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Apple’s upcoming iPhone 14 may not feature 120Hz LTPO display panel

Jeet — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:39:28 +0000

There have been several reports and rumors about the display panel that Apple is planning to use for the upcoming iPhone 14 series models. Although the device launch is many months away, new details keep surfacing online.

While the iPhone 14 Pro models are said to come with an LTPO display panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, a new report claims that the regular iPhone 14, as well as the iPhone 14 Max, may not feature an LTPO screen.

A report coming from Ross Young claims that the non-Pro models in the iPhone 14 series will get display panels from the China-based BOE and adds that currently the company isn’t capable of supplying OLED panels with a dynamic refresh rate.

Recently, some reports indicated that all the models in the upcoming iPhone 14 lineup could come with a 120Hz display but it turns out that Apple is not in a hurry to upgrade the display panel for all the models, at least not this year.

It is an interesting choice from Apple given that many Android smartphones, even in the mid-range segment, now come with a 90Hz or 120Hz display. However, it seems that Apple will be offering its ProMotion display only for the Pro models.

The Apple iPhone 14 and 14 Max are likely to come with low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) panel. On the other hand, the Pro models will probably get the low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) tech that allows a display to adjust the refresh rate based on the content being displayed on the screen.

OnePlus 10 Pro teaser confirms 2K LTPO 2.0 120Hz panel and 1Hz Always-on display

Jeet — Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:21:37 +0000

OnePlus is all set to launch its next-generation flagship smartphone, dubbed OnePlus 10 Pro tomorrow, i.e. on 11th January in its home country China. The company is also taking pre-orders for the device.

Ahead of the official launch, many details have already been leaked online and the company itself has shared some key features through teaser posters. Now, the brand has shared more details about the screen.

The new teaser confirms that the OnePlus 10 Pro will come with Samsung’s LTPO 2.0 display that offers a 2K+ screen resolution and a dynamic 120Hz refresh rate. Further, the phone is touted to be the world’s first to come with a 1Hz Always-on display.

As the name indicates, in the always-on display feature, the screen remains active on the device during sleep mode, making it easy for the users to check time as well as some other important information and notifications without having to unlock the phone.

In a recent teaser, the brand had revealed the front design of the upcoming smartphone, showcasing that it features minimal bezels, rounded corners, and a single punch-hole cutout in the top-left corner of the screen.

The device has also been confirmed to be the first to come pre-installed with OPPO’s latest ColorOS 12.1 in the Chinese market. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset and packs a 5,000mAh battery that supports 80W SuperVOOC wired charging 50W AirVOOC wireless charging as well as reverse wireless charging.

As for the camera department, the phone will have a second-generation Hasselblad camera module on the back panel, consisting of a 48-megapixel lens, a 50-megapixel sensor, and an 8-megapixel sensor for the triple-camera setup. On the front side, it will be equipped with a 32-megapixel selfie snapper.

To know more about this flagship smartphone in terms of specs and features, as well as its pricing and availability details, we will have to wait for a few more hours for the official launch event tomorrow.

Vivo, now the 3rd Most Popular Premium Smartphone manufacturer in China, surpasses 22% market share

Staff — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:28:53 +0000

At its annual developer conference today in China, Senior Vice President of vivo, Shi Yujian unveiled the performance results of vivo in the Chinese market over the past year.

He revealed that vivo was one of the Top 3 Premium (More than 4000RMB) Smartphone brands in the Chinese market in Q3 2021, surpassing its sister company OnePlus as well as Samsung in the Chinese smartphone market. It accounts for a surprising 22.1% market share of smartphone shipments in the country, and it has more than 270 million active users currently in China.

On a global scale, vivo has been making strides too, as it is now the Top 3 smartphone brand in high potential developing markets such as the Philippines, Malaysia, and even India.

Shi Yujian, the Vice President also noted that 2021 has been the year of major change for vivo, a “Flywheel 2.0” year you might say. At the same time, vivo has been also expanding its markets overseas into the IoT market, aiming to collaborate and lead the industry, additionally to also advance the greater community.

At the end of the conference, vivo also shares that it has innovations in battery life, memory management, 5G, and Wi-Fi in store for its consumers in the future, especially with the in-house generational leap memory management 2.0 and its upcoming LTPO adaptive refresh rate display 3.0.

vivo’s current premium flagship is the Vivo X70 Pro Plus, it comes with the Snapdragon 888+ chipset, industry-leading E5 LTPO AMOLED (ranging from 1Hz to 120Hz), as well as 55W fast wired charging and 50W fast wireless charging to juice up its 4500mAh battery. It costs Rs. 79,990(1050 USD) in India and is available in Black Vegan Leather.

Vivo is also confirmed to bring the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 to its flagships in 2022 confirmed by MediaTek today.

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Apple iPhone 14 Pro models could be the brand’s first OLED phones without a notch

Jeet — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:53:36 +0000

A few years ago, with the launch of the iPhone X in 2017, Apple added a notch on top of the screen and it has continued so far, with the recently launched iPhone 13 models also featuring a notch. But the company is now expected to change that with upcoming phones.

If the new report coming from The Elec is to be believed, which is based on the display suppliers, then the upcoming iPhone 14 series models with OLED displays could have a punch-hole cutout instead of a notch.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Render

The report claims that Samsung has already started receiving machines from Philoptics and Wonik IPS for laser-cutting holes in the OLED panels.

It is being said that Apple has decided to get rid of the notch on the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models as the company is confident about Samsung’s ability and expertise in hole punching for displays, which the South Korean giant has already been doing for years with the introduction of its own Galaxy S10 lineup.

If the report is true, the iPhone 14 Pro Max, featuring a 6.7-inch display with a punch-hole cutout could end up being the smartphone from Apple with the best screen-to-body ratio the company has ever designed.

The upcoming Apple iPhone 14 Pro models will be using Samsung’s HIAA (Hole-in-Active-Area) method which is said to be the most advanced OLED hole-punching technology so far. HIAA employs laser drilling between the OLED deposition and thin-film encapsulation (TFE) which is more challenging to do with Samsung‘s flexible OLED displays that use plastic instead of a glass substrate.

So far, Apple is dependent on Samsung Display for the OLED LTPO panels but LG is also reportedly working on the same but LG is yet to conduct trials that will determine if its production meets the needed quality and cost.

Apple iPhone 14 Max could feature 6.7-inch 60Hz LTPS display

Jeet — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 01:13:12 +0000

Apple has started working on its next-generation smartphones, the iPhone 14 lineup and if the reports are to be believed, then the Cupertino-based tech giant will be launching four models in September 2022.

The upcoming models are expected to be iPhone 14, 14 Max, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max. This means that the company will be getting rid of the Mini model after just two iterations.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Render

Now, a new report coming from The Elec, which is citing sources in the display supply chain, Apple has not yet decided the type of display that it wants to offer on the iPhone 14 Max smartphone. The confusion is reportedly between the 60Hz LTPS display and the 120Hz LTPO panel.

If the company goes for the 120Hz LTPO display, then it will have to procure panels from Samsung which has a near-monopoly on the OLED LTPO technology. The South Korean giant is also supplying panels for the iPhone 13 Pro and 13 Pro Max models.

However, Apple is looking to diversify its supply chain and reduce its dependency on Samsung which is why the company is increasing the share of panels from manufacturers like LG and BOE. In that case, the iPhone 14 Max could end up with a 60Hz LTPS panel.

This is because LG hasn’t been able to produce OLED displays with LTPO technology and is expected to have something to offer next year. On the other hand, similar technology from the China-based BOE is not expected to be available until 2023.

Samsung will still be the largest supplier of display panels to Apple for iPhones and could account for around 130 million units next year. However, LG and BOE are expected to increase their supply to 60 million units and 45 million units, respectively.

Coming back to the iPhone 14 lineup, the standard iPhone 14 is expected to have a 6.1-inch notched screen with a 60Hz refresh rate while the Max model will have a 6.7-inch notched screen. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max are said to have 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screens respectively, with a 120Hz refresh rate punch-hole cutout.

BOE to contribute less than one tenth of OLED shipments for Apple in 2021: Report

Balaji S — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:49:37 +0000

Recently, a report said that Apple would account for more than 50% of flexible OLED shipments in 2021. Now, the same Korean media says that Samsung could be the top beneficiary with BOE scraping a small part.

As mentioned above, an earlier report speculates that Apple will ship about 160 to 180 million OLED iPhones in 2021. Apparently, the prediction includes both the current iPhones(iPhone 12 series) and the upcoming one(Tentative: iPhone 13). Now, a report by the TheElec says(via Mydrivers) that Samsung Display will contribute to about 140 million shipments out of the total.

That is, it will supply about 140 million OLED panels to Apple which is more than 70% of the total shipments of the company. So that works out to about 30-40 million remaining units. Out of this, if the report is true, BOE will account for about 10 million.

Although it’s less than one-tenth of the entire shipments, it’s better than worst considering the year it has had with vendors. After failing to lure Samsung for the Galaxy S21 orders, it reportedly failed Apple’s test yet again recently. Now, one might wonder how will BOE get orders if it failed the quality control test. Here’s where the catch lies.

BOE is expected to re-apply for Apple’s evaluation next year, and if it gets through, it might be able to supply refurbished iPhone 12 models. Although the report doesn’t rule out the possibility of that becoming void, let’s hope for the best. Anyway, the rest of the 30 million orders will be fulfilled by LG Display(about 20%).

Besides, the report also mentions the shipments LG’s POV(Point Of View). Accordingly, if LG exceeds 40 million units, Samsung’s orders will sit around 120-130 million and BOE, the rest. Precisely, despite the discrepancy, BOE is expected to cover only around 10 million OLED panels.

That said, a 60-80%YoY surge in OLED shipments is due to the fact that Apple switched the entire iPhone 12 lineup to OLED in 2020. And it is bound to follow the route going forward. Speaking of which, the next iPhone(iPhone 13) is likely to have a 120Hz display. If the report is true, two of them would have LTPO(Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide) display designed by Apple.

Assuming the two would be the Pro variants, we can also expect them to get an upgrade in ultra-wide camera with an f/1.8 aperture and a 6P lens. Other leaks point to an Apple A15 Bionic SoC, 1TB storage option, and a possible inclusion of Touch-ID.

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