WSJ: There will be an OLED iPhone next year, but mass adoption will wait until 2018

09 December 2016
The Wall Street Journal claims Apple won't be able to secure enough OLED units to replace the whole iPhone lineup until 2018.

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There will be another oversaturated display in 2017

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    • 10 Dec 2016

    Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016Apple cant invent AMOLED. It already exist. Whoever is firs... moreshould I had put /sarcasm in that comment

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      • mt$
      • 10 Dec 2016

      Fi-nal-ly !!! Maybe even cured........ wow!

      apple is getting more and more behind Samsung and other brands.

        Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016lol, so your someone that can afford an iphone 7 and a s7 e... moreLol. I know right. These kids never stop coming.

        2016: "I own an iPhone 7 and S7 edge and I can say iP7/S7E is better".
        2015: "I own an iPhone 6s and S6 edge and I can say iP6s/S6E is better"

        LOL

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          • 10 Dec 2016

          "OLED burns easily and colors are oversaturated" -iFan 2015

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            • 10 Dec 2016

            Next iPhone will have no more RAM, 1 clock up CPU, same size screen bar one feature (a ten year old one)

            Software that breaks older phones and headphones that cost more than phones that are better.

            Got to admire apples ability to hypnotize people, it's an awesome spectale to watch.

            Well done.

            For people with a brain! The next HTC, LG and Sammy phones are going to be unbelievably good, 6GB ram, waterproof, 200GB storage, faster CPU than most laptops and 2k screens with USB C.

            You make the choice.

            Plus kodi!?!? :) Full on media glory, Mobdro, full on sports and channels, sniff it apple :)

            Apple is dead, just the fans and apple are too dumb to see it.

            When they're dying the phones will be superb, desperation. That's when you know they're going. It'll happen in the next two decades.

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              • Anonymous
              • fC6
              • 10 Dec 2016

              Yes, AMOLED panels are so hard to make almost every current midtier phone uses it. Oh, and it's cheaper to make too. Sorry, but that article is pretty much all typical Apple fiction to justify their questionable component choices.

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                • 10 Dec 2016

                AnonD-560664, 09 Dec 2016Watch? There is this thing called reading, and it's shockin... moreguess reading ddidn't helped you. you know apple depends on optimization not only RAW power, apple GPU is best in every single way and the A10 chip .... this is what GSMARENA said about it, you can READ.

                "Apple has done it again - it made the best mobile chipset from which others can only learn from. Its dual-core processor, even without the help of the tiny energy efficient cores, beats any other processor out there. The A10 GPU is equally impressive acing every graphic benchmark.

                The iPhone 7 is the fastest and most powerful smartphone in the world. It runs cooler than any other flagship even at peak performance though along the edge around the power key there is a zone that gets quite hot at times when the phone is under load but it's still within reasonable limits."

                so please READ AND WATCH reviwes before commenting
                gd

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                  • 10 Dec 2016

                  Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016you're really an apple fanboy, have you even tested it your... moreyoutube for iPhone 7 vs you most powerfull droid speed test. then you will see what we are saying. i hope you have a data plan enable to watch a youtube video.. guess you are not just a keybord king. best example PHONEBUFF speed tests.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 09 Dec 2016

                    AnonD-618415, 09 Dec 2016Well, unless I've got an unfortunate iPhone 7, this isn't t... morelol, so your someone that can afford an iphone 7 and a s7 edge at the same time. lol, so many of you guys out there.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Rcy
                      • 09 Dec 2016

                      you do know iPhones beat droids in speed tests right?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • n%g
                        • 09 Dec 2016

                        Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016Exactly and proven factIt may be right that iPhone 7's storage is faster, but what good does it do when the main point of such a thing is being able to open apps faster, which it doesn't do? Both OP3T and Pixel have been tested on YouTube to load apps faster than the iPhone 7. The iPhone 7 is faster in loading games. But is in general a bit slower than the OP3T.

                        Same with processor. Their CPU is amazing in performance, and puts SD820/821 to shame. Double the single core performance is astonishing. I kind of envy them for that.

                        But Apple has been steadfast in promoting the idea of hardware not equalling software, and this has actually been true for themselves since iOS 7, where they screwed up bad. Forget about the lack of features (which in a way is restricting the power they have available), but my Ipad Pro (A9X is approximately 10% slower than A10, but still crushes SD820) has more frequent frame drops and hiccups than the OP3T I own. This with both much, much more superior CPU and superior storage speeds.

                        Why does this happen? Cause iOS post iOS 7 is bad. iOS 6 is a smoother experience than even iOS 10. I never even once had a frame drop with my iPad 3. Not once. So this idea of a perfectly optimized iOS, has been wrong for 3 years now. Not only does it lack all kinds of features, but Android (stock Android) has catched up in general smoothness. Their iPads and iPhones are actually fantastic from a hardware perspective (except RAM, lack of Quick Charge and low res). It's the software that's utter crap.

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                          • P@Y
                          • 09 Dec 2016

                          AnonD-146024, 09 Dec 2016Don't Lie. iPhone 7 proved to be faster in all benchmarks, ... moredarn, you're a die hard FAN

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                            • 09 Dec 2016

                            mir, 09 Dec 2016Not so highly powered in what sense? Because as far as spee... moreyou're really an apple fanboy, have you even tested it yourself and compared it with those high-end droids?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • P@Y
                              • 09 Dec 2016

                              Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016They have fastest CPU, by far fastest storage, fast RAM and... moreBattery life, cheaper cost, etc.

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                                • 09 Dec 2016

                                Herodroid, 09 Dec 2016yeah haha, i really believe, you told this in sarcasm hahahahaha, FTW

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                                  • 09 Dec 2016

                                  Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016Not quite sure how you guys figure that their hardware is n... morehahahaha

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                                    • vp2
                                    • 09 Dec 2016

                                    Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016They have fastest CPU, by far fastest storage, fast RAM and... moreExactly and proven fact

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                                      • 09 Dec 2016

                                      AnonD-560664, 09 Dec 2016 "iPhone is best Tim told me!" LOLTrue

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                                        • 09 Dec 2016

                                        Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016Uh oh.samsung just announced oled s8sWhat?