Rumors: iPhone 8 will get a 5-inch display, and iPhone 8 Plus 5.8 inches

Two Barclays analysts sayiPhone 8will receive a new design - a screen without edges. Analysts, Blaine

Curtis (Blayne Curtis) and Christopher Hemmelgarn(Christopher Hemmelgarn), base their claims on conversations with representatives of component suppliers during a recent trip to Asia. Analysts say that although the final design of the iPhone 8 has not yet been approved by Apple management, all indications are that the transition to a screen without edges will occur when switching to using larger screens. The iPhone 8 smart will move to a 5-inch screen from the current 4.7-inch, while the iPhone 8 Plus will get a 5.8-inch screen instead of the 5.5-inch screen currently used.

Representatives of suppliers also argue thatonly a 5.8-inch iPhone will receive an OLED display. The OLED screen will have rounded edges, according to the type of design that Samsung currently uses in its “edge” models, namely the Galaxy S7 edge and S6 edge devices. Apple will use OLED screens only in large iPhone, as there is a restriction in the supply of the required number of panels of the required size. The use of OLED screens in younger models will occur in 2018, when the Sharp OLED screen factory will be operational and reach its planned production capacity.

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And last, the report suggests that AppleTo support its technology, Force Touch (recognition of the pressing force on the screen) will switch to the use of a new “thin-film” technical solution, instead of the solution currently used on “flexible printed circuit boards”.

Not the first time we hear that Apple will switch tothe use of larger displays in the iPhone 8 in 2017, where only the Plus models will use OLED panels. Given that Apple from year to year includes one distinguishing feature of the hardware component in its iPhone Plus models, it is very likely that the company plans to separate the two models next year using the principle of using different displays.