Recent iPhone 5 production rumors also shed light on new screen components, suggesting that the next iPhone may leverage some of Samsung’s exciting, new AMOLED screen technology.
You could say that, since user interaction is what makes having a smartphone so invigorating, a smartphone’s greatness is measured by its screen. And since multitudes of iPhone 5′ers have been pining for a larger, cooler screen for the iPhone 5 for well over a year now, it’s safe to say that an iPhone 5 with any screen upgrade will be an epic win for Apple.
Lost in today’s iPhone 5 cycle, amidst reports that preliminary iPhone 5 orders from Apple are being split between both the Pegatron and Foxconn iPhone components facilities, is an intriguing bit of news from UBM TechInsights, a kind of tech thinktank and investigative body that informs investors and tech influencers on what’s going on in the smartphone market. Their recent report reveals that Apple’s next screen for the iPhone 5 will indeed be quite impressive.
According to the report, “Samsung will continue to make the A5 processor for Apple, despite legal wrangling between the cell phone rivals. Also, Apple has recently filed patents around OLED touch screens, which could suggest iPhone 5 will include a larger, sharper display, also improving visibility in sunlight and reducing power consumption.”
We’ve collected all of the article that relate to the iPhone 5′s rumored production progress in an article on the iPhone 5 News Ticker. Check it out here, or read on:
As I’m sure you’re aware, Samsung continues to be a major product leader when it comes to OLED touch screens. At the 2010 CES, “Samsung demonstrated a laptop computer with a large, transparent OLED display featuring up to 40% transparency and an animated OLED display in a photo ID card” (from Wikipedia), and are now rolling out their Super AMOLED Plus displays, which utilize “real stripe matrix (50% more sub pixels), thinner form factor, brighter image and a 18% reduction in energy consumption.”
It seems apparent that the iPhone 5 is bound to get an impressive new screen, and one that could very well be curved — as some rumors have suggested — due to Samsung’s new technology that allows their screens to be incredibly flexible, thin, and even transparent.
A Side Note: Changeable Topography Screen
A long while back, I referenced one of Apple’s immensely cool patents for a changeable topography, a fancy term for a screen that takes on the shape and feel of whatever it is displaying. Not only would a shape-changing screen be a monumental breakthrough in gesture control and mobile computing, leading to tons of fun with gaming, social networking — even giving people the opportunity to “touch” each other through their screens — it would also give the sight impaired a seat at the table of the smartphone game.
It occurs to me that the current AMOLED screen technology is getting to the point where realizing Apple’s patent may be possible. I’m not predicting it for the iPhone 5, but who knows? Maybe for the iPhone 6?
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