Here are 3 ways to improve the screen of next year's iPhone 17 generation compared to this year's iPhone 16.
iPhone displays have improved a lot over the past few years, gaining improvements like Dynamic Island for better multitasking, lower minimum brightness for
better reading in low-light environments, and higher maximum brightness.
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Apple also needs to improve its smartphone displays, especially on the standard iPhone models.
Screen quality is one of the biggest factors that differentiate the iPhone Pro models from regular iPhones.
Compared to the iPhone 16, the iPhone 16 Pro has a dedicated telephoto lens, a titanium frame design, a more powerful processor, a slightly larger display, and longer battery life.
Here are 3 changes that should be on the screen of the iPhone 17 series, making them more breakthrough than the iPhone 16 series.
High screen refresh rate on standard iPhone 17
With a static, standard 60Hz refresh rate, the iPhone 16 is a bit outdated.
Many phones in the iPhone 16's price range, such as the Samsung Galaxy S24 and Google Pixel 9, already have the ability to change the refresh rate from 1 to 120Hz.
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So what does that mean for phones? A higher refresh rate makes scrolling and animations smoother because the screen is refreshed more often per second.
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Is this feature necessary? No. But a higher refresh rate can make the phone feel faster and more responsive. It should be a default part of the iPhone experience at this point.
According to a report from Korean tech news outlet ETNews, all iPhone 17 models will come with low-temperature polycrystalline oxide displays. Those types of displays are currently only available on the iPhone Pro models, which bodes well for the standard iPhone 17.
Always-on display on standard iPhone 17
Like the higher refresh rate, the always-on display should be standard across Apple’s entire iPhone lineup. The always-on display would allow the iPhone to keep the lock screen at a low brightness even when the phone is in standby mode. This feature would give users a quick glance at elements like the time, notifications, and widgets, especially if they don’t own an Apple Watch.
Picking up your phone to check for essential information, like new notifications, is often a distraction. The always-on display helps prevent that.
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Unfortunately, this feature is only available on the iPhone Pro models from 2022, starting with the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max screens, and the ability to dim the screen to 1Hz. Like high refresh rates, always-on displays have been standard on many Android phones for years.
Nano-texture display option for iPhone 17 Pro
According to experts, nano-texture displays will look great on the iPhone. This technology has recently appeared on the MacBook Pro M4 and the previous iPad Pro. Therefore, they should also be on the iPhone.
The biggest benefit of the nano-texture finish is glare reduction, ideal for people who spend a lot of time outdoors.
Of course, the nano-texture coating could make the display less vibrant, so it should be an option for the iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone 17 Pro Max, not a complete change. The nano-texture display combined with the iPhone Pro's durable titanium frame could make it the ultimate iPhone for outdoor enthusiasts.
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Apple could also find other ways to improve the iPhone's display glare reduction capabilities. For example, Samsung uses Corning Gorilla Armor glass on the Galaxy S24 Ultra's display to reduce glare, which is better than the iPhone 15 Pro and Pixel 8 Pro.
Apple is working with Corning on its Ceramic Shield coating for iPhone displays, so it wouldn't be surprising to see a new version that's better optimized to eliminate glare in the future.
The display is crucial to the iPhone experience, and Apple clearly knows this. It has introduced hardware changes like the iPhone 16's 1-nit minimum brightness, new software interfaces like iOS 17's Standby mode, and a combination of hardware and software like Dynamic Island. Now the company needs to pay more attention to the displays on the standard iPhone models and think of new ways to improve the iPhone Pro's display.
