Sharp's president confirms that Apple will switch to OLED panels for future iPhone models

The OLED screens should offer improved contrast compared to Apple's current LTPS (low-temperature poly-silicon) display. In addition, OLED screens offer more flexibility which could allow Apple to produce iPhone models with curved screens. While Sharp is responsible for the current displays found on iPhone units, it will need to build new factories in order to handle the volume of OLED screen production required to fill an order from Apple. "We are now building a new [OLED] facility in Japan," Tai said. "We can make [OLED panels] in the U.S. too. If our key customer demands us to manufacture in the U.S., is it possible for us not to do so?"
"The iPhone has been evolving and now it is switching from LTPS (low-temperature poly-silicon) to OLED panels. We don't know whether Apple's OLED iPhones will be a hit, but if Apple doesn't walk down this path and transform itself, there will be no innovation. It is a crisis but it is also an opportunity."-Tai Jeng-wu, president, Sharp
The Nikkei Asian Review, published by the large Nikkei news agency, says that Apple will keep the current LTPS screens on next year's 4.7-inch and 5-inch models, and will offer a premium 5.5-inch iPhone with a curved OLED screen.
source: NikkeiAsianReview
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