iPhone 8 Specs, News & Updates: Apple Supplier To Give Smartphone 5.5-Inch Full Active Flex Display
Athena DeeShortly after Apple officially released the iPhone 7, multiple news sources already began to report about its successor, the iPhone 8. Based on earlier reports, the upcoming iPhone 8 will have a curved, if not OLED, screen display. Now, there is one more screen technology that the smartphone can possibly feature.
Japan Display, Inc., one of Apple’s Japanese suppliers, recently unveiled a bendable LCD screen that is made of plastic. This particular display can potentially compete with the OLED screens featured in Samsung’s Galaxy Edge series.
JDI announced on its website that it has finished the development of the Full Active Flex display. It is a 5.5-inch screen made of flexible material. However, it must be noted that it is not as flexible as OLED screens. Still, JDI COO Shuji Aruga told The Wall Street Journal that it is bendy enough to be wrapped around the iPhone 8’s edges - much like the Galaxy Edge.
“Mass production is planned from 2018,” Aruga confirmed. “We would not do that without demand from our clients.”
Once confirmed that the iPhone 8 will, indeed, feature this new screen, the flagship smartphone will be more resistant to cracking. As it would turn out, the Full Active Flex screens has plastic layers on each side, instead of glass. That means its flexibility adds up to its shock resistance.
Moreover, according to ZDNet, the iPhone 8’s supposed screen feature might also end up being a battery saver. The display reportedly supports 15Hz, 30 Hz, and 60Hz.
The Full Active Flex screens will be hitting mass production in 2018 - just in time for the release of any mobile devices that year.
JDI is also reportedly going to venture into the production of OLED screens in the near future as well. The company is believed to have shown interest in coming up with its own flexible OLED screens in order to more efficiently compete with Samsung and LG.
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