Samsung may also join LG as the former can be trusted more for the mass-production of the OLED panels, says the report.
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OLED display is being increasingly adopted as it comes with improved brightness, contrast and efficiency compared with LCD or Plasma displays.
LG Electronics has unveiled the two largest OLED displays in the world at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport.
Apple could be looking to shift its iPhone display technology from LCD to OLED by 2018, according to The Nikkei Asian Review (via 9to5Mac).
The report states that in the initial phase Apple will be using a mix of LED and OLED displays as it can be challenging to produce OLED displays for all the iPhones.
Samsung was apparently the first to use OLED screens in 2010 with its Galaxy range of smartphones and is now the only company with a reliable track record to mass-produce OLED screens for smartphones. The Korean company is rumored to be willing to sell the OLED displays at a discounted price. On the iPhone 6, Apple used rubber gaskets to keep liquids from seeping in and a patented method of applying hydrophobic coating on internal parts to reduce water damage. However, it might be inevitable as speculation is now emerging of Apple’s plans of using Samsung-made technology to boost the performance of the lauded iPhone series.
The report from Korea Times citing a high-ranking executive from Samsung Display claims that the future iPhones are more likely to come equipped with Samsung’s OLED displays.
Apple has invested US$1.4 billion to build a plant run by Japan Display Inc. that’s to make and supply LCD screens from 2016. However, it is claimed that Apple will offer some iPhones with LCD, largely because OLED is expensive to manufacture on a large scale.
One issue with the OLED display we know right now is the burn in issue where the screen retains the image if expose to it for too long.
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The production of large-size OLED screens require more resources and may cost higher than that of LCD panels.
