID sensor and a depth mapping system.
Apple’s team in Taiwan has been working on a screen technology that’s better than OLED and now Business Korea says the next Apple Watch will switch to a micro-LED display.
Purported technical measurements for iPhone 8 would have us believe that Apple will ship a handset with a physical slit at the top of its OLED screen for an embedded earpiece and possibly other integrated components, like a 3D camera and sensors.
Samsung Display should exclusively build curved OLED screens for iPhone 8 during the next two years. The Korea Herald suggested Monday that other South Korean firms have won important contracts for iPhone 8, too.
Apple is working on a “completely rethought” Mac Pro model with a highly modular design, slated for release in 2018, that should cater to the needs of its most-demanding pro users. As confirmed by company executives earlier this week, its engineers are also developing an external display that will launch at some point next year, too.
According to the Pike’s Universe blog, the rumored Apple-branded display will feature a massive 8K resolution, giving it twice the pixels of a standard 4K screen and sixty percent more pixels than the 27-inch iMac with 5K Retina display.
Repair experts over at iFixit tore apart Apple’s new iPad with a brighter 9.7-inch screen. What they discovered doesn’t come as surprise: the canonical iPad is basically an original four-year-old iPad Air with a more repairable screen and some new jewelry in the form of Touch ID, Apple Pay, Apple’s homegrown third-generation 64-bit A9 chip with the embedded M9 motion coprocessor and other minor updates.
Unfortunately, the device’s A9 processor is outfitted with two gigabytes of RAM. iPhone 6s’s A9 chip has two gigabytes of RAM as well, just like iPad Air 2’s A8X chip, so this may not be that big of a deal. On the other hand, it’s a letdown considering iPhone 7 Plus is rocking three gigabytes of RAM.
Nikkei Asian Review yesterday shot down predictions by IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam and DisplayMate expert Dr. Raymond Soneira who said Apple’s 5.8-inch iPhone 8 will use a flat rather than a curved display. However, MacRumors has allegedly confirmed with multiple people familiar with the matter that the phone will indeed come outfitted with a mostly flat AMOLED display.
The device’s display will reportedly feature slightly curved left and right edges in order to conform with the layer of 2.5D glass that covers the screen.