Apple seems to want to try again new challenges in the OLED display panel.It is rumored that Apple plans to fill the display groove above the iPhone X, leaving only the camera lens and speaker hole, so that the proportion of the mobile phone front screen increased to 99% The best device to play augmented reality (AR) images with the fastest time to market in 2019. According to Korean media the bell reported that Samsung Display and LG Display (LGDD) recently received Apple's Design concept for the development of flexible middle-drilled OLED panels.Previous iPhone X display concave above the receiver for audio and video and 3D image sensing lens position, and the black shell to fill the remaining space, it is the industry jokingly called Apple's new design concept for the square-shaped display, the speaker is no longer a small space to place the speaker and the lens, instead of drilling holes in the square panel above, so that the monitor in addition to the speaker and the hole outside the lens , The other all panels.Thus, panel makers must re-research and development, to ensure that the OLED panel will not be broken when drilling, but also accurately drill the necessary holes, for which The source said that in early January 2018, Japan's protective glass industry has completed the product research and development required by the aforementioned Apple into the machine stage needed to find a new panel process, the South Korean equipment industry have received contact Inquiries about the proportion of the mobile phone front screen close to 100% is the original goal of Apple.In 2017 iPhone X conference at the meeting Apple had said that in the future hope to launch a true full-screen iPhone, and the rumors of this industry design concurrence of the South Korean financial industry said , If the mobile phone front screen close to 100%, AR image playback more realistic.Smartphone market has become saturated, the specification style gradually increased, the iPhone can seek the breakthrough difference is not much difference, so the screen ratio of nearly 100% is a small number of options In this way, Apple can shape the iPhone image to play the best device for AR images.X iPhone X after the market came one after another bad product and a number of fault problems, so the industry believes that in 2018 Apple will focus on improving the product Stability, minimize product appearance and design changes to the production of new OLED panels designed to be the fastest drilling possible to import in 2019 to The problem ruined the iPhone image.Industry is rumored that in autumn 2018, Apple will introduce 3 new iPhone, including 6.04-inch LCD models and 5.85-inch, 6.46-inch OLED models of which 6.04-inch LCD models iPhone will also use the same groove with iPhone X Display design, the panel by the Japanese display (JDI) and LG Display (LGDD; LGD) production; the other two OLED iPhone will maintain the appearance of the iPhone X. On the other hand, LGD investment in small and medium size OLED panel business started late , Has not really shipped to Apple until 2019. The development of the iPhone's OLED panel in 2019 is undoubtedly a great opportunity for LGD to expand its business with Apple.If LGD's quality, yield, and price competitiveness in the new OLED panel Samsung monitors, will be able to narrow the gap with Samsung monitors.
