An even brighter screen for iPhones?
It’s no secret that Apple doesn’t have its own factories to design the parts that make up its iPhones, and so the company turns to suppliers. For OLED panels, Samsung is in a good position (alongside LG) and the next generation of iPhones could well be equipped with the latest developments in the Korean company’s panels. According to ETNews sources, the iPhone 16 Pro could sport Samsung’s M14 OLED panels, offering even greater brightness and optimized longevity.
OLED panels from Samsung
In addition to going from 6.1 to 6.3 inches for the iPhone 16 Pro and from 6.7 to 6.9 inches for the iPhone 16 Pro Max, Apple’s two high-end models could thus offer brightness reaching 1,200 nits constant across the entire panel.compared to 1,000 nits under the same conditions for the iPhone 15 Pro.
Attention, This is not the maximum brightness that can be achieved for a limited time and on a part of the panel, but the standard maximum brightness. Other rumors suggested the use of OLED panels with a surface covered with micro-lenses, allowing for greater brightness at the cost of a reduced viewing angle, which may ultimately not have been retained in favor of these M14s (the letter M indicates the range of the panel, and the 14 refers to the number of high-performance materials used to produce them).
At peak brightness, the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max currently reach 1,600 nits in HDR, and up to 2,000 nits outdoors. There is no doubt that these new Samsung panels, which could also be found on the Pixel 9, will do even better on this point as well. As a reminder, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra’s screen peaks at 2,600 nits (you can never be better served than by yourself), and realme even mentions 6,000 nits for its GT 6. It remains to be seen whether the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max will be able to match Samsung’s flagship. In any case, the standard maximum brightness would thus allow these new iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max to provide increased comfort outdoors.
