Apple will announce the new iPhone series later this year, as it always does. The iPhone 16 series will have differences compared to the previous series, the iPhone 15 series. One of these differences will be the display hardware. Could there be unexpected price increases in the series that will be equipped with larger and more expensive screens? iPhone 16 Pro screen Will it cause additional costs to consumers?
What will the iPhone 16 Pro screen be like?
It is reported that Apple will further differentiate the Pro iPhone series by equipping it with larger screens. Instead of imitating the 6.1-inch iPhone 16 and 6.7-inch iPhone 16 Plus screen sizes as Apple has done so far, this year the iPhone 16 series will have four different screen sizes.
According to prominent Apple analysts and leaked CAD diagrams of its dimensions iPhone 16 Pro, 6.27 inches It will be equipped with an OLED panel. In the official specs this will probably be listed as a 6.3 inch screen, iPhone 16 Pro Max is 6.85 inches It will be equipped with an OLED panel. “In marketing materials, the screen may well roll up to 6.9 inches.
To achieve a 0.2-inch increase in screen diagonal, Apple had to turn to Samsung and LG, the main iPhone 16 Pro series display suppliers. “limit reduction structure” It is claimed that he wanted him to apply the method called. This method means shaving off only the inactive area at the edges required for the display driver circuitry and connecting it to the minimum physically possible.
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This is especially true of the bottom bezel where the display driver circuitry resides. Cutting the bottom bezel will therefore be the hardest part for LG and Samsung. Both companies allegedly informed Apple that they would not be able to increase production efficiency any further due to tougher display production requirements.
In particular, LG, which supplies only half of Samsung’s production to Apple, is looking for ways to reduce production costs because it cannot rely on economies of scale like Samsung. Diversifying suppliers for the thinner bottom bezels of the iPhone 16 Pro and 16 Pro Max will allow LG to make displays cheaper while adhering to Apple’s manufacturing standards.
For Apple this is keeping costs under control and offering the iPhone 16 Pro series at the same price as the iPhone 15 Pro despite larger screens It may mean. Of course, other differences and costs may increase the price of the device, but the screen may not be one of them.
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