{"id":235141,"date":"2026-04-24T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/apple-preps-custom-micro-curved-oled-display-on-twentieth-anniversary-iphone-eyeing-bezel-less-quad-curved-design\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T11:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:20:09","slug":"apple-preps-custom-micro-curved-oled-display-on-twentieth-anniversary-iphone-eyeing-bezel-less-quad-curved-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/apple-preps-custom-micro-curved-oled-display-on-twentieth-anniversary-iphone-eyeing-bezel-less-quad-curved-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple preps custom ‘micro-curved’ OLED display on Twentieth Anniversary iPhone, eyeing bezel-less quad-curved design"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple preps custom ‘micro-curved’ OLED display on Twentieth Anniversary iPhone, eyeing bezel-less quad-curved design<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-04-24 11:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: macdailynews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

For the iPhone\u2019s Twentieth anniversary, Apple is turning to Samsung Display to develop a custom micro-curved OLED panel that promises to be both brighter and thinner than current displays, according to fresh supply chain reports from China.<\/p>\n

The company is reportedly exploring a dramatic redesign that could deliver a fully bezel-less screen wrapping around all four edges of the device. To achieve this, Apple is requesting an equal-depth quad-curved panel from Samsung that employs subtle \u201cmicro-curves\u201d \u2014 keeping the bends shallow and controlled \u2014 rather than the dramatic, aggressive \u201cwaterfall\u201d edges seen on some existing Samsung smartphones.<\/p>\n

This approach aims to create a seamless, all-screen appearance while minimizing distortion and maintaining usability.<\/p>\n

Tim Hardwick for MacRumors:
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\nThe latest supply chain information comes from Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station, who also says that Apple wants a \u201cpol-less\u201d display from Samsung \u2013 in other words, a panel design that removes the polarizer layer that sits on top of most current OLED screens.<\/p>\n

That claim lines up with a September 2025 report out of Korea that said Apple will adopt a Samsung-made OLED technology called COE (Color Filter on Encapsulation) to make the 20th-anniversary iPhone\u2019s display brighter and thinner than previous panels.<\/p>\n

COE displays remove the polarizing film from an OLED panel, applying the color filter directly onto the encapsulation layer of the display.<\/p>\n

The technique reduces the thickness of the overall display stack, and it lets more light through to improve brightness while reducing power draw\u2026<\/p>\n

2027 will mark the 20th-anniversary of the iPhone, and Apple reportedly wants to create a high-end all-glass model that doesn\u2019t have cutouts in the display.\n<\/p>\n

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MacDailyNews Take: <\/span><\/strong>Looks like we\u2019ll be getting foldable iPhones (depending on specs; we might choose iPhone 18 Pro Max units instead) this year and then, hopefully unbroken sheet-of-glass…<\/p>\n

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