If the iPhone 16 does not seem to have aroused all the interest that the Cupertino company expected, something very juicy is cooking for iPhone lovers and it could debut with the next device on sale in the second half of the year, L’iPhone 17. In this specific case, a real change of pace should be represented by the screens.
The news on the screen
“It has been discovered that Apple will likely apply organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) from the current type Thin Film Transistor (TFT) to Low-Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide (LTPS) to all four models of the iPhone 17 series coming out this year next“, write Korean experts from The Elec who first broke the news. This means that Apple is intent on producing the new products with the technology Oled Ltps compared to the current one, Ltps, used in non-Pro models. In this way, ProMotion would start, the name chosen by the company to indicate the technology with a variable refresh rate at 120 Hz which has been the prerogative of the iPhone Pro models since its launch introduction in 2021.
What changes
Experts explain that the new technology is based on silicon oxide-based materials capable, as mentioned, of supporting high and variable refresh rates but with high energy efficiency. “Simply put, it ensures that a phone’s 120Hz mode doesn’t kill battery life“. The forerunner of this type of screen was Samsung in 2021, which quickly became the largest manufacturer, creating more than one hundred million LTPO displays, many of which were commissioned by Apple, which was the first to launch it on the market in top-of-the-range iPhones. .
Who will provide the new technology
In addition to saving on battery, this type of screen has more fluid images and animations when necessary: for this reason on the iPhone 14 and 15 Pro the displays always remain active showing the clock, widgets and notifications even in stand-by (screen lock). “The potential addition of this feature to the entire iPhone 17 lineup is another exciting prospect for users,” industry experts point out. The new technology should be supplied to Apple by the Chinese supplier Boe but, if it does not prove to be up to the task, rumors make it known that Cupertino would have no problems turning to established suppliers such as Samsung and LG Display even if the former is a direct competitor on the market. international mobile market.
“Since the product change between last year’s iPhone 15 and this year’s iPhone 16 series is small, the iPhone 17 series must differentiate itself by applying Ltpo to the lower range,” an industry official said The Elec.