Next yr’s iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Plus will undertake OLED shows with low-power backplane know-how, bringing ProMovement to Apple’s normal iPhone fashions for the primary time.
The present iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus use low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) panels, whereas Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro fashions use extra superior low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) panels. LTPO panels assist ProMovement, permitting the show to ramp up to a 120Hz refresh fee for smoother scrolling and video content material when required.
ProMovement additionally permits the show to ramp down to a extra power-efficient refresh fee as little as 1Hz, which is why the iPhone 15 Pro screens function an always-on functionality that exhibits the Lock Screen’s clock, widgets, notifications, and wallpaper even when the system is locked.
Apple is predicted to retain using the much less superior LTPS panels on this yr’s iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus to preserve differentiation between its normal and Pro fashions, which means Apple’s 2025 iPhone sequence would be the first to function ProMovement and always-on shows throughout the lineup.
According to The Elec, Chinese provider BOE is hoping to provide Apple with LTPO panels for the iPhone 17 sequence, however questions nonetheless stay about whether or not it will probably attain the required manufacturing capability whereas sustaining Apple’s high quality management requirements.
If BOE can not meet the necessities, Apple will doubtless flip to different suppliers like Samsung and LG Display for the LTPO panels, and depend on BOE for LTPS-based OLED panels for its legacy iPhone fashions and the rumored iPhone SE 4.
According to show analyst Ross Young, this yr’s iPhone 16 Pro fashions will function a taller facet ratio of 19.6:9, a change that can trickle down to the usual iPhone 17 fashions the next yr. The units are anticipated to enhance from 6.12- and 6.69-inches to 6.27- and 6.86-inches, respectively. This represents a show dimension enhance of 2.5% on each units.
All in all, which means that the usual iPhone 17 fashions look set to obtain a considerable panel improve, with bigger sizes in addition to LTPO for ProMovement and an always-on show.
