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Apple's Budget iPhone X May Have Same Ultra-Bright, Low-Power LCD Technology as LG G7

Apple's widely rumored 6.1-inch iPhone with Face ID (https://www.macrumors.com/2017/11/13/kuo-three-new-iphones-2018/) may use the same MLCD+ display technology as LG's new G7 ThinQ smartphone (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/02/lg-g7-thinq-compared-to-iphone-x/), according to a BusinessKorea (http://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=22140) report today spotted by the blog Patently Apple (http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2018/05/a-korean-business-report-speculates-that-apple-will-use-lgs-new-mlcd-displays-for-its-new-61-iphone-model.html).





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BusinessKorea:

According to the smartphone industry on May 9, Apple is expected to load its next 6.1-inch iPhone model with an MLCD+ display which LG used in its G7 ThinQ smartphone. The MLCD+ display realizes a bright screen with less power consumption than the IPS LCD display.

Whereas a traditional LCD screen has three sub-pixels, forming a red, blue, and green stripe, MLCD+ screens have a fourth white sub-pixel for increased brightness, yet with lower power consumption than an IPS LCD panel. LG's G7 has a peak brightness of 1,000 nits (http://www.lg.com/ca_en/cell-phones/lg-G7), for example, compared to between 625 nits (https://www.apple.com/iphone-x/specs/) and 804 nits (http://www.displaymate.com/iPhoneX_ShootOut_1a.htm#Brightness_Contrast) on the iPhone X.





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Like the OLED display on the iPhone X, MLCD+ screens can also display 100 percent of the wide DCI-P3 color gamut for improved color accuracy. The panel in the G7 is capable of 10-bit color depth, so if Apple used this technology, the 6.1-inch iPhone could be more compliant with some HDR standards.





Rumors suggest the 6.1-inch iPhone will essentially be a lower-priced iPhone X, achieved through some cost-cutting design compromises, including the lack of an OLED display. Based on this report, however, it sounds like the device could still have a better display than the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.





The 6.1-inch iPhone will also have an aluminum frame rather than stainless steel, a single-lens rear camera, and may lack 3D Touch (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/23/kgi-6-1-inch-lcd-iphone-details/), according to former KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. He predicted the device will be unveiled later this year with a starting price of between $700 and $800 in the United States.

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Source: Apple's Budget iPhone X May Have Same Ultra-Bright, Low-Power LCD Technology as LG G7 (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/05/10/6-1-inch-iphone-mlcd-plus-screen-rumor/)