Apple own their own version of the Micro LED technology so i would say that would be correct. However true commercialisation of the technology wont be until 2020. Samsung are also looking at this but for now they are focusing on their Quantum dot tech which is rubbish as it still has a Edge lit backlight array imo. There is also the new Sony Z9D LED tv's that have a very advanced full array backlight system that can give pretty good blacks but still leaves halos due to the backlight array having a much lower resolution. For now if you want the best blacks, motion handling and overall picture Quality OLED is the clear winner.
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It will be years before it's ready. Apple doesn't switch technologies that rapidly. This OLED transition was planned years in advance and preparations and investment contracts have been done for it. This is not a stop gap solution.
And it's not as if Samsung is sitting still here. They will no doubt pull another rabbit out of the hat considering the fact that it's been 4 years of Samsung dominance over Apple in displays.
You don't know how fast Apple can do what and with what manufacturers partner and what Apple has planned for or not. Period.
You don’t change screen technologies at the snap of a finger. No doubt Apple has invested massively in OLED tech for a couple of years at the very least. Heck even TouchID lasted 4 years before being scrapped. OLED is the defacto standard for iPhones till at least 2021. MicroLED May come then but then we have Samsung pushing the limits of display tech everywhere.
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Not sure who the "you" is, but unless you are Tim Cook on Macrumors , I submit you actually don't know anything about apples r and d or what's in their pipeline.
Nor do you even know if Touch ID is being scrapped. Pro tip: it isn't.
Further up the thread didn't you state the the iPhone would be the first device to use micro LED?
I was doing exactly what others were doing which was countering speculation with speculation.
It doesn’t take a Tim Cook to figure out that billions of dollars aren’t invested for a short term period. Samsung and Apple have entered into a long term contract and it will stay that way. If Apple was this guarded about using a technology like OLED which was mature for years then imagine how long it will take for MicroLED which is still in alpha stage.
I am noṭ saying TouchID is scrapped. Its being said by Ming Chi Kuo who has his internal sources.
Nobody knew including the great predictor 5s was 64 bit, until the reveal. Nobody knows what Apple is doing including me, but they are not dilly-dallying. Oled will quickly become the has been technology unlike LCD.
You tell others that they can not predict the future yet you proceed to do just that, the hypocrisy in your posts is glaring. Micro LED is sure to have its negatives just like any technology, only time will tell if it will be the technology that will make everything before it obsolete. My opinion is it very well could be but i'm not going to state it as fact, ive seen too many things come and go that were suppose to be the next big thing to make that mistake.
Now you know why the majority of us don't engage the apologist. We just watch and go huh?
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I didn’t say the iPhone screen is better than the S8, just that we should stop treating LCD like ancient technology.
Most TVs, monitors, and laptop screens use LCD. It is still a viable and current technology. I know that it's fun to make fun of whatever you don't like. But try to not make up facts.
I think you feel the impact more that OLED screen has on a phone screen compared to bigger screen since the viewing distance is much closer and your eyes can discern much more the differences. In this respect, LCD is indeed inferior to OLED.
Wasn't arguing otherwise. I'm arguing that putting LCD in a phone isn't using "outdated tech". Though, to be honest, OLED is better for any screen you're going to watch things on.
It is ancient tech. The reason the other electronics don’t have it yet is because its not cost effective to produce an OLED TV on a large scale. I have a 144hz Asus LCD Monitor for one of my PCs which cost 800 bucks and if an OLED option existed it would cost well over 2K.
Just like how 5400RPM hard drives are ancient tech yet Apple and certain manufacturers still ship them in computers despite the world moving on to SSD and furthermore onto NVMe SSDs. Even SSDs are outdated now.
Oled is ancient tech also, 1988 and with issues with uneven wear that still hasn't been resolved. I still use 5,400 rpm drives. Know why? The failure rate for me is zero after 10 years. So oled is old tech like 5400 rpm drives are old tech, but unlike the drives oleds issues are still not sorted out. I'll take LCD over oled as if today.
Until Apple do oled and it be like the next coming of Christ!!! You are so predictable it's dull!!
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