iPhone 8 is going to be launched by the Apple company with an OLED screen curved towards the outer edges of the case, but it is going to have a new touch technology integrated. Many details regarding these changes are not known, but the Apple company is preparing a major change for its smartphone during 2017.
iPhone 8 could be a premium version of the iPhone line launched in 2017, and the Apple company would highlight it in the offer with a series of truly impressive features. More precisely, this plastic OLED screen, curved towards the edges, would be similar to those implemented in the Samsung Galaxy Edge series, but no details are known about the touch technology.
According to an Asian publication, for the iPhone 8 Apple would have ordered plastic OLED, not glass, from Samsung Display, which will be the main supplier of screens. It is estimated that Samsung could deliver up to 100 million screens for the iPhone 8, and for Apple this could be enough for a secondary device, not the main one.
iPhone 8 – curved screen, new touch technology
The iPhone 8 would arrive on the market together with two new models of the iPhone 7S, with Apple following the difference through the screen and the new touch technology. The iPhone 8 screen will not be foldable, but to be different from those of the Galaxy Edge series, Apple will implement a new touch technology that will interpret touches made on any of the edges of the screen.
"The OLED version of the new iPhone will all be curved as Apple ordered all plastic OLED — not glass — from Samsung Display. Samsung is capable of supplying a little less than 100 million units of curved OLED displays to Apple. The upcoming iPhone may use new sensing technology, which enables the phone to respond when users touch any side of the device."
The implementation of an OLED screen in the iPhone 8, especially curved towards the outer edges, will be seen by many as an attempt by Apple to copy Samsung. With a new touch technology offered for the screen, the Apple company could differentiate the iPhone 8 from all Android terminals that will still have curved screens, but only if it will be innovative enough.
However, the interesting part is this supposed use of a plastic OLED screen, not glass, for the iPhone 8, but it could all just be a misinterpretation of the information.
