It’s hardly speculation to suggest that, as soon as Apple is rumored to be entering a new area of production, every manufacturer with capacity wants to get in on the new opportunities.
The latest example of this is Japan Display, which is reportedly in the early stages of converting one of its factories in Ishikawa factory into an test production line to try and win iPhone orders when Apple switches to using OLED displays in the near future.
JDI is currently creating an OLED test line for early next year, with the plan to establish mass production facilities for Apple by 2018 — in time for the iPhone 8.
The big rivals to Japan Display are Samsung and LG, which already operate two of the world’s largest OLED display manufacturing facilities. JDI therefore has some catching up to do, although the fact that it currently enjoys some of Apple’s largest LCD panel orders means that it has more than proven its value to Cupertino.
That it would invest in OLED development technology is also no surprise given how previous reports have commented on the damage that Apple switching to OLED displays for the iPhone would cause to JDI’s LCD business. Japan Display stock prices have plunged recently following reports of the OLED changeover.
Interestingly, today’s report definitely mentions 2018 as the year Apple could switch to OLED displays for the iPhone, contrasting with another recent report claiming the switch could take place with the iPhone 7s in 2017.
Source: Nikkan
Via: GforGames
Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
2 responses to “Apple in talks to secure OLED panels for iPhone 8”
This needs to happen faster! Thats 3 iPhones from now
Nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! OLED is super-prone to burn in. The manufacturers have got to get that under control. EVERY single phone I’ve had with an OLED screen developed burn in. And don’t say to limit and/or restrict my use of the phone to avoid the problem. I’m sick of hearing that from people. Once you see screen burn, you can’t freakin’ un-see it! There’s too much static shit on the screen of any phone to not have burn in. The last OLED phone I had was the S6. Burned in in only 2 months. Before that, Nexus 6. Before that, Moto-X. S5, S4, S2, Galaxy, Moto Photon…..on and on and on. They all burn in. Period. It’s the nature of OLED as it degrades.
Yes, LCD can burn in too, but it’s soooooooooooooo much less prone to that these days and I haven’t experienced that in years!!
I really hope Apple takes all this into consideration instead of jumping on some stupid trend. I’ll take the slight hit in battery life if it means my screen won’t go deep-six in six months or less.
Burn in just plain pisses me off to no end…..manufactures should fix it and stop pumping out screens that degrade. That’s no excuse. It may look fantastic out of the box, but any degree of brightness for any length of time immediately starts the burn in process.
Ok….done with my tirade. I apologize in advance if I offended anyone by spilling here.