Next year’s iPhone 8 could feature OLED Panels made by Sharp

Now that you have a decision about buying an iPhone 7 or an iPhon 7 Plus by now let’s take a look at what we might be getting next year with the new iPhones i.e. the iPhone 8. A couple of days back we saw some new reports claiming about the possibility of three different iPhone variants next year. And now according to the new report which we have today, it is expected that one of the iPhone 8 variants out of the three could feature an OLED panel. And the likely hood of this happening is very high.

According to the source, the CEO of Sharp, Terry Gou addressed the students at Tatung University and stated that the iPhones have been evolving and now it is making a switch from LTPS (low-temperature poly-silicon) to OLED panels. He also stated that they don’t know if this move will be a hit for the company but if they don’t innovate then there will be nothing new to expect. Well, with that being reported, it looks like it is pretty much confirmed at this point that we will see an iPhone with an OLED panel after all.

Also, as reported by Terry Gou, this is something that Apple should definitely bring to the table since the current iPhones don’t offer anything new to the market as compared to the iPhone 6s that was launched last year. It is also worth noting that these new displays could be make by Sharp in the U.S itself, or at least a part of them. Also considering the fact that they only make these displays in Japan currently, it will be interesting to see how this works out.

Previously it was also reported that the South Korean smartphone manufacturer Samsung would be making the curved OLED displays for the new iPhone 8. But now that we have learned something new now, it is indeed quite confusing to even speculate anything at this point in time. Well, it could also be possible that more than one manufacturer will be manufactur these panels for Apple and Samsung and Sharp are a part them. Anyway, as mentioned earlier, it is too early speculate anything this as of now.

If in case you don’t know anything about these new iPhones, then you should know that we might see three different variants of the iPhone 8 next year and it is expected that it will come with a glass back panel with a metal frame on the sides. This would be a huge departure from the current design of the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, which uses a metal design throughout the body. With that being said, we do believe this is just the start of many rumours to follow and we will be updating you more once we have other details as well. Stay tuned for on the next year’s iPhone 8.

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