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Samsung May Invest Over $7 Billion to Supply OLED Displays for Future iPhones
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Apple fan boys generally can't rationalize things.
At some point in time it would probably be a good idea to just give it up, move on and enjoy all the great stuff Apple gives us. At least from a mental health perspective. Deeply embedded Samsung neurosis is not easily treated by OTC medications. Just sayin'.
You're forgetting they're already producing OLED screens. They may only need to increase production by that much to meet Apple's needs. Remember, they won't be a single source supplier.
Apple should make deals with the vendor that can deliver in quantity and quality. For the samsung haters, it is an unfortunate reality that samsung is among a very small group of vendors that can deliver. I also struggle with the thought of giving money that will ultimately fund their continued attempt to kill the iphone with their own phones. However, I do want my iphone to have the best components.
The other argument of course could be that there are other vendors that have the ability but Apple is just going for the cheapest contract. Maybe, but we are really talking about at most 5 companies that can produce these things in the quantity needed. Then you have the notion that Apple is developing a variation of the current technology that will require a new plant to be built. How many of these 5 companies are willing to commit to building a plant?
So let's wait and see what Apple does about the screen in the first place and then worry about who they will source them from.
The other argument of course could be that there are other vendors that have the ability but Apple is just going for the cheapest contract. Maybe, but we are really talking about at most 5 companies that can produce these things in the quantity needed. Then you have the notion that Apple is developing a variation of the current technology that will require a new plant to be built. How many of these 5 companies are willing to commit to building a plant?
So let's wait and see what Apple does about the screen in the first place and then worry about who they will source them from.
I'm quite looking forward to oled screens coming to the iphone. One of my sisters friends has an S6 Edge and and quality of the screen is fantastic. The slight downside to oled is burn-in but that will probably a non issue by the time iphone starts using them.
Which is an issue that 99.99999 percent of people will never experience.
I have seen badly burnt-in S6 Edge screen so guess I'm that 0.00001 then.
You're thinking of the way that 3D Touch (used on the iPhone) uses a flexible display glass with multiple sensors behind it.
Force touch (used on the Watch) only uses sensors along the edges. AFAIK, that doesn't require the display itself to be flexible, but only the mount.
Agreed. I don't see the iPhone OLED screen having a burn in problem unless the iPhone sits on one particular screen for a long period of time, which is impossible because it shuts off after 15 seconds or so.
I know Apple is bringing forward a new feature to iOS 9.3 that reduces blue light coming from the screen, but I can't help but notice how much more relaxed my eyes feel while viewing an OLED/AMOLED screen vs. an LED or LCD screen in the dark. I wish the iPhone 7 would come with the OLED/AMOLED screen.
My God, I looked at an OLED tv and the price was double what my 55" Samsung 4k 9000 series tv cost me. The piture was amazing - nice choice.
They primarily sell LCDs not OLED.
Have you seen an OLED TV up close? How does Samsung do it in their phones?
I'm in the 1% also... I think the reason Apple waited is because they wanted this issue to be minimized or not exist at all.
Now that you bring it up, I am curious how businesses make payments like this. I work on software that starts at $25K and goes well into the millions, and I remember someone from our sales team mentioned that "it's not like they put it on a credit card - those max out at our lowest price."
Obviously you don't pay it in cash... that'd be tens of millions of $100 bills (largest denomination currently printed) to pay $7B. So... do you write a check? Or is there some other way of making payments that is reserved for when you're talking about millions of dollars?
As I recall, when I "bought"* my house, the bank wired the money to the seller... is that what you do with transactions that are so large?
*My bank bought the house. I live in it. I will spend over a decade buying the house from the bank.
Exactly, I was going to comment but you summed it up too well.
Again, since the majority of the population of the world will never have this issue, it's the most non-issue in the world.
Isn't it funny how they claim burn-in isn't an issue but it happens even to phones that are less than a year old?
Sure it occurs. I've seen it myself. Store display phones are on 24/7, so yeah, burn in does occur. Despite that, what the original poster stated is still true. It's not an issue for the vast majority of users. Not many people keep their phone screens running 24/7 nor do they keep it on a static page for as long as you'd see on a display unit. Todays OLED phones don't have an issue with burn in. They don't have an issue with brightness. They don't have an issue with primarily white backgrounds relative to battery life. They've also been rated the best displays regardless of tech. As with anything, tech improves over time. Apple may have decided OLED tech has progressed enough beyond the oft quoted drawbacks to use on the iPhone.
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I don't need to see it close up. TVs have screens 8 times bigger in each direction than an iPhone screen. A TV screen with the resolution that is needed for an iPhone would be 20K or more. The screen on an 8K TV would look rubbish on an iPhone.
People are people. If someone peed on your lawn, would you still be nice to them? What if they did that every day? What if they stole your car and resold it to someone else? How would you feel about that?