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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If apple does it, even a 2010 tech is out of this world tech in 2017.. when sammy already mass produced oleds for 2010s phones... ridiculous.

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    • 09 Dec 2016

    AnonD-146024, 09 Dec 2016Don't Lie. iPhone 7 proved to be faster in all benchmarks, ... moreand yet it cannot close all the recent apps with one click .... ROFLMAX !!!!!! .. very powerful indeed !!!!

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      • 09 Dec 2016

      random access ONE, 09 Dec 2016please watch some reviws on internet. pleaseWatch? There is this thing called reading, and it's shocking what you find out when you read the actual, objective facts.

      Apple recently upgraded its phones from 1GB of memory. One! Even Apple couldn't sell a phone with 1GB of memory with a straight face anymore.

      And their processor cores are indeed faster than other ARM processor cores, but they're not twice as fast, yet they're only half as many of them of them! At least Apple has finally adopted modern tech like big/little.

      Some people say Apple has some sort of special magic where they don't need processing bandwidth or memory, but they don't and most of the software on an iphone is written by third party developers anyway.

      But, yes, if you don't know any better, iPhones do seem like good phones.

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        • 4@D
        • 09 Dec 2016

        Uh oh.samsung just announced oled s8s

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          • 09 Dec 2016

          AnonD-560664, 09 Dec 2016 "iPhone is best Tim told me!" LOLplease watch some reviws on internet. please

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            • 09 Dec 2016

            AnonD-146024, 09 Dec 2016Don't Lie. iPhone 7 proved to be faster in all benchmarks, ... more "iPhone is best Tim told me!"

            LOL

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              • 09 Dec 2016

              AnonD-618415, 09 Dec 2016Well, unless I've got an unfortunate iPhone 7, this isn't t... moreDon't Lie. iPhone 7 proved to be faster in all benchmarks, than any other phone available on the planet Period

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                • 09 Dec 2016

                mir, 09 Dec 2016Not so highly powered in what sense? Because as far as spee... moreWell, unless I've got an unfortunate iPhone 7, this isn't the case.

                If I use multiple apps at once the iPhone loses performance, however my S7 Edge handles doing more with ease. I've also used benchmarking apps on both and the iPhone was beaten every time...

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                  • 09 Dec 2016

                  Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016it is because basically iOS its really simple and plain Os... Mac OSX is far less restrictive than iOS. But Apple had to omit multiple ports with the newest MacBooks.

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                    • 09 Dec 2016

                    AnonD-618415, 09 Dec 2016I use an iPhone 7 and a Galaxy S7 Edge. The hardware in the... moreNot so highly powered in what sense? Because as far as speed goes, the Iphone 7 is faster than any current android flagship.

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                      • 09 Dec 2016

                      sohail shafayat, 09 Dec 2016Retina display is far better than OLED/AMOLEDs, don't what'... moreRetina is a marketing term for good density display, it's not a special display, all the iPhone panels are manufactured by Samsung, so they will use the OLED technology instead of the lcd technology used now, it's not a big deal.

                        Retina display is far better than OLED/AMOLEDs, don't what's wrong with people who is excited for OLEDs

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                          • 09 Dec 2016

                          AnonD-92238, 09 Dec 2016invent the AMOLED screen already. haters will say Samsung o... moreApple cant invent AMOLED. It already exist. Whoever is first not the matter here. The biggest manufacturer and user of AMOLED technology is no other than Samsung alone. They are the inventor of Super Amoled. Normal Amoled is made by other company like LG.

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                            • 09 Dec 2016

                            AnonD-618415, 09 Dec 2016Well, that's just untrue. iPhones are fast for the spec the... morewrong, iPhone 7 is the fastest

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                              • 3SL
                              • 09 Dec 2016

                              Anonymous, 09 Dec 2016There are no LED displays for Apple because Apple doesn't m... moreWhat about designing all parts? That is much harder than just to assemble them what samsung does

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                                • 09 Dec 2016

                                And the limited quantity OLED iPhone will have 2000$ price tag for all Apple lovers...and they will buy them in a blink of an eye, this is business!!!

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                                  • 09 Dec 2016

                                  AnonD-618415, 09 Dec 2016Still so far behind in terms of hardware, need to do someth... moreThey have fastest CPU, by far fastest storage, fast RAM and strong GPU, what do you want more?

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                                    • 09 Dec 2016

                                    AnonD-105795, 09 Dec 2016Hahaha a enjoy your 2 yrs old pentile oled screen. who talked about pentile?

                                      AnonD-237590, 09 Dec 2016Far in terms of hardware, advanced in speed and everything lolyeah haha, i really believe, you told this in sarcasm haha

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                                        • 09 Dec 2016

                                        Hahaha a enjoy your 2 yrs old pentile oled screen.