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5.8-Inch iPhone Expected to Have Flat Display Despite 'Curved' Rumors
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Compared to what other manufacturer that uses curved displays?
Apple have never positioned SE as a premium device, hence their talk about the recycling on its launch day. What I meant to say was that SE still handles most iOS tasks remarkably well. Its Touch ID works fine for me (you just need to keep the home button clean), stereo speakers in a phone is quite a joke anyway, its face time camera lets people recognise me instantly and I can live without a barometer.
Different devices for different needs, with SE still being a great compact one, imho.
Apple is widely expected to launch an iPhone with a 5.8-inch edge-to-edge OLED display later this year, made possible by slimmer bezels and no Home button. And while some reports have claimed the screen will be curved, a growing number of sources expect the device to stick with a flat display.
"We anticipate Apple will adopt a flat implementation of OLED design on their special iPhone model, which is analogous to the current 2.5D glass design," IHS Markit analyst Wayne Lam told MacRumors today.
"Much like the recently announced LG G6, we anticipate a touchscreen with a new longer aspect ratio design to take advantage of higher coverage area of the iPhone in its entirety. This new design language is expected to become the trend for 2017, as we all anticipate Samsung's reveal later this month," he added.
Lam is referring to the LG G6's 5.7-inch LCD display with a 2:1 aspect ratio, meaning the screen's length is double the size of its width. iPhones have a 16:9 aspect ratio. Leaked pictures of Samsung's Galaxy S8 reveal a similarly longer OLED display with slim bezels and no physical home button.
Last month, he noted that the LG G6 achieves a large screen while remaining holdable and pocketable:While he ruled out having any insider information, display expert Raymond Soneira of DisplayMate told MacRumors that flat OLED displays using a glass substrate "cost considerably less" and are "available in much higher production volumes" than curved OLED displays using a flexible plastic substrate.
"The existing iPhone 7 has 2.5D cover glass with a flat glass LCD display, so Apple could make a similar 2.5D OLED display using a glass substrate OLED display at lower cost and much higher production volumes," he said.
Soneira has been tracking OLED displays in smartphones since 2010, and after a span of just seven years, he believes OLED display technology is now exceeding the performance of the best LCDs for smartphones.
He said OLED displays provide a number of significant advantages over LCDs for smartphones, including being thinner, lighter, and more power efficient for most image content. OLED displays also have a very fast response time, better viewing angles, higher peak brightness, and often better color accuracy.
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo and Chinese research firm TrendForce have also recently said they expect Apple's next flagship iPhone to have 2.5D cover glass, which refers to the slightly curved edges that the front of iPhones have had since the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 2014.
Conversely, The Wall Street Journal recently said Apple's next high-end iPhone will have a curved screen, but the report did not divulge any specific details. The Korea Herald also said the device will have a curved OLED display using a flexible plastic substrate, rather than a flat display based on glass.
IHS Markit analyst Kevin Wang previously expected the 5.8-inch iPhone to have a curved display, possibly with dual curved edges like the Galaxy S7 edge, but the research firm has since reversed course, which is understandable given Apple has reportedly tested at least ten different iPhone prototypes this year.
Japanese website Nikkei Asian Review and Barclays analysts have also outlined expectations for an iPhone with a curved display in the past, so there is clearly a divide between the rumors that might not clear up until "iPhone 8" part leaks likely begin to surface over the coming weeks and months.
One possibility is that reports calling for a "curved" screen are actually referring to the 2.5D cover glass, as seen in previous iPhone rumor cycles. Another is that, given the flexible properties of OLED, some reports might be simply assuming the next iPhone will have a curved display, when a flat design is still an option.
Samsung is expected to supply Apple with OLED displays in 2017. IHS Markit and other sources expect Apple to use OLED on a larger number of iPhone models in the future. IHS noted the longer aspect ratio will afford Apple new uses of the display, such as Touch Bar-like functionality.
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Oh, look at all this righteous indignation. How cute.
2.5D glass is a pain the ass. It took me forever to source tempered glass covers that go to edge-to-edge and work with a case. Not looking forward to that process all over again.
The only reason Apple would use a "curved" display was to eliminate the physical buttons on the sides of the iPhone, replacing them with on-screen "buttons". There is no other good reason to have the screen wrap around the sides of the phone.
I think a lot of people want some iteration of the iPhone (or other non-Apple product) that looks like something they've seen in a sci-fi movie. They're picturing some all-screen device that is thin, but has unlimited battery life (cause when has anyone ever seen devices in movies need to be charged?), won't break if they drop it and might even be completely clear like a piece of glass.
I think a lot of people want some iteration of the iPhone (or other non-Apple product) that looks like something they've seen in a sci-fi movie. They're picturing some all-screen device that is thin, but has unlimited battery life (cause when has anyone ever seen devices in movies need to be charged?), won't break if they drop it and might even be completely clear like a piece of glass.
When it is about display brightness ...You. Yeah you. You got a problem with righteous indignation?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and I hope Apple do not go down the route of curved displays. I have not yet found a use for it and it often looks like some of the text is falling off the curves.
I want to move to Apple this year and really hope they produce a non curved dispaly.
Of course it will have a flat display. It was never going to have a curved display. But I'm sure it will have curved glass on the edges. What does that remind of? Oh yea. The last 3 editions of iPhone.
Try to remember that it was Samsung's misinterpretation of what Apple was planning to do with the iPhone 6 that forced "displays with curved edges" into the market...something no one ever asked for, still doesn't want, and still can't be legitimized.
Try to remember that it was Samsung's misinterpretation of what Apple was planning to do with the iPhone 6 that forced "displays with curved edges" into the market...something no one ever asked for, still doesn't want, and still can't be legitimized.
As if anything 3D is useful, 3D should have stayed in the 1950's with crappy black and white movies.
Prepare for the bare minimum it takes for Apple to sell millions of phones people. They aren't trying to knock your socks off. They are just trying to keep the gravy train rolling.
Yeah, curved TVs are what I would call borderline beneficial. You can definitely live without it (as someone who has experienced it for several days).
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And with Tim, keeping the gravy train rolling is what it's all about.
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Better than regular 3D, but not life-altering or a true must-have, at least not yet.
Ah Macrumors, where the biggest egos and most arrogant "opinions" come to attempt to battle it out in a futile and rather hilarious attempt to upstage one another in the battle of "who's the most right?"
Ironically, most of the overblown, oversized and completely idiotic "opinions" formed around very minimal (if any) amounts of critical thinking and informed engineering and design analysis, are ALL missing ALL the points, and generally utterly wrong, which is sheer irony as they ALL think they're the one with the insight which the others have missed.
Give your keyboards a break, may as well be humble enough to admit that you really haven't a single clue; and that's okay - being right comes second to being polite, humble, kind and quietly confident. Those who know don't crow... (and are currently working behind locked doors at Apple, in case you thought I was referring to you.)
Ironically, most of the overblown, oversized and completely idiotic "opinions" formed around very minimal (if any) amounts of critical thinking and informed engineering and design analysis, are ALL missing ALL the points, and generally utterly wrong, which is sheer irony as they ALL think they're the one with the insight which the others have missed.
Give your keyboards a break, may as well be humble enough to admit that you really haven't a single clue; and that's okay - being right comes second to being polite, humble, kind and quietly confident. Those who know don't crow... (and are currently working behind locked doors at Apple, in case you thought I was referring to you.)
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