'iPhone 6s' to Feature Apple Watch-Like Motion Wallpapers

[jayducharme]

This whole thing sounds a little fishy....

Sorry ... I had to.

I'm not sure about the OLED screens. This doesn't mean that the screen will always be on, just that when you activate the phone the background can have an animated image. It sounds like it'll be just a short looping video. That won't require much power, seeing as how much video watching you can do on an iPhone.

 

[RogerWilco]

Oooh, wow. Innovation is off the scale, upgrade time -- fer sher!

 

[szw-mapple fan]

I hope it's not only an iPhone 6s feature.

It might be, since these wallpapers may be limited OLED screens, which the 6S may have. Also, since it's not on any iOS 9 betas, I think it wouldn't be universal.

 

[KALLT]

If OLED, what can some explain advantages? Thx.

Black is much darker on a OLED screen, as it controls every pixel individually. On LED-backlit LCD screens, even the black pixels look very very dark grey in comparison because of the backlight. The downside to OLED is that they can look less sharp than LCD if Apple sticks with the same resolution.

 

[Rogifan]

I'm skeptical about OLED mostly because there have been no rumors about that. But I hope it's true. I love the display on the Watch.

 

[thekeyring]

Just like Ive said, without OLED, motion wallpapers won't look alive... Let's hope for OLED screens.

Surly that will be iPhone 7?

Hopefully that + Apple using the "solar panel underneath phone screen" patent they filed.

 

[thekeyring]

Replaced my ageing laptop this year, now it's time for a fresh phone. Can't wait xD

 

[MrGimper]

Surely someone with access to many of these screen assembly leaks would have cracked one open and revealed if it's OLED or not??

 

[Asclepio]

#firstthingtoturnoff

 

[bbplayer5]

If OLED, what can some explain advantages? Thx.

I have an S6 Edge. Only disadvantage is direct sunlight. It is VERY washed out if you have a lot of sunlight hitting the screen. Other than that, it is absolutely amazing.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Funny that they made such a huge play against the skeuomorphic look of the old iOS, and now we have such useless frills as 'translucent' headers on Safari windows, Parallax effects on wallpaper and desktops, and now animated lock screens.

I say WTF?

I don't want to be 'entertained' that way. They went from 'flat is the new black' to glitzy and useless kitsch that adds nothing to the effect of using the devices, yet smoke up processing time I'm sure.

Plus with all of the other issues with the iOS 'experience' *cough*, perhaps they should be spending MORE time on fixing those, rather than on adding frill and fluff to what is becoming a bloated mess...

Animated lock screens and wallpaper are not 'flat' to me...

Their first forced 'experience' was Parallax, and then they grudgingly offered a way to turn it off, and yet there was still some effect. GIVE IT UP GUYS! You love kitsch, we get it. Make it stop...

 

[fonzy91]

I'm a bit confused, am I the only one who can see animated (dynamic) wallpapers on my iPhone settings? How is this a new feature? They're just expanding the library of animated wallpapers, and why would it be only for iPhone 6S, it surely would work on the 6 too, am I wrong? beside maybe the darkness of the black of the possible new OLED display.

 

[Cougarcat]

Glad to see they're putting that 2 GB RAM to good use!

It’ll even out with iOS 9.

Not if the rumors of the smaller batteries are true.

 

[MrGimper]

Isn't it a fact that the there is a power relationship between the black nature of Watch OS and the OLED screen. I thought an OLED screen in concert with the whiteness of the current iOS would lead to major power issues??

 

[nickmcpherson97]

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[jennyp]

... except it'll be one of the many things you'll have to switch off to keep any half-decent battery life ..

 

[Daalseth]

I had animated background on my Amiga in 1987 or so. It was interesting for about two minutes.

Oh we had so much fun with animated desktop and sleep screens. The fishbowl was a riot of you turned off everything but one jellyfish. IT ran at the system clock speed so when there was no load it ran at gonzo speeds. And then there was a group called Underware, that had all sorts of animated screens. Cavemen hunting dinosaurs and such. IT was a lot of fun back in the day.

 

[peterdevries]

Glad to see they're putting that 2 GB RAM to good use!

Not if the rumors of the smaller batteries are true.

The difference in size is negligible. I do hope though that iOS9 will have massive battery improvements because my iPhone 6 needs a charge twice a day. More than the 5 I had before.

 

[MrGimper]

My understanding simply is with LED / LCD displays, theres still light coming from "black" pixels hence black on the screen isn't quite black, because of the one main backlight behind the pixels. OLED displays however black is actually black, the pixels have their own individual backlight that turns off while the rest displaying colour remain on. This for example would save power when the display is displaying something with a black background as the whole screen won't actually be lit, while also having better colour accuracy and contrast.

Right now OLED is still more expensive than LED, and limited in display sizes even though the technology offers a wider range of sizes. It'll just be a matter of time before OLED will be the new LED and there most likely be a new technology gearing up to step up to consumer use as OLED is starting to now

I think so ... the 2 extremes are when showing black. With LCD the natural state is white (backlight) and it has to try and block out as much light from the backlight as possible to get black. This is why you get light bleed. With OLED, the natural state is black and each pixel is lit.

 

[Sloppy.Joe]

Now I really hope the battery is bigger AND more efficient.

 

[LordQ]

Bloody hell... If the 6s has OLED that will make me fail to wait for the iPhone 7

 

[thekeyring]

Is it me or does Apple seem to be going all out on this S version of the iPhone? So far we have (as rumours until Apple announce)

2GB Ram
Force Touch
12MP camera
And now the possibility of an OLED screen

womder if Apple will be updating other products as much at their September event. It will be interesting to see what happens.

Don't forget A9 chip with rumoured 20-30% increase in speed.

 

[MMcCraryNJ]

As someone very familiar with the Android world, here's why you (probably) don't want to see Apple move over to an OLED panel:

As most of you know, Samsung is the leader in OLED panels right now, with their Super AMOLED panels in the S6/Note 5 lines. All other OEMs that use OLED source them from Samsung (aside from LG, which uses their own P-OLED panels when they don't opt for LCD, which is only on their G-Flex line of smartphones).

The problem is, Samsung does not source other OEMs with the same S-AMOLED panels, but rather with B-stock panels manufactured from the year or two prior. So no other OEM that has an OLED display matches what Samsung uses for themselves. This leads to a market where Samsung's panels in their own devices are the best available mobile displays that are possible at any given point, but other OEMs OLED offerings do not match, hence why most other Android OEMs are opting for LCD panels, since current LCD panels would outperform an older OLED panel.

So, I would suspect that, IF Apple was going over to an OLED display, nobody should expect it to be as good as what is in the S6/Note 5.

I'm an Android fan, but I am moving over to the 6S Plus this cycle for other reasons. And I really hope that Apple sticks with their LCD panels, as they are the best LCD panels in the market, and I know what kind of sacrifices they would make if they switched over to OLED (a panel comparable to what is in the Galaxy S5, rather than the amazing ones Samsung is using now).

 

[lionsy]

"Mr Cook, Mr Cook!"
"What is it, Jony?"
"We've just been looking through the list of things we can improve on with iOS9 and we realised someone had lent a broom against the white board we had all the ideas listed on, it was covering up the words "Dynamic Wallpapers".
"Gosh, I'd completely forgotten we'd introduced them!"

Is how I'd imagine this came about.

 

[Wiesenlooser]

Without Oled, this doesnt make any sense :/