Maybe I missed something but I don't recall the anticipated edge-to-edge screen iPhone predicted to have "no home button," but rather a virtual home button instead of an electro-mechanical home button.
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Apple Places Order for 70 Million OLED iPhone Panels From Samsung
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It's bigger than the iPhone 7 - 4.7". However you have a point - why no rumours for the iPhone 8 Plus?
Arguably, they do not. S8 looks pretty nice to me, and at least 5 months ahead (because the fancy all glass edge-to-edge stuff might be restricted to a single larger model as per rumours leaving no 'normal' sized fancy option for us non plus owners) of Apple. I'm edging closer and closer to a S8 curiosity order because I'm struggling to believe Apple will offer me anything like as ground breaking to replace my 7 in September.
Really? Those ugly rounded corners and a fingerprint sensor on the back? I'd hope Apple could do better.
Yeah it sucks for Apple zealots that Samsung are still major leaders in component manufacturing. Amongst other markets that Apple don't even operate in.
For the rest of us who don't care where technology advancement comes from as long as it's advancing then this news is inconsequential.
Sharp might be happy they didn't get bought too, considering the recent news with Imagination and what happened with GT.
If they sell 70m OLED iPhones in Q4/Q1 15 how many will they sell in total? Isn't it normally 1/3 top o' the range, 1/3 the one that looks like last years' model, 1/3 a small entry-level one ? That would be 200m over the two quarters, which seems a little high… 
Samsung did not develop OLED panels...they developed manufacturing methods.
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Conspiracy theory nonsense. There is no device on earth that sells as many as a day 1 iphone. It's amazing they are even able to continually make more every year.
It looks good on the lock screen but having a hole in the video you're watching, or the camera preview, or anything really is going to be annoying pretty quickly IMO :-(
Lol, would you like to provide evidence of where Apple is selling a higher quality oled mobile display than Samsung currently does please. I too would like to join in the laughter.
this may turn out to be great for Apple because when the next iPhone comes out - they will be plenty on stock - people will likely walk out the store with the phone and Airpods.
When Apple does ugly and round its beautiful again? Lol
well outside game consoles, do you know of any product that would need 7-10 million ready for a launch weekend?
Outside of being prohibitively expensive - building more than needed will hurt Apple stock - let's say they sell 120 M on Q1 - what would the numbers look like on the subsequent quarters?
People were drooling over the Samsung Galaxy S8 design, and I was wondering what was so good about it. However, that "iPhone X" design looks killer!
Haha. Just you wait. I wasn't talking about OLED panels in particular as there hasn't been an OLED iPhone yet silly boy.
Just you wait.
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Samsung has to be the sole OLED supplier if they don't want to have massive returns.
You would simply see the differences between the Samsung OLEDs and the competition.
Dual-sourcing things like modems is fine, nobody will notice that, you can't do this with OLEDs yet.
Lol. "5 months ahead". They do it so it *tries* to compete with iPhone. Never works of course.
During all these rumors this one is the most troubling. We all want the flagship, but I can't imagine going down in size from the 7 Plus even if the resolution is the same. Just seems like a super odd choice to make the bezel smaller and then not make the screen at least the same size. I desperately hope there is a "Plus" model of this iPhone 8/X or I will have to pass for the 7S Plus.
It's ironic to think back to the news in February 2013, when:
"At a Goldman Sachs investor conference today, the Apple CEO dismissed the idea that [OLED] display technology is something Apple should adopt."
and
Cook, asked if Apple would consider creating devices with larger displays, said that size and specifications are things companies focus on when they can’t “create an amazing experience.”
"At a Goldman Sachs investor conference today, the Apple CEO dismissed the idea that [OLED] display technology is something Apple should adopt."
and
Cook, asked if Apple would consider creating devices with larger displays, said that size and specifications are things companies focus on when they can’t “create an amazing experience.”
Opinion man. People have opinions. I personally don't like curved edges, but love the look of the screen and small bezels. It's a damn good looking device. <-- see, an opinion.
@coolfactor - and here's another opinion. One I disagree with, but it's an opinion nonetheless. To each his own.
