Apple requires companies that supply OLED screens for its devices to develop models without any edges, which reflects the intentions of the American technology giant about producing devices with a full-screen interface without borders.
Apple does not manufacture its own screens, but it relies on 3 main companies in supplying OLED screens, and they are; Samsung, LG and the Chinese company BOE.
According to information published by the South Korean website TheElec, quoting sources familiar with Apple’s supply chain of screens, the American company urged its suppliers of OLED screens to work on models without edges and submit them soon for testing.
The report stated that Apple is focusing on the idea of reducing the edges around the screens in iPhone phones in general, and the start will be from the iPhone 15 this year, as it will be less compared to the previous generation, and most likely within a few years, Apple is looking to rely on a full-screen interface without edges.
He pointed out that another possibility contained in the request of the iPhone maker, which is that the near future will see the iPhone without a hole for the camera or front sensors completely, that is, the phones will contain the front camera at the bottom of the screen.
Therefore, Apple will have to first try some models for the presence of the front camera at the bottom of the OLED screens, which is a new feature that the company has not previously done, despite the fact that several other companies have already presented front cameras at the bottom of the screen, some of which provided satisfactory results and the other encountered problems with frequent use.
Apple needs very thin screen models, to provide a place underneath to place the front camera, a process that will need joint work between the company and its OLED screen makers, despite the fact that the latter is considered ready because Samsung phones already have a camera at the bottom of the screen, so the matter depends on the iPhone maker. Especially since this feature requires a layer to protect from moisture and oxygen between the screen and the camera lens.
The report confirmed that Apple asked suppliers that the model that will be presented for the OLED screen be flat and not curved, because it believes that the latter type is more susceptible to scratches and breakage unlike the first, so it completely rejects the idea of using curved screens to reduce the edges.
