According to a publication of the chinese version of the site Nikkei, the Apple reportedly plans to change from the LCD screens currently used on screens with technology OLED. This is going to be next year, 2017, i.e. one to two years than was originally anticipated.
The panel technology OLED gives on the one hand, brighter screens, and on the other hand, is much more subtle, light and flexible of today’s screens are IPS LCD used in iPhone devices. In addition, the OLED technology gives the displays deeper blacks and lower power consumption, as shown by the “experiment” of Apple with the Apple Watch.
As revealed by the website 9to5Mac the cost of the agreement transition to OLED screens with the Samsung and LG will have a cost of about $ 12 billion. Be remembered that the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge have screens technology AMOLED, with features always-on in order to provide continuous updates and alerts the user without there is a charge of the battery of the device. Depending on features, but with a panel IPS technology features, and the LG G5.
Of course, the transition cannot be made directly and, therefore, the next iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will use screens of similar technology with the current models. However, all indications are that the 2017 will be the year of major changes on the screens of the next iPhone.
Apple is planning a radical upgrade of the screens in future iPhone
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