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Apple Said to Be Evaluating iPhone 14 OLED Displays This Week Ahead of Mass Production
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This seems too soon.
Feels like BOE would easily have been 'Steved' back in the day, for a few years at least.
I'm not saying that Blackberry did not have loyal fans I know they did, but Apple almost has a cult based following, its almost scary, I know folks that will literally buy anything Apple has put out even if they don't like it just because its Apple. Heck I know a co-worker from work who sold her wedding ring, just to get the M1 Ultra Mac Studio because she couldn't afford it. I would say the loyalty is deserved because of the innovation Apple has put into their products over the years.
Between their fans, ecosystem, hardware and first class service, Apple isn't going anywhere. This was something that Blackberry failed to do to maintain their fanbase.
I know iPhone technology has peaked, there is not much they can't add to the phone in terms of something innovate. So I'm ready to see what AR will bring to the table.
Agreed. Realistically there's only so much incremental improvement possible from generation to generation. You can't reinvent the wheel every time. And if manufacturers certainly want to leave you wanting more every time they present an upgrade.
What worries me most is Apple making change for the sake of making change. Not every feature change is desired by every customer. For example, wireless charging is fine for those who like and want it, but I don't want Apple to go port-less just because they can, at least not if it means eliminating the consumers' choice in the matter. There should be port-less phones for those who want that and ports for those who don't. I don't like being dragged around by my nose and forced to adapt to something I never wanted in the first place.
Still waiting on Apple to add a more powerful telephoto lens to the iPhone. I don't understand their reluctance to add it.
Ignore it
The sources don’t want to say that the information they’re providing is weeks/months old, so they always say it’s being done at the “last minute”. There’s no manufacturing company that does anything in the last minute because, once a choice is made, that supplier now has to supply it, with all the logistical nightmares that may entail. Asking for a ramp up over two months such that they’re able to supply parts at scale is just asking for lots of bad batches.As we found out during the “last minute” discussion on Apple using Touch-ID instead of Face-ID weeks before the event, what screens they’re going to use was decided as far back as January, maybe even into last year. It’s just NOW that the person providing the information’s contact has been able to get the information to them.
It could be as simple as Apple asking all relevant suppliers, “Hey, does anyone have a power telephoto lens we can use! We’re looking to order around 200 million of those over the next year?” and no supplier responding.
It’s easy to provide some bleeding edge tech in an Android phone that won’t sell more than 12 million units in it’s lifetime, much harder to repeat the same excellence hundreds of millions of times especially when the time window is 12 months (more if it’s one of the models that they keep around after the introduction of a new model).
The strategy seems to be working.
Can you tell us a brand of phone where exactly no one ever complained about a display?
Then all cell phone manufacturers are doomed.
Good thing I’m not due to upgrade then.
I don’t want lower end Chinese display in my premium phone.
I don’t want lower end Chinese display in my premium phone.
Ah, the yearly lottery – it always adds a little extra excitement to upgrading!
Report it dutifully back to whoever forced you visit this website to collect information?
Personally, I'm here because I'm actually interested in small details.
Can't wait for the threads about which screen people got, and how to identify them, and those returning the iphones until they get Samsung screen.
Really hope that quality is good, and BOE not doing their shenanigans again. These things are okay in western countries with return policy, but my country doesn't have that. Everything sold is final, so it totally sucks if there are out of spec components.
Really hope that quality is good, and BOE not doing their shenanigans again. These things are okay in western countries with return policy, but my country doesn't have that. Everything sold is final, so it totally sucks if there are out of spec components.
That will be in the iPhone 15 as far as I can tell. Apple usually waits until a feature is exactly ready to add to their iPhones, both for their customers & their shareholders. So 2024 most likely (Probably when I’ll purchase again unless the 14 is an exciting upgrade).