- 0-20%: Unlikely - Lacks credible sources
- 21-40%: Questionable - Some concerns remain
- 41-60%: Plausible - Reasonable evidence
- 61-80%: Probable - Strong evidence
- 81-100%: Highly Likely - Multiple reliable sources
60%
Plausible
It's a fundamental trade-off for Apple: people use their iPhones quite a lot during summers, when a dual OLED-based brighter screen comes fairly handy, but at the cost of turning your phone into a thermal brick.
Now, one tipster believes Apple will leave this conundrum to another day, and that the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max will "definitely" miss out on a dual OLED screen.
The iPhone 18 Pro won't feature a noticeably brighter display unless Apple revamps its thermal management strategy, and pairs it with a bigger battery
The famous Weibo-based tipster, Digital Chat Station, has just declared in a new post that the Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo will "definitely" miss out on a dual OLED screen (machine translated):
"Anyway, the 18 Pro definitely won't have it. //@User7842185275: When will dual-layer OLED be implemented? It should be the key to a huge breakthrough in battery life.
@刹那数码: Looking back at last year's predictions, I suddenly realized that the iPhone 17 Pro series didn't make much progress in maintaining outdoor brightness. If Apple's temperature control strategy doesn't change, they still need to implement dual-layer OLED to achieve a significant improvement in the user experience.
Also, I'm wondering if Apple could provide a software-level switch to "force maximum brightness." In the summer, I often need to do important things outdoors under the blazing sun. I really would rather my phone get hot and drain the battery than uncomfortable looking at a dark, unreadable screen."
Basically, the fastest way to an overall brighter screen is to stack two RGB OLED layers on top of each other. However, doing so generates a lot of heat, especially when both layers are cranked to their brightest levels, as typically occurs outdoors during the summer days, where the higher ambient temperature also presents its own cooling-related challenges.
It is hardly a surprise, therefore, that Digital Chat Station believes the upcoming Apple iPhone 18 Pro duo will likely miss out on a dual OLED screen. Of course, Apple can still implement a quasi-dual OLED of sorts by stacking another blue sub-pixel layer, which means that things might not be as definitive as Digital Chat Station claims.
Meanwhile, we do know that Apple is working to equip the iPhone 18 Pro duo with an LTPO+ OLED screen, which dramatically improves efficiency by dynamically adjusting the display's refresh rate, notching it up to 120Hz for gaming or smooth scrolling and bringing it all the way down to 1Hz when viewing a static image.
Also, over the past few weeks, we've received persistent rumors regarding a supposedly smaller Dynamic Island on the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, achieved by moving some components of the Face ID module below the display layer. A MacWorld source adheres to this view, as does Ice Universe.
Even so, Digital Chat Station has continued to maintain that the iPhone 18 Pro duo will sport minimal changes in relation to the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max, with upgrades whittled down to the A20 Pro chip, a variable-aperture camera setup, and a larger battery.
Apparently, these conflicting reports are the result of the A/B testing that Apple continues to undertake ahead of a final decision to move some Face ID components beneath the display.
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