According to The Wall Street Journal, the upcoming “iPhone 8” will have a curved OLED display and will ditch the Lightning port for a USB-C port. “Apple Inc. has decided to adopt a flexible display for one model of the new iPhone coming out this year and has ordered sufficient components to enable mass production, people familiar with the matter said,” according to WSJ. The article also says that reports that Apple will replace the Lightning connector with a USB-C port. All of the next iPhones are said to feature a "USB-C port for the power cord and other peripheral devices instead of the company's original Lightning connector,” according to WSJ. This would be a big step for Apple as they also choose to use they’re own proprietary connectors like lightning over what the rest of the industry is using, that being USB-C. Thoughts ?
Apple is exploring the idea of using flexible OLED screens for future iPhones. OLED is an energy efficient display technology and is based on organic light emitting diodes which are lit up individually, as opposed to traditional LCDs that require power hungry backlight planes. In OLED screens, the diodes are arranged on a film of organic compound which acts as the emissive electroluminescent layer that emits light in response to an electric current. A Korean display manufacturer are reportedly persuading Apple to adopt flexible screens on its future iPhone models, with one industry source claiming that the company is serious about OLED. Not only would OLED screens make future iPhones more power efficient, but also offer better color saturation, accuracy and brightness. Don’t count on seeing iPhones with flexible screens this year or the next as Apple and its display suppliers are currently “working on it” and solving issues, the company is “likely” to release its first iPhone with a flexible OLED screen in 2018. What do you think of this ? Who you buy an iPhone with an OLED screen ?
