Apple has done an excellent job with their current iPhone LCD screens 7-7 Plus, to the point of having been classified as DisplayMate as “best LCD screens ever made”. In spite of this, the shift towards the AMOLED screens seems already inevitable in the next iPhone 8, but it will not be a lasting marriage, because the future of Apple seems destined to use the Micro-LED screens. What provide these screens? We explain what you then.
Developing the technology since 2014
The history not is recent, or much less. Apple acquired the company LuxVue, in 2014 and although as always in Cupertino was not done any statement about the intentions of the company to acquire this small startup but obviously his interest was in the many patents on Micro-LED technology applied on the screens of mobile devices. According to the opinions of the experts at the time of the acquisition, the company was developing an innovative technology that would change the future of the screens of mobile devices.
Big advantages opposite to the current screens
What has of special this technology on the screens of our devices mobile? Assumes that the best technology of the moment is the SuperAMOLED that Samsung uses on their mobile devices, but Apple has never been especially attracted by this technology and it has resisted their use. Apple Watch was the first device to use for your screen, and it seems inevitable that iPhone 8 bring it, at least in its premium model. But the technology Micro-LED is superior to the AMOLED, and among its advantages highlights a consumption energy so under that is would improve the performance of the current 300% battery.
Micro-LED screens do not need backlighting, as it is the case with the current LCD, so like the AMOLED Blacks are black, because the pixels are turned off, and that means a considerable saving of battery. However the range of colors that is achieved is much better than the of the existing AMOLED, and brightness than with these double is achieved with the same energy consumption. In addition, once the technology is refined manufacture on a large scale is much less expensive than LCD panels, and not to mention that AMOLED panels, even more expensive.
What the immediate future?
Micro-LED technology is still at an early stage of development, and some experts the possibilities of that stops getting a mass production that serves for their commercial application is currently 50%. Both Apple and Samsung are working on both technologies, but from different approaches.
Its application trade therefore still not is clear, but could be that the future Apple Watch that is lance in 2017 include this type of screen. Is an ideal device for this by having a small size, and because any improvement in their autonomy will be very grateful to be able to add new features such as LTE connectivity. Apple watch was the first to include the AMOLED technology and now could again be the perfect test bed for this new technology.
With the batteries stalled, the screen is the key
The technology of them batteries seems that not evolves it sufficiently fast to cover them needs each time higher of them devices mobile. Smartphones include new features, larger size and resolution screens, but the battery does not improve at this pace. If we take into account that the screen is undoubtedly part of the device that consumes more, improve in this aspect will have a great impact on the autonomy of the terminal. Would an iPhone whose battery lasts 2 or 3 days? What we today sounds like science fiction may be possible in the not-too-distant future.
