I’m kind of curious to see how iPhones evolve. I think we’re beginning to reach maturity with this current design, and increasing display sizes will only serve to make the prospect of folding devices more palatable and desirable. After all, there’s only so much larger that iPhones can become. I’m especially curious how iPhones will continue to evolve once they accomplish an all-display design. The performance of a gaming console/supercomputer, cameras rivaling professional DSLR’s and film cameras, the power of the sun in our pockets, and its display will still continue to flicker?
I think we’ll see a folding iPhone and possibly an Apple Magic Controller one day. I just hope we don’t get to iPhone 20 and still have to deal with flickering displays that are well below flicker-free certification standards.
I’ll be more okay than usual if iPhone 15 Plus doesn’t work out, which is how it seems to be going. I’m using it currently with Auto-Brightness on and Reduce White Point at 75%, and the display isn’t super satisfying but it’s better than shining a flashlight in my eyes by keeping the brightness up to make it usable. Looking at the current lineup I do think my initial purchase of iPhone 15 Pro was probably ideal, but its display is even more headache-inducing. At least thus far iPhone 15 Plus hasn’t caused notable throbbing-behind-the-eye headaches, but it’s still far from being comfortable and headache-free—which should be a necessity for a device that gets used so often throughout the day.
Nonetheless, that is progress even if it’s been gradual at best and it feels like it would take more than six generations to become usable again at this rate. Almost better or slightly better isn’t really acceptable: OLED needs to become as comfortable as a “flicker-free” LCD, which is the bottom line that we could continue reiterating for the next decade. Hopefully that isn’t the case, as Apple has all the resources in the world to figure this out.
I think we’ll see a folding iPhone and possibly an Apple Magic Controller one day. I just hope we don’t get to iPhone 20 and still have to deal with flickering displays that are well below flicker-free certification standards.
I’ll be more okay than usual if iPhone 15 Plus doesn’t work out, which is how it seems to be going. I’m using it currently with Auto-Brightness on and Reduce White Point at 75%, and the display isn’t super satisfying but it’s better than shining a flashlight in my eyes by keeping the brightness up to make it usable. Looking at the current lineup I do think my initial purchase of iPhone 15 Pro was probably ideal, but its display is even more headache-inducing. At least thus far iPhone 15 Plus hasn’t caused notable throbbing-behind-the-eye headaches, but it’s still far from being comfortable and headache-free—which should be a necessity for a device that gets used so often throughout the day.
Nonetheless, that is progress even if it’s been gradual at best and it feels like it would take more than six generations to become usable again at this rate. Almost better or slightly better isn’t really acceptable: OLED needs to become as comfortable as a “flicker-free” LCD, which is the bottom line that we could continue reiterating for the next decade. Hopefully that isn’t the case, as Apple has all the resources in the world to figure this out.
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