Apple has significantly reduced the screen border size in the design of the iPhone X, but still due to camera lenses, speakers and 3D sensors, it needs to keep a small piece of 'bangs' on the screen, but continuing to shrink the screen frame will be a future trend.
Gene Munster, a senior technology analyst at Loup Ventures, said that Apple's current iPhone design has almost no objects to be dropped. Mark Rolston, co-founder of design consultancy Argodesign, points out that within the limitations of the current technology, it is most likely The situation is, Apple will continue to 'one millimeter a millimeter' to reduce the border, so that the current sensors and cameras can still work properly.
However, the secret of a design that really gives the screen a new experience may lie in the screen itself. Recent reports indicate that Apple is testing curved screens and non-touch sensitive gestures. If motion sensors can be embedded in the screen, then Can reduce the sensor's need for border space.
In addition, Apple is making and testing its own MicroLED screen, which has aroused investors' interest. Currently Samsung is the supplier of Apple's OLED screens. If Apple continues to develop MicroLED screens, it may use the technology in small devices like the iPhone in the future.
Rolston pointed out that Apple's own production of parts and components represents that under the existing supply chain conditions, Apple has completed as much as possible what they can achieve.
It is rumored that Apple will launch the new Apple AirPower in 2018. Just like removing the headphone jack and turning to the wireless Bluetooth headset, Apple may remove the wired charging hole in the future and switch to wireless charging completely. But Jason Snell, editor of the Apple News website Point out that this will make it difficult to maintain the phone.
In addition, Snell believes that Apple’s removal of the Home key is only the first step in declaring a button on the button. Afterwards, the design may go in the direction of further removing other buttons, such as removing the buttons on the side and controlling the volume. To the headset implementation, but these are only speculation, the current market can not determine what technology Apple will use to replace the button.
Snell pointed out: 'The less buttons or ports on the outside of the device, the more freedom the company has to make changes to the internal technology'. For example, the iPhone 7 removes the headphone jack, so there is room for larger batteries.
The Apple test curved screen, and non-touch sensing gestures represent that the future iPhone may not need touch components. However, Apple is a very secret company, it is difficult to predict when the company will launch a truly comprehensive Screen equipment, and the company's patents, some patents may never come out, so can not predict the design plan.
Kelvin Securities’s well-recognized analyst Guo Mingxi pointed out that in 2018 Apple may launch three new mobile phones, one is a 5.8-inch OLED screen iPhone X, one is a 6.5-inch OLED screen iPhone X Plus, and 6.1 吋 LCD The screen of the iPhone.