OLED Supplier Sees Fourfold Leap in Orders as Apple Gears Up for 2017 iPhone

[ggibson913]

Cook and Ive ran it through a wood chipper.

Yes, they made 10.5 Billion in the second quarter, the prior quarter they made 18.4 billion, more money than any company, ever. Yep Cook and company are practically bankrupting the company.

 

[Dilster3k]

Hopefully the 2017 iPhone will be a hit, the 2016 was the year with the sucky iPhones all year round.

 

[jujufreeze]

OLED screens are pretty and great for planned obsolescence. Kinda surprised Apple didn't implement them sooner.​

 

[admob71]

And yet the objective data I'm finding doesn't support that view. I'm not stating an opinion-- I'm looking at test data showing that, on the metrics MR quoted, the LCDs are superior and asking if anyone can point me to data that says otherwise. So far, no.

See displaymate, an industry respected screen expert website, totally Independant.

 

[Gix1k]

I'll be pissed if I buy the 7 and they turn around and release another phone sooner than they usually do.

 

[Analog Kid]

See displaymate, an industry respected screen expert website, totally Independant.

Click the link in my post that you originally quoted, then look at the numbers here.

DisplayMate disagrees with you.

 

[kepler20b]

I'll be pissed if I buy the 7 and they turn around and release another phone sooner than they usually do.

the 7 is a 6ss.

why would you upgrade?

 

[ChrisTX]

So you consider the current iPhone a dud, too?

Not necessarily but I don't want 3 years of the same designed iPhone. I look forward to a brand new iPhone every 2 years, not more of the same thing.

 

[dampfnudel]

I'll be pissed if I buy the 7 and they turn around and release another phone sooner than they usually do.

Then wait or you'll most likely be pissed.
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the 7 is a 6ss.

why would you upgrade?

Because of habit I would guess.

 

[ChrisTX]

the 7 is a 6ss.

why would you upgrade?

It depends on if you have a regular 6/6 Plus or 6S/6S Plus. I'll be honest, I don't like keeping the same phone more than 2 years and I'll have an upgrade at the release of this years iPhone since I have a regular 6 Plus. However if Apple decides to move the 2017 iPhone release back to June like they used to do I bet they would allow early upgrades for people that upgrade to the new iPhone this year.
If you remember iPhone 1 was $650 without a contract because there was no subsidized price, where as the iPhone 3G was the first iPhone to bring forth subsidized pricing at $200 and Apple and AT&T let early adopters of the iPhone upgrade.

 

[malexandria]

I don't understand the point of beautiful, light weight phones if we have to stick them into ugly cases anyway.

 

[anomie]

Imagine an edge to edge 4,3 inch OLED iPhone, now that would be perfect.

Not in my eyes. I find those edge to edge mockups fugly. iwan t a frame around my screen.
Reduce top and bottom bezel? Ok, if you feel the need, but to me it´s a shortcut to ugliness.
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I don't understand the point of beautiful, light weight phones if we have to stick them into ugly cases anyway.

I don´t have to.

 

[Alex72]

OLED does tend to outperform on viewing angle brightness, and this eats into the LCD brightness advantage off axis...

That's actually one of the bits that has me worried: I had a Galaxy S3, and the screen was too bright from all angles, when reading in bed. A thing I actually LIKE about my LCD-screened devices, is that I can quickly relieve a significant amount of eyestrain simply by tilting the screen to an extreme angle. It's much more efficient than going into a control panel.

And, like many, I have concerns over OLEDs shortcomings on the fade and burn-in front. One of the things that dissuaded me from going with a Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, last year (besides my general dislike of Android, bred by two years with said GS3), was that the floor samples in the store had significant image burn-in.

 

[jonnysods]

I say bring it.

But that would make all the iPads out of date already...

 

[jpcloudsurf]

What compels people to buy the same phone 2 years in a row for a new chip and gimmick?

 

[johnnyturbouk]

So many misinformed and benighted responses about OLED, I for one welcome an OLED iphone, but for me, an oled imac 5k would be a game changer, as i love my lg oled tv.

 

[admob71]

Tim Cook, 14/9/2014, interview with Charlie Rose: "The philosophy has always been to be the best, not the first."

Apple let everyone else make fools of themselves and make the mistakes by implementing tech and "features" that are flawed &/or amount to nothing useful; that's market research AND R&D for free.

You mean what Samsung did when they copied the first iPhone, apple did the r and d, brought out so so product, Samsung perfected it and the rest is history with the note 5 sitting at the top of the US customer satisfaction charts, and the s7 edge being a shoe in for smartphone f the year.
By your rules you are OK with this, am I right? Or.. do you cry like a little girl over those nasty copycats.. make your mind up, you can't have it both ways..

 

[uid15]

You mean what Samsung did when they copied the first iPhone, apple did the r and d, brought out so so product, Samsung perfected it and the rest is history with the note 5 sitting at the top of the US customer satisfaction charts, and the s7 edge being a shoe in for smartphone f the year.
By your rules you are OK with this, am I right? Or.. do you cry like a little girl over those nasty copycats.. make your mind up, you can't have it both ways..

That's nice for you, being all supercilious. Nice if I report you eh?
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That's actually one of the bits that has me worried: I had a Galaxy S3, and the screen was too bright from all angles, when reading in bed. A thing I actually LIKE about my LCD-screened devices, is that I can quickly relieve a significant amount of eyestrain simply by tilting the screen to an extreme angle. It's much more efficient than going into a control panel.

And, like many, I have concerns over OLEDs shortcomings on the fade and burn-in front. One of the things that dissuaded me from going with a Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, last year (besides my general dislike of Android, bred by two years with said GS3), was that the floor samples in the store had significant image burn-in.

The OLED fans will have your burnt at the stake for speaking the truth - they don't want to admit it.

 

[admob71]

That's actually one of the bits that has me worried: I had a Galaxy S3, and the screen was too bright from all angles, when reading in bed. A thing I actually LIKE about my LCD-screened devices, is that I can quickly relieve a significant amount of eyestrain simply by tilting the screen to an extreme angle. It's much more efficient than going into a control panel.

And, like many, I have concerns over OLEDs shortcomings on the fade and burn-in front. One of the things that dissuaded me from going with a Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, last year (besides my general dislike of Android, bred by two years with said GS3), was that the floor samples in the store had significant image burn-in.

This is priceless, screen is too bright lol, you know you can adjust the brightness. Lol. Half of the lads on here brag about the 6s screen being brighter rhn than the s7, u cant win can you. Oh, and the store models have the screen on all day every day, not exactly a real world case scenario..