Nikkei Now Agrees 'iPhone 8' Will Have Larger 5.8-Inch OLED Display

[Glideslope]

Just in time for OLED to be an outdated technology.

This implies we know the type of OLED Technology the phone will have. IMO, people will be in for a surprise. I think Micro-OLED is a real possibility on the large phone. I think the supply constraints are not from capacity, but from complexity of manufacturing a new OLED Display.

 

[goblutes]

I'd go one further. Half the features rumored won't appear until an iPhone 8 18 months from now.

I could be wrong, and I neither disagree, nor disapprove of your tempered expectations. However, while they may have never skipped an S, they had also never skipped a redesign. Don't forget the 7 was the 6S^2. Financially, it would be foolish for Apple to bring us a minor iteration on the tenth anniversary.

 

[Apple 26.2]

Do you consider a phone with the outer dimensions of the current 4.7" iPhone to be a phablet?

No, I currently have the 6. But those gaudy monstrosities like the Plus designs? Fuhgedaboudit.

 

[TroyBoy30]

give me a plus version of that and im in

 

[WatchFromAfar]

I could be wrong, and I neither disagree, nor disapprove of your tempered expectations. However, while they may have never skipped an S, they had also never skipped a redesign. Don't forget the 7 was the 6S^2. Financially, it would be foolish for Apple to bring us a minor iteration on the tenth anniversary.

We never had a tenth anniversary iPod or Macbook (Pro) or iMac why should the iPhone be any different? There's the story of Apple having a product history room with all their old stuff in it. Steve Jobs got rid of all that stuff on his return to Apple because he thought looking at the past fondly was a waste of time. Perhaps Tim Cook feels different.

 

[sulpfiction]

Lol, most phone manufacturers use Amoled for years now... would you say those are inferior to Apple's offerings?
[doublepost=1488707910][/doublepost]Apple should already be all Oled by now: iMac, MacBook (pro). Everything! At premium prices you expect the latest and greatest.

Yes, I would absoulely say that Apples LCD's were better then most other OLED's out there.

 

[9081094]

Yes, I would absoulely say that Apples LCD's were better then most other OLED's out there.

Can we agree to disagree on this? 😀
I'm very impressed with the screens of the galaxy 7 and Huawei P9 who are plentiful around me.

 

[Bentov]

can't we just stop all these BS "reports" from non-sources and actually WAIT until the event?

I think maybe you don't want to be on a rumor site then?

 

[kdarling]

Um, who else uses OLED besides Samsung?

Huawei, Oppo, Xiaomi, Microsoft, Asus, Vivo, Vertu, Lenovo, Meizu, you name it.

Here's a 30+ page list of phones using OLED:

http://www.oled-info.com/oled_devices/mobile_phones

LCD is still king as far as percentage of all phones go by a huge margin.

Many/most of those LCDs are likely on cheap-o phones.

By 2020 (three years from now) it's predicted that OLED usage will pass each current favorite LCD display type (including LTPS, which the iPhone currently uses):

 

[jonblatho]

Seems like Apple is doing one big design loop - had a glass back then went to metal and now back to glass again. Lets hope it's Gorilla Glass or even sapphire as no doubt people will be concerned about the glass breaking upon it being dropped.

Sapphire crystal is harder than glass, which means it's also more brittle. Therefore, it's more resistant to scratching, but also more susceptible to cracking.

It's a balancing act.

 

[Royal Gala]

Sapphire crystal is harder than glass, which means it's also more brittle. Therefore, it's more resistant to scratching, but also more susceptible to cracking.

It's a balancing act.

Could a blend of glass and sapphire crystal be a way of enhancing scratch resistance while preserving durability?

 

[manu chao]

No, I currently have the 6. But those gaudy monstrosities like the Plus designs? Fuhgedaboudit.

Sure, but then why are you worried? All rumours have consistently said that the premium phone will have the outer dimensions of the current 4.7" phone.

 

[nixfu]

Screw the glass backs.

Dear Apple, please consider the idea to join the 20th century in materials science.

Plastic is a much superior material for this application to glass. Beats it on durability, strength, shock absorption, scratch resistance, everything.

I replaced soo many glass backs on previous gen iPhones, I never want to go through that again.

Do they even care about their customers and the trouble this will cause? Apple is so out of touch. They are just a joke.

 

[ackmondual]

Thats what i never understood with software buttons on Android either. Why waste so much screen for it? They could just have them fade in and out when necessary instead of showing them at all times. I mean this would be the whole advantage of having software buttons to me in the first place ...

?? I was assuming with the hypothetical iPhones we see in the images, that's EXACTLY what they do. Was there any indication that they cannot fade/hide?

At least for my LG G4, the virtual home buttons DO fade/hide within certain applications, and not for others. However, the OS does have a settings screen where I can change that default behavior, so for example, have App X always hide the virtual home buttons.

 

[fourthtunz]

If they call it the iPhone Pro I'm gonna puke. A Pro phone? Gimme a break. I love Apple, but that'd be prentious as hell.

Yeah but it would differentiate you from the lumpen 🙂

 

[WRChris]

Think exponentially. Ok..it was drunken typo? Alrighty you got me..

Haha, all is good. Like anyone else on the internet, I like to chime in anytime I see something that's not correct.

 

[gavroche]

delete me

 

[rGiskard]

Cool. I hope the iPhone 8 features the dual lens camera. If not then my 6 Plus should see me through 2019.

 

[Apple 26.2]

Sure, but then why are you worried? All rumours have consistently said that the premium phone will have the outer dimensions of the current 4.7" phone.

Most everyone seemingly wants bigger (perhaps mistakenly thinking that equates to better?). There's a market for big phones, but one size does not fit all.

 

[Azygos85]

That's exactly what I would do in your situation.

Except I have a two and a half year old iPhone 6 Plus. So I'm not in your situation.

I'm also grandfathered into Verizon's business contract model, so I still get 2 year upgrades. I don't know how long this will keep going but I'm not scheduled to get an upgrade until June of 2018. By then I can wait for the 8S/8S plus. This supposed 8/10th anniversary edition is gonna be a radical change so it's best to let others be the guinea pigs. The S models are usually more refined anyways.

 

[ackmondual]

Most everyone seemingly wants bigger (perhaps mistakenly thinking that equates to better?). There's a market for big phones, but one size does not fit all.

I'd be amused if the iPhone SE's successor gets bigger too! 😕😱

 

[Apple 26.2]

I'd be amused if the iPhone SE's successor gets bigger too! 😕😱

I get why people like the bigger devices, but hey, options and choices, right?

 

[ikjadoon]

Um, who else uses OLED besides Samsung? LCD is still king as far as percentage of all phones go by a huge margin.

But why would you compare "all phones"? Is the iPhone honestly competing against $50 budget phones?

http://www.oled-info.com/tags/ubi (see the last 3 articles)

OLED is at about 16% market share worldwide in smartphones. But, take away all the junk phones where people don't care about screen-quality, and that number goes up.

I'm confused, what mis-calculations? Or do you mean LG are lying on their website thus breaching advertising laws? That's what you're implying right? I would certainly trust a manufactures figure over some calculation you've done in your head.
So again I ask, what mis-calculation.

I do wish everyone would STOP with the bogus claim this iPhone 8 will 'have similar dimensions to the iPhone 7 4.7"' because that's PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE.....aahhhh

🙄

I guess a ruler has made the "impossible" possible, eh?

 

[Mr. Donahue]

I hope they release another SE! I must be the only person that wants an updated SE. I don't care I want a small pocketable phone. I don't want a mini tablet super computer.