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Samsung to Start Making LTPO OLED Displays for Apple in First Half of 2021

Apple has developed the controller for IGZO TFT and OLED sandwich. IGZO tech which is responsible for variable refresh rate on LTPO OLED is developed by JST and so far only two companies have acquired license for it, Sharp and Samsung.

But here is a food for thought. Product Designers have preferred OLED simply because of thinner packaging and less heat emission (I am not counting marketing bait such as battery savings and better image reproduction which all turned to be false one way or another). Now that there is TFT layer in this adaptation screens are becoming thicker again and they emit more heat as well. It would be good to compare state of the art Sharp LCD mobile display with Samsung LTPO OLED and see actual physical specifications.
 
I’m glad Apple are sticking with Samsung displays. The screen quality is the best thing about the iPhone.
 
I can't wait for everyone downplaying 120Hz to talk about how in love with it they are this time next year.
 
jmgregory1 said:
Unless these new displays help increase battery life, who cares of they can swipe up and down fast and remain stutter-free? That seems to be the only thing any tech reviewer / YouTuber does to show how beneficial 120Hz refresh is. Does it help when reading an email? Or watching a video or movie, or looking at News or reading MacRumors forums?

I certainly don’t see the benefit on my iPad Pro, which is what I’m writing this on now. I think other brands hyped up 120Hz refresh because they didn’t have much else to offer AND with Android being far less smooth in normal operation, it helped mask some of the stuttering.
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For actual content, when watching movies or similar content I want the thing to playback at the original frame rate... the first thing I disable on these smart TVs is that weird image blending thing that makes every movie feel like it’s a made-for-TV sitcom.

But I don’t know, somehow the iPad Pro always feels so much more snappier than the rest of the devices around the house, maybe it’s just the better tweaked in performance for what it does, but maybe that display, even if in diminishing returns land, might contribute to that minor extra punch.

Do I need it on a phone? No, don’t think so.
 
Of course most of you will diss 120hz because you never experienced it on your phone. But once you do, trust me. You will notice the difference when you switch back to 60hz. So maybe Apple should never make a 120hz phone, you won't miss what you've never experienced.
 
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That's why it would likely be in the Pro series
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Almost everybody buys the "pro" series, but don't use them as a Pro. I will still postulate that 99% of the "pros" won't see the difference if they are asked blindly to pick the 120hz refresh on a screen that tiny.....again maybe on movies or gaming...but I do neither so I can't really speak to that. I do neither of those,,,but I always buy the pro model because it gets the better camera with optical stabilization and the wide angle that the amateur version does not get.
 
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