The iPhone is about to get a dramatic makeover

[ghazi52]

The iPhone is about to get a dramatic makeover

The upgrade could mean curved screens and a longer-lasting battery

• Back in March, we reported that Apple could upgrade its iPhone screens to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.
  
  Because they eliminate the need for backlighting, OLED screens are thinner, flexible, and use less battery power than your phone's current LCD display.
  
  In other words, the upgrade could mean curved screens and a longer-lasting battery. But that was just a rumour, right?
  
  Well, thanks to a recent spike in equipment orders, it looks like those new screens might be happening after all. According to Bloomberg, the company that helps produce these OLED screens, Applied Materials Inc, has seen an almost four-fold increase in orders.
  
  "It's not a peak or a one-time event," Applied Material's chief executive officer Gary Dickerson told Bloomberg. "This is going to be sustainable growth. We all know who is the leader in terms of mobile products." But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The company says that, "because the machines take so long to manufacture, the earliest we can expect the screens to debut is 2017, meaning the next round of iPhones hitting the market later this year won't have them."
  
  Because people are happy with the iPhones they already have, Apple needs to make changes significant enough to push people to upgrade. Consumers don't want baby steps, they want dramatic, visible ones. The patent Apple filed in 2011 for a flexible OLED display was cylindrical, so with that in mind, we have to wonder: what could these OLED screens look like?
  
  KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who in the past correctly predicted details about the Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, and iPad Pro, thinks the 2017 iPhone will be a glass-backed device that includes wireless charging and biometric recognitions along with the aforementioned curved glass display and curved casing, according to MacRumors. Well, we sure didn't see that one coming.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The iPhone is about to get a dramatic makeover

The upgrade could mean curved screens and a longer-lasting battery

• Back in March, we reported that Apple could upgrade its iPhone screens to organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.
  
  Because they eliminate the need for backlighting, OLED screens are thinner, flexible, and use less battery power than your phone's current LCD display.
  
  In other words, the upgrade could mean curved screens and a longer-lasting battery. But that was just a rumour, right?
  
  Well, thanks to a recent spike in equipment orders, it looks like those new screens might be happening after all. According to Bloomberg, the company that helps produce these OLED screens, Applied Materials Inc, has seen an almost four-fold increase in orders.
  
  "It's not a peak or a one-time event," Applied Material's chief executive officer Gary Dickerson told Bloomberg. "This is going to be sustainable growth. We all know who is the leader in terms of mobile products." But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The company says that, "because the machines take so long to manufacture, the earliest we can expect the screens to debut is 2017, meaning the next round of iPhones hitting the market later this year won't have them."
  
  Because people are happy with the iPhones they already have, Apple needs to make changes significant enough to push people to upgrade. Consumers don't want baby steps, they want dramatic, visible ones. The patent Apple filed in 2011 for a flexible OLED display was cylindrical, so with that in mind, we have to wonder: what could these OLED screens look like?
  
  KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who in the past correctly predicted details about the Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, and iPad Pro, thinks the 2017 iPhone will be a glass-backed device that includes wireless charging and biometric recognitions along with the aforementioned curved glass display and curved casing, according to MacRumors. Well, we sure didn't see that one coming.

Well certainly the phone market is saturated and people see little reason to rush to upgrade.
So unless companies offer some wiz-bang feature the market will remain relatively flat.

 

[NP-complete]

We'll certainly the phone market is saturated and people see little reason to rush to upgrade.
So unless companies offer some wiz-bang feature the market will remain relatively flat.

Peter which phone do you use?
You live in Boston? are people stylish there?

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Peter which phone do you use?
You live in Boston? are people stylish there?

I have an iPhone 6. Phones are only stylish if you are a teen.

 

[NP-complete]

Phones are only stylish if you are a teen.

True dat!

 

[KAL-EL]

Well certainly the phone market is saturated and people see little reason to rush to upgrade.
So unless companies offer some wiz-bang feature the market will remain relatively flat.

True that! Most mid ranged to high end Phones have become so powerful that the need to upgrade every year or two has been diminished.

I'll probably have my Note 5 for a while. Although I do admit the rumored specs for the Note 6 have me a little enticed haha

 

[Scharfschütze]

Iphone is for girls

 

[544_delta]

hate to go off topic here but what do you guys think about LG's G4? i was thinking about upgrading after my galaxy core prime died and cant decide on a which phone to buy. @KAL-EL @ghazi52 @Hamartia Antidote

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

hate to go off topic here but what do you guys think about LG's G4? i was thinking about upgrading after my galaxy core prime died and cant decide on a which phone to buy. @KAL-EL @ghazi52 @Hamartia Antidote

Seems android users around me like the Galaxy edge.
I don't have much experience with Android phones.

 

[KAL-EL]

hate to go off topic here but what do you guys think about LG's G4? i was thinking about upgrading after my galaxy core prime died and cant decide on a which phone to buy. @KAL-EL @ghazi52 @Hamartia Antidote

Hello @544_delta

Sorry, I don't have any personal experience with that model.

Just went to check it out though, and it has pretty solid specs. Snapdragon 808 chip isn't the most current, but it's definitely upper mid-range.

2k IPS screen is really good.

Seems like it would be a worthy upgrade from your current phone.