Reginald Parris, Lux Research12.06.16
The president of Sharp, a supplier of smartphone screen panels to Apple, recently confirmed that the next generation of iPhones will have organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens. Currently, iPhones contain light-emitting diode (LED)-backlit low-temperature polysilicon (LTPS) liquid crystal display (LCD) displays, but the switch to OLED panels would allow for more flexible and curved displays for Apple’s iPhones. The only devices from Apple that use OLED displays are the Apple Watch and the newest iteration of the MacBook Pro, which contains an OLED touch bar.
While it appears that Apple is starting to incorporate more OLED display technology into its devices, it may only be a temporary fix until the arrival of microLED (mLED) technology. In 2014, Apple acquired LuxVue, a company that develops mLED display technology. mLED displays consist of arrays of microscopic LEDs forming the individual pixel elements.
Similar to OLEDs, mLEDs are primarily aimed at small
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