{"id":17578,"date":"2016-12-22T10:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T10:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=17578"},"modified":"2016-12-22T10:04:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T10:04:37","slug":"apple-leak-reveals-all-curve-display-new-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/mobile\/apple-leak-reveals-all-curve-display-new-iphone.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple Leak Reveals All Curve Display New iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple Leak Reveals All Curve Display New iPhone<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Apple Leak Reveals All Curve Display New iPhone:-<\/strong> Let\u2019s face it, Apple AAPL +0.25% has been in a holding pattern. The iPhone 7 is a mixed bag and interest has already moved on to the radical iPhone redesign that will launch in 2017 to celebrate the range\u2019s 10th anniversary. Well now this whiz bang iPhone just got even more exciting\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Following up on repeated leaks that the \u2018iPhone 8\u2019 (as it is being dubbed) will feature an \u201cedgeless display\u201d, the Korea Herald has a major exclusive which delivers both good and bad news:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe 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,\u201d the paper said citing a source familiar with the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An \u201cAll Curved\u201d Display<\/span>
\n Common sense tells us Apple is not designing a banana-shaped iPhone, so I suspect the curves the Korea Herald is talking about here relate to a display which curves at all four sides of the iPhone fascia. \u201cQuad curved\u201d would be a simpler description and given Samsung\u2019s \u201cDual Curved\u201d Galaxy S7 Edge is widely regarded as the best looking smartphone in the world, I suspect more curves would look even better.<\/span><\/p>\n

How Apple would combat the Galaxy S7 Edge\u2019s 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 \u2018sensing technology\u2019 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Plastic OLED panel<\/span>
\n If the Korea Herald\u2019s source is right, this is bad news plain and simple.<\/span><\/p>\n

The big (and only) benefit of plastic is it doesn\u2019t shatter like glass because plastic is softer so instead it dints and scratches. Motorola went this route with the \u2018shatterproof\u2019 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

Could Apple somehow toughen this plastic? I highly doubt it. Plastic and glass have very different chemical properties and plastic absorbs impact well at the cost of trace marks while glass repels impact well at the cost of minor damage right until it shatters. There\u2019s also the fact plastic isn\u2019t regarded as a premium material and doesn\u2019t feel as pleasant as glass to the touch.<\/span><\/p>\n

So to me the only logic would be Apple using plastic as an underlayer to help a glass display better absorb impact, but this feels like a stretch given Apple\u2019s hatred of introducing anything that adds thickness to a device.<\/span><\/p>\n

All of which leaves us with more questions than answer. But if the iPhone 8 is going to be as expensive as predicted, then Apple will want to keep the word \u2018plastic\u2019 as far away from public knowledge as possible\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/gordonkelly\/2016\/12\/19\/apple-iphone-8-oled-curve-design\/#297d27035a0d<\/span><\/div>\n

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