In case you did not know, Samsung was the
most crucial parts supplier for Apple, with Apple relying on Samsung
for various parts to put in the iPhone, iPad and almost every other
product that has been rolled out by the Cupertino, California company.
In fact, the first two iPhones had core processors that were completely
designed and manufactured by Samsung.
However, things have gone very sour between Apple and Samsung, the Korean based electronics giant. Apple sued Samsung for several patent and copyright violations, with the most notable accusation being that Samsung copied the iPhone’s design in the Samsung Galaxy phone. The legal battle is still ongoing and many expect that it will drag on for a few more months, if not years.
Thankfully for Apple, a two year parts supplier contract with Samsung is coming to an end pretty soon. This has allowed Apple to actively look for new strategic business partners and rumors seem to suggest that Sharp Electronics have been chosen as the next parts supplier for Apple. Among the first parts that will be made for Apple, by sharp, are parts that relate to a technology called IGZO screens or poly-silicon screens. Read on to learn more about this new technology that could find its way on every Apple product that comes out in the future.
IGZO Screens as iPhone 5 Screen, from Sharp Electronics
IGZO basically stands for Iridium, Gallium and Zinc Oxide. IGZO is still a baby in terms of being conceptualized as a production design. But, the results so far, have been pretty amazing, according to sources from Sharp. Sharp Electronics have said on a few occasions that this breakthrough technology will allow devices to have thinner screens that are also very power efficient. Now, that is something that sounds like sweet music to Apple’s years.
Apple has always been a company that has loved hardware components that offer flexibility with design as well as conservativeness when it comes to battery power. As IGZO screens can offer both, it could very well mean that the iPhone 5 screen will be an IGZO screen that is made by Sharp.
Will the iPhone 5 Screen still have retina display?
The iPhone display has always been special. Though the first iPhone came out in 2007, the display on the 2007 model still packs more pixels than any other phone that is available in the market today. Though this might sound a little incredulous to you, the truth is that the 2007 model iPhone, the current day iPhone 4S and all the iPhone models in between had retina display technology that was able to pack in about 326 pixels per square inch. Even some of the best AMOLED, Super AMOLED and even qHD screens can only pack in about 280 pixels per square inch, at the most.
So, if Sharp Electronics is going to be providing iPhone 5 screens from now on, they will have to ensure that the new IGZO screens will be able to pack in at least 326 pixels per square inch.Another interesting aspect of this rumor is that these new screens from Sharp might now allow the iPad to also have retina display. iPad’s do not have retina display at the moment, mostly because Apple wanted to keep screen size very thin in a tablet. But, if the new screens can be incorporated into the iPad in time, we could very well see an iPad 3 that comes with a spectacular looking retina display that is also thin enough to go on the iPad 3.
Possibility of Poly-Silicon LCD screens as iPhone 5 screens, provided by Sharp Electronics
Interestingly, while some rumors seems to suggest that the iPhone 5 is going to get breakthrough screens that are made from IGZO technology, another set of rumors are suggesting that Sharp is already in the process of making a new type of screen called a Poly-Silicon screen. A poly-silicon screen is very different from the current day LCD screens and Super AMOLED displays. The poly-silicon screen is explained in more detail below.
To understand a poly-silicon screen, you will first have to understand some basic technology. Every screen in mobile devices is made with a thin film transistor or TFT. In a poly-silicon screen, the thin film transistor would be made out of a material called polycrystalline silicon. The current day super AMOLED screens use a non crystalline thin film transistor. In Super AMOLED screens, the power consumption is quite high because the thin film transistor is made out of amorphous material that takes more energy to penetrate. In a poly-silicon screen, the crystalline material in the transistor is easily penetrable, allowing easier and faster electron mobility that will in turn allow the battery to produce images with minimal battery power, without compromising picture quality. In fact, the crystalline elements in the thin transistor actually allow the display to maximize the number of pixels that are put out in each square inch.
A poly-silicon screen will also allow the iPhone 5 to mount display drivers directly onto the glass substrate of the display, knocking off a few mm’s in the process.
Why Apple chose Sharp to provide iphone 5 Screens?
We are not sure if the iPhone 5 will feature IGZO screens or the poly-silicon screens that was just described above. However, we do think that there is a very strong possibility that Sharp Electronics will be making these screens for Apple.
Sharp Electronics seems to be a very good choice for Apple because Sharp is a direct competitor to Samsung, especially in the LCD market, suggesting that the have what it takes to provide Apple with enough firepower to go head to head with Samsung that continues to put out potential iPhone killers, with the most recent attempt being the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Are there any other rumors about the iPhone 5 screen size?
While there have been rumors that seem to suggest that the iPhone 5 screen size (and thus the iPhone 5) will get thinner and become more power efficient, there haven’t been any substantial rumors that seem to suggest that the iPhone 5 will have a larger screen. Since its inception, the iPhone screen size has remained at 3.5 inches.
In another post that we recently wrote, we talked about how we think the iPhone 5 screen size will remain at 3.5 inches. Some of the reasons we quoted to support the fact that the iPhone 5 screen size will not get bigger are iOS fragmentation, battery consumption and Apple’s stubbornness to deny large LTE chips that could have very easily allowed the iPhone 4S to get 4G LTE support, if only the screen size had been increased to 4 inches, instead of 3.5 inches. You can read the entire post on the iPhone 5 screen size here.
The new screen technology on the iPhone 5 could just be one of the many changes that will affect the iPhone 5. Check out the link just given to learn about air bags, iMaps, 3D cameras and some other exciting features that might be featured in the next iPhone.
However, things have gone very sour between Apple and Samsung, the Korean based electronics giant. Apple sued Samsung for several patent and copyright violations, with the most notable accusation being that Samsung copied the iPhone’s design in the Samsung Galaxy phone. The legal battle is still ongoing and many expect that it will drag on for a few more months, if not years.
Thankfully for Apple, a two year parts supplier contract with Samsung is coming to an end pretty soon. This has allowed Apple to actively look for new strategic business partners and rumors seem to suggest that Sharp Electronics have been chosen as the next parts supplier for Apple. Among the first parts that will be made for Apple, by sharp, are parts that relate to a technology called IGZO screens or poly-silicon screens. Read on to learn more about this new technology that could find its way on every Apple product that comes out in the future.
IGZO Screens as iPhone 5 Screen, from Sharp Electronics
IGZO basically stands for Iridium, Gallium and Zinc Oxide. IGZO is still a baby in terms of being conceptualized as a production design. But, the results so far, have been pretty amazing, according to sources from Sharp. Sharp Electronics have said on a few occasions that this breakthrough technology will allow devices to have thinner screens that are also very power efficient. Now, that is something that sounds like sweet music to Apple’s years.
Apple has always been a company that has loved hardware components that offer flexibility with design as well as conservativeness when it comes to battery power. As IGZO screens can offer both, it could very well mean that the iPhone 5 screen will be an IGZO screen that is made by Sharp.
Apple seems to be very interested in breakthrough mobile screen technology that is being developed by SHARP
The iPhone display has always been special. Though the first iPhone came out in 2007, the display on the 2007 model still packs more pixels than any other phone that is available in the market today. Though this might sound a little incredulous to you, the truth is that the 2007 model iPhone, the current day iPhone 4S and all the iPhone models in between had retina display technology that was able to pack in about 326 pixels per square inch. Even some of the best AMOLED, Super AMOLED and even qHD screens can only pack in about 280 pixels per square inch, at the most.
So, if Sharp Electronics is going to be providing iPhone 5 screens from now on, they will have to ensure that the new IGZO screens will be able to pack in at least 326 pixels per square inch.Another interesting aspect of this rumor is that these new screens from Sharp might now allow the iPad to also have retina display. iPad’s do not have retina display at the moment, mostly because Apple wanted to keep screen size very thin in a tablet. But, if the new screens can be incorporated into the iPad in time, we could very well see an iPad 3 that comes with a spectacular looking retina display that is also thin enough to go on the iPad 3.
Possibility of Poly-Silicon LCD screens as iPhone 5 screens, provided by Sharp Electronics
Interestingly, while some rumors seems to suggest that the iPhone 5 is going to get breakthrough screens that are made from IGZO technology, another set of rumors are suggesting that Sharp is already in the process of making a new type of screen called a Poly-Silicon screen. A poly-silicon screen is very different from the current day LCD screens and Super AMOLED displays. The poly-silicon screen is explained in more detail below.
To understand a poly-silicon screen, you will first have to understand some basic technology. Every screen in mobile devices is made with a thin film transistor or TFT. In a poly-silicon screen, the thin film transistor would be made out of a material called polycrystalline silicon. The current day super AMOLED screens use a non crystalline thin film transistor. In Super AMOLED screens, the power consumption is quite high because the thin film transistor is made out of amorphous material that takes more energy to penetrate. In a poly-silicon screen, the crystalline material in the transistor is easily penetrable, allowing easier and faster electron mobility that will in turn allow the battery to produce images with minimal battery power, without compromising picture quality. In fact, the crystalline elements in the thin transistor actually allow the display to maximize the number of pixels that are put out in each square inch.
A poly-silicon screen will also allow the iPhone 5 to mount display drivers directly onto the glass substrate of the display, knocking off a few mm’s in the process.
Why Apple chose Sharp to provide iphone 5 Screens?
We are not sure if the iPhone 5 will feature IGZO screens or the poly-silicon screens that was just described above. However, we do think that there is a very strong possibility that Sharp Electronics will be making these screens for Apple.
Sharp Electronics seems to be a very good choice for Apple because Sharp is a direct competitor to Samsung, especially in the LCD market, suggesting that the have what it takes to provide Apple with enough firepower to go head to head with Samsung that continues to put out potential iPhone killers, with the most recent attempt being the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Apple
could be teaming up with SHARP, to obtain IGZO or Poly-Silicon screens
that will be both thin as well as being as good as retina display
technology
While there have been rumors that seem to suggest that the iPhone 5 screen size (and thus the iPhone 5) will get thinner and become more power efficient, there haven’t been any substantial rumors that seem to suggest that the iPhone 5 will have a larger screen. Since its inception, the iPhone screen size has remained at 3.5 inches.
In another post that we recently wrote, we talked about how we think the iPhone 5 screen size will remain at 3.5 inches. Some of the reasons we quoted to support the fact that the iPhone 5 screen size will not get bigger are iOS fragmentation, battery consumption and Apple’s stubbornness to deny large LTE chips that could have very easily allowed the iPhone 4S to get 4G LTE support, if only the screen size had been increased to 4 inches, instead of 3.5 inches. You can read the entire post on the iPhone 5 screen size here.
The new screen technology on the iPhone 5 could just be one of the many changes that will affect the iPhone 5. Check out the link just given to learn about air bags, iMaps, 3D cameras and some other exciting features that might be featured in the next iPhone.
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