Apple is predicted to launch a fourth-generation iPhone SE early subsequent yr with an OLED show for the primary time, marking the completion of Apple’s adoption of OLED expertise throughout all iPhone fashions.
In response to Nikkei Asia, the transfer away from LCD shows will exclude two longstanding Japanese panel makers, Japan Show (JDI) and Sharp, from Apple’s iPhone provide chain.
In 2017, Apple launched OLED screens with the iPhone X. Since then, OLED shows have changed LCD screens in Apple’s high-end iPhone fashions. This shift has considerably impacted LCD suppliers. In 2015, JDI and Sharp offered about 200 million LCD panels yearly for iPhones.
Nevertheless, by 2023, this quantity had decreased dramatically to round 20 million. Lately, Apple’s gradual adoption of OLED has seen each Japanese LCD makers provide for simply iPhone SE fashions.
JDI at present solely provides small OLED shows for units such because the Apple Watch. JDI is now specializing in revamping its enterprise technique round LCDs for automotive functions, whereas Sharp is scaling again its LCD enterprise, which was primarily for TVs.
In the meantime, Apple has reportedly begun inserting orders for OLED shows for the upcoming iPhone SE from China’s BOE Know-how Group and South Korea’s LG Show.
The fourth-generation iPhone SE is rumored to characteristic an iPhone 14-like design, Face ID as a substitute of Contact ID, a USB-C port, an Motion button, an Apple-designed 5G modem, an A18 processor, and an all-screen look that does away with the House Button. The system’s show is predicted to develop in measurement from 4.7 inches to six.06 inches, and inner RAM is more likely to be 8GB, up from 4GB within the 2022 mannequin, because of the {hardware} necessities of Apple Intelligence.
Apple suppliers are anticipated to start ramping up mass manufacturing of the system in October of this yr. The system might be launched forward of the Lunar New Yr in January 2025. Nevertheless, all three current iPhone SE fashions had been introduced in March through the years, so a March 2025 launch appears doable too.
