iPhone 8 Specs, Release Date, News: Plastic Curved Display, Not Glass; Touch Sensitivity Expanded To All Sides Of Phone
A lot of the iPhone 8 rumors going around used to say that the next Apple flagship smartphone might entirely be made of glass. Now, reports say that the Cupertino-based tech company might use plastic instead.
According to a report by Express.co.uk, leaks have begun spreading word about the iPhone 8 specs and it looks like the phone won't just feature curved design but an edgeless, plastic display as well. Apparently Apple had ordered plastic OLED from Samsung Display for its new iPhone, not glass with an exclusive report from Korea Herald saying that Samsung Display can only provide a little less than 100 million units of the curved OLED plastic displays to the California tech mogul.
Curved panels like those on the Galaxy S7 Edge usually make use of Plastic OLED, while glass OLED is often reserved for phones with flat panels. Though users won't be able to fold the new iPhone like the new phones from Samsung, Apple might try to set itself apart from the Samsung Galaxy series which first began the curved panel trend by adopting sense technology in the iPhone 8.
"The upcoming iPhone may use new sensing technology, which enables the phone to respond when users touch any side of the device. But, Apple may not adopt this technology,"Korea Herald's source revealed, cutting off on further details regarding the new feature.
Though one would expect Apple to implement the curved design on all of the variants of the iPhone 8, Tom's Guide reports that rumors have said that the curved screen would only be offered in the high-end models of the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus. Given the limited number of curved display units that Samsung Display can offer Apple, it might make sense that Apple would limit its curved iPhone 8 offering as well.
However, Apple has not yet officially commented on the iPhone 8 rumors and so techies may have to wait and see for themselves.
