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New Report Summarizes Display Rumors for Future Apple Devices

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Apple is shaking up the display market with a multitude of upcoming product debuts and enhancements, according to Korean site ET News. The site summarizes several known product rumors that will impact display manufacturers, including larger iPhone and iPads, an OLED iWatch, and IGZO displays for its MacBook lineup.

Multiple reports have suggested that Apple is working on both a larger iPhone and a larger iPad. ET News suggests that a larger iPhone will be at least 5 inches, in line with a September report from The Wall Street Journal indicating that Apple was experimenting with a number of screen sizes from 4.8 inches to 6 inches.

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Several iPad changes are in the works as well, with Apple planning to introduce a Retina iPad mini and experimenting with a larger (possibly 12.9-inch) iPad. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed that Apple is experimenting with larger screen sizes for its iPad lineup and a Retina mini has been confirmed by multiple sources.

ET News further suggests that the iPad will be offered at multiple price points based on display, similar to the iPhone 5c and the iPhone 5s. KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has made a similar prediction, stating that Apple has plans to introduce a low-cost iPad mini.

Rumors have previously indicated that Apple is considering a 1.5-inch OLED display for its iWatch, which will be produced by Samsung. Apple CEO Tim Cook previously stated that OLED displays were oversaturated, but Apple has hired at least one OLED expert in recent months.
Apple will also adopt AM OLED which the company has shunned so far to hold Samsung in check and for picture quality issue, etc. Yet, Apple recently began to develop associated technologies, adopting flexible OLED for its iWatch. Apple has drawn up a new OLED display strategy, hiring OLED experts from LG Display early this year.
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As far as MacBooks go, ET News points to rumors that Apple is considering the adoption of IGZO (indium gallium zinc oxide) displays. IGZO is a semiconducting material that has forty times more electron mobility than the standard amorphous silicon, resulting in higher resolution displays with better reaction times and less power consumption. IGZO seems like a logical move for Apple as it works to improve both displays and device size and may be a future solution for a MacBook Air with a Retina display.

According to ET News, the implementation of these sweeping product changes will have huge impacts on display manufacturers in Korea. Japan Display is expected to diversify beyond Apple, leaving LG Display to increase its shipments to the company. Samsung Display is also expected to be a key Apple supplier in the months to come, with both Samsung and LG providing components for the iPhone, iPad, and MacBooks. Though rumors have suggested Apple is aiming to reduce its dependence on rival Samsung, it has been unable to find a supplier able to match Samsung's production capacity and quality.

Apple is expected to release the first of its major products during the fall months. A Retina iPad mini and a redesigned fifth-generation iPad mini are both expected to debut in the October/November timeframe. Other products, such as the iWatch, a larger iPad/iPhone, and MacBooks that incorporate new display technology could come in 2014 and beyond.

Article Link: New Report Summarizes Display Rumors for Future Apple Devices
 
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IGZO is better candidate for iDevices as display consumption is a comparatively higher portion of the overall power consumption.

OLED would also be a potentially ideal choice for a smartwatch application if Apple decides to have a minimalist readout where a majority of the display is black (off) in usage modes.
 
Larger screen on the iPhone and the iPad would both be welcome, as far as I'm concerned.

A 13" iPad becomes less portable, but I use mine at home for the most part, anyway.
 
Hopefully they will stock both a bigger screen size and current screen size for future iPhone's.

I personally love the current size-wouldn't want a bigger screen size.
 
Cool, no mention of updated iPods…

:(

Yes, I understand the difference in revenue generated by iPods, but I like them, dammit!
 
Apple selling a 5-inch phone does not mean you HAVE TO GET IT. Stop saying 5 inches is too big. Size does matter.
 
Why not also use IGZO for the iPhone and iPad, would they not also benefit from the smaller pixels and lower power when they do introduce their larger screened iPhone next year around this time?
 
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it makes a lot of sense to me. just fragment the market as much as you can to extract as much money as you can.. may not be innovative, but at least we'll a lot more new products for the next couple of years
 
Sure hope IGZO doesn't have image retention, or some other funky weird bug that Apple will refuse to fix!
 
To all the people complaining about the possibility of bigger iPhones, let others have options. Just because you don't want them does not mean others shouldn't have them. I would love to have a 4.5" to 4.7" iPhone that is of proper aspect ratio.
 
question is... will there be an iPhone 5-sized New iPhone and a 5-inch one?

I guess they could keep the iPhone Xc as the current sized one.
 
This report makes it seem like the Haswell rMBP's won't have IGZO. That will apparently have to wait for Broadwell and has nothing to do with the Haswell rMBP delay.
 
Thunderbolt display would be great - provided it was thinner and supported thunderbolt 2, and was about 1000-1200.
:)

Already have the current thunderbolt. Love it!
And would love to add another side by side! :)
 
Sky Blue said:
would love a 5 inch iPhone! iPhablet! iPhad!
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I agree!

There's going to be a flood of used 4, 4S, 5 & 5S models on the open market. These will sell at record low prices, bringing even more iPhones to the masses.

After years of procrastinating, if true, Apple will sell these in quantities never heard of before.

Too bad they wasted all of 2013.
 
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