Following up on repeated leaks that the ‘iPhone 8’ (as it is being dubbed) will feature an “edgeless display”, the Korea Herald has a major exclusive which delivers both good and bad news:
“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 paper said citing a source familiar with the matter.
- An “All Curved” Display
How Apple would combat the Galaxy S7 Edge’s worst trait (how to hold it without registering accident touches to the display) remains to be seen. The Korea Herald says Apple is working on new ‘sensing technology’ which would detect contact on the sides of the display not just the front, but how that avoids becoming a usability nightmare only time will tell.
- Plastic OLED panel
The big (and only) benefit of plastic is it doesn’t shatter like glass because plastic is softer so instead it dints and scratches. Motorola went this route with the ‘shatterproof’ Moto Force, but while the phone was indeed shatterproof it picked up marks and scratches very easily due to this softer material and most Force phones looked terrible after a year.
Editor: Liam McClelland | @Liamicy | Source: Forbes