A multitude of rumors that appeared in recent months suggest that The iPhone 8 has an OLED screen, this terminal to be launched in 2017 on the market, Apple preparing for a major change. Those from Cupertino want to give up IPS LCD screens, and OLED technology seems to be mature enough to be used in iPhones starting in 2017.
Although everyone still believes that Apple will make the transition to OLED screens starting with the iPhone 8, the president of Apple's partner, Innolux, believes that this change will be temporary. Wang Jyh-chau claims that the choice of OLED instead of IPS LCD is a momentary decision and that in the future Apple will move towards the micro-LED screens that they are developing now.
Jyh-chau claims that OLED screens do not offer the same cost/performance ratio as IPS LCD screens, but they would not be as good in long-term use either. To ensure that the future iPhone is based on innovative technologies, Apple is developing micro-LED screens in a laboratory in Taiwan that he has been open for some time.
Micro-LED is the future of the iPhone
The president of Innolux says that Apple's choice to use OLED screens in the iPhone has the purpose of differentiating the future iPhone terminals from the existing ones, but also the idea of offering something new. No one knows in the end how Apple thought of the strategy of improving iPhone screens, but it seems that OLED and micro-LED are the future.
"In response to the speculations regarding the fact that Apple will adopt OLED for the new iPhone that will be launched in 2017, the vice president of Innolux, Yang Hung-wen, stated that in order to differentiate its products, Apple could adopt this new technology, but it is not sure that the change will be a long-term one, especially since the Americans are developing the micro-LED technology themselves."
For Apple, it would be much better to use the micro-LED technology that they can optimize for each iPhone model, but they also need to find partners to produce the respective screens. Those from Sharp together with LG Display and Japan Display could receive contracts for the manufacture of micro-LED screens, but it remains to be seen if they will make investments to be able to manufacture such components.
Whatever changes Apple will make, it is clear that they will come from 2017.
