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Apple Reportedly Requested Samsung to Use More Advanced Production Method for iPhone 14 Pro Displays
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I’m wondering if BOE will supply this type of cutout displays next year for the base iPhone 15.
It’s been out for only three months… what specific improvements are you looking for?
I find it interesting that I didn’t see any reviews highlighting this change. Maybe they are out there but I didn’t see it.
It’s the floating pill that’s annoying. Dynamic island is fine. Just move the whole thing to the top.The pill cut out is so much more intrusive than the notch on the 14. I don’t need a .25 cm row of pixels above it that are totally useless. Give me those pixels below, where they can actually be useful.
To create the iPhone 14 Pro's display with the pill-shaped cutout at the top, Apple requested that Samsung, the company's leading display supplier, use a more advanced production method that would protect the surrounding display from possible damage and loss of image quality, according to a new report by The Elec.
The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max are the first iPhones to feature a cutout directly within the display, unlike other iPhones, which have a notch protruding downward from the top bezel. The report says Apple asked Samsung to use additional inkjet equipment when producing its high-end iPhone displays to create the cutout while preserving the surrounding OLED panel.
To create the pill-shaped cutout within the display, Samsung must drill the pill-shaped hole directly within the OLED panel, but doing so means there is a possibility the surrounding pixels and panels could get damaged and, if so, exposed to moisture and oxygen. To prevent possible exposure to moisture and oxygen, the report says Samsung built a dam that separated the pill-shaped cutout from the surrounding pixels. From a machine-translated copy of the report:
Samsung has extensive experience in producing displays, including those with cutouts. The company's own line of smartphone feature single hole-punch cutouts that house the front-facing camera. With the iPhone 14 Pro, however, the report suggests Apple took extra care with the production of the displays for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max to ensure the cutout wouldn't interfere with the surrounding pixels and degrade image quality.
The Elec says LG Display, Apple's other display supplier, also used the same method for its batch of displays for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus feature the same display notch as previous iPhones, but the lower-end models of next year's iPhone lineup are rumored to feature the same pill-shaped cutout for Dynamic Island as the iPhone 14 Pro.
Article Link: Apple Reportedly Requested Samsung to Use More Advanced Production Method for iPhone 14 Pro Displays
Also account for the fact that the screen on the 14 Pro is slightly taller. So we're actually talking about 12 pixels.
Pretty crazy to think about all the engineering that goes into making a cutout in a display.