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Apple Places Order for 70 Million OLED iPhone Panels From Samsung
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That's 4 years ago. The OLED displays then had a greenish hue with burn-issues. I don't see any of that on the Apple watch.
He didn't say Apple wouldn't make larger phones, nor phones with bad specs. He is saying Apple doesn't focus on those things as if they make no tangible difference to the user experience.
You can hope, but if history is any indication, there will be shortages following the release of that special 10th anniversary iPhone. Everybody and their uncle will want one, and Foxconn and Wistron, or whoever else Apple chooses for final assembly, won't be able to churn them out fast enough to meet an anticipated huge demand, even if there are no parts supply issues, which will be a first.
OLED would be a good move, but the most important thing is removing the bezels.
If I had to chose between a bezel free iPhone with LCD and an iPhone 7 like design with OLED I'd go for the bezel free without hesitation.
Of course it would be great to have both, and that's what I expect from the next iPhone.
OLED looks great on the Apple Watch, and I wouldn't say no to a dark iOS for models powered by OLED displays.
If I had to chose between a bezel free iPhone with LCD and an iPhone 7 like design with OLED I'd go for the bezel free without hesitation.
Of course it would be great to have both, and that's what I expect from the next iPhone.
OLED looks great on the Apple Watch, and I wouldn't say no to a dark iOS for models powered by OLED displays.
I actually I rather they build them slow with quality control... this way when I finally receive my iphone it doesn't have blotches of green or pink corners like in my past experiences.
Yet more people prefer the iPhone. Jealous? If I wanted a Samsung, I would buy one.
Seriously, take a minute to reflect and get over yourself.
Samsung make good screens. Thankfully Apple is a business and doesn't have time for this tribalist nonsense.
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There are no batteries in OLED screens.
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You are right, 5.8" in 16:9 format does not physically fit into the size of the current 4.7" iPhone. 5.8" at 20:9 could fit but that aspect ratio is awful. They could easily fit 5.8" if the phone is a few millimetres wider than the current 4.7".
Wouldn't it be easy for Samsung to stay ahead of Apple in terms of design considering they are providing the screen for the iPhone....?
Of course not, on a thread about Apple getting panels from Samsung, you are talking about cpus, gotcha...
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[doublepost=1491322029][/doublepost]6foot5foot, do you really think fast charging, wireless charging, waterproofing, larger screens and smaller bezels were all "fashionable" nonfeatures? Why is it that Apple eventually implemented some of these features and plans on implementing the rest in the near future?
Let's take fanboyism out of the discussion. I think you can rightfully enjoy apple phones and samsung based off of their own merit. Apple isn't any less guilty of pushing "fashion" features than Samsung. Their phones have been excessively thin over the past few generations for that very reason. They have sacrificed grippability and battery life so they could claim a thinness crown during their keynotes.
I'm not saying Samsung isn't guilty of this, too. Their edge screens look nice in pictures and make the phone fit better in the hand but they negatively affect image quality and its hard to find a good screen protector for them. Aside from the edge screens (which many people like, btw) most of the features Samsung (and other Android manufacturers) uses are very useful. Fast charging being the most obvious. Look at the battery charging benchmarks. Apple takes twice as long to achieve a full charge.
It will be different because calibration of display, processor & software used to drive the display also matters.
LG is the only major OLED TV display manufacturer now but still TV quality will be different depending on who you buy the TV from (LG/Sony etc).
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Samsung is the only manufacturer who is making OLED panels for phones now & Samsung is the only manufacturer who can support Qty required by Apple, that doesn't mean they are the best, basically there is no option.
Actually that's exactly what it means. Due to lack of an alternative, Samsung is the best.
I called you out for exactly what you are. I don't think you understand what class and ignorance are.
Not really.. Not every TV manufacturer makes their own panels. Samsung actually used to buy quite a bit of LCD panels from Sharp -- which was why they tried to save Sharp from going belly up -- and even Innolux on some higher ends. So it all comes down to packaging and that's what Apple does more or less for living -- packaging techs created & engineered by everyone else, and market them as if they "engineered" it and as their own. Now, I'm really curious how Apple is going to market their bezeless AMOLED display in new iPhones.
When it comes to AMOLED display, they are a lot of other aspiring mobile OLED display makers, including their #1 nemesis LG. And it isn't for lack of trying or scale of economy that Samsung is #1 in the AMOLED business (or about 95% of AMOLED market share).
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You seem angry my friend, would you like a hug?Your BS is spouted every single year... riiiiiight up until September, when Apple FLATTENS Samsung with common sense, subtlety, class and dignity, and the introduction of VALUABLE features, all in a calm subtle and witty manner. Nice way to justify your S8 purchase, by attempting - poorly - to imply that because you think the S8 is amazing, that iPhone MUST be rubbish, and will need to "catch up" to Samsung's hilarious "feature" freak show.
Poor Samsung, the fact that they unashamedly demonstrate their sheer cluelessness and desperation, year after year, is nothing less than both baffling AND hilarious, simultaneously.
After really contemplating about Apple possibly buying 70 million OLED panels from Samsung, I started to wonder what generation of AMOLED technology did Apple buy. Since Apple has yet to make a quad HD iPhone I'm thinking they purchased older generation AMOLED technology. Samsung has had quad HD AMOLED screens since the Note 4. It wouldn't surprise me much if they purchased older technology and will advertise it as new technology to the iPhone fanboys (amoled with true tone will have them amazed lol). I'm sure they didn't buy 70 million of Samsung's latest and greatest because that's not Apple's philosophy...It's all about profit with them.
I don't think so, if there are 5 different suppliers you evaluate them based on their performance and decide 1 supplier out of 5 is the best then you can say they are the best, if there is no comparison then you just buy what ever they make, this doesn't mean they are the best.
Sure, there are other mobile OLED display makers out there. LG, Sharp, Japan Display, and BOE in China all have been named as potential supplier in recent rumors. They had been sidelined for years because of technical difficulties with AMOLED, their poor quality and challenges in low yield rates. Consequently, they are years behind Samsung in manufacturing and sales. But since Apple customers don't seem to mind older, aging tech in their phones, I'm pretty sure Apple is going to have no problem signing up new contracts with Foxconn or BOE.
Lot of comments here are from people who never worked in manufacturing.
Companies will not buy a off the shelf display and slap it on their phone, not unless they are making a 200$ phone.
Unless they are buying a standard screws.
I was working in a medical industry on a ventilator, we choose a motor that is closest to our needs and changed design of the motor, we added a PCB which will add capability to provide feedback on temperature, RPM, vibration, by the time we added these features motor design was changed unto 25% which increased the cost.
So Apple will not be buying a display from Samsung & slap it on iPhone, they will change the design to meet their needs.
And display quality depends on other factors as well like the processor driving the display, software driving the display, calibration (As per Anandtech iPhone display is more accurate than Samsung display) because Apple calibrates each and every iPhone for color accuracy.
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Companies will not buy a off the shelf display and slap it on their phone, not unless they are making a 200$ phone.
Unless they are buying a standard screws.
I was working in a medical industry on a ventilator, we choose a motor that is closest to our needs and changed design of the motor, we added a PCB which will add capability to provide feedback on temperature, RPM, vibration, by the time we added these features motor design was changed unto 25% which increased the cost.
So Apple will not be buying a display from Samsung & slap it on iPhone, they will change the design to meet their needs.
And display quality depends on other factors as well like the processor driving the display, software driving the display, calibration (As per Anandtech iPhone display is more accurate than Samsung display) because Apple calibrates each and every iPhone for color accuracy.
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GTAT has never manufactured sapphire, they are experts at providing sapphire manufacturing equipment, not manufacturing sapphire, this is where they screwed up, they made a deal with Apple to manufacture/supply Sapphire which is not their expertise.