"Smart Island" digs holes to cause trouble! iPhone 14 Pro display life worries Apple

According to reports, Apple asked its display maker Samsung to change some of its expected production process to reduce risk. The

​​potential risk is caused by the change from the notch design used in previous iphone generations to the "smart island" cutout used in the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max models. (The base model i iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus are not a problem, as they of course have the older notch design. The

​​new design requires a hole and slot in the OLED screen to accommodate the camera and other tech like the Face ID array. Elec The report says this creates the risk of damaging the display's encapsulation, allowing moisture and oxygen to enter - which could significantly shorten the screen's lifespan. The

​​has two different ways to mitigate this risk, and the report says Samsung originally planned to use a Laser technology, but Apple asked the company to switch to a method similar to inkjet printing to seal the edges of the drilled area.

For this reason, it is known that after Samsung Display made the film pockets and touch electrodes in the iPhone 14 Pro series OLED, A dam was built using an inkjet to distinguish the hole from the rest of the area. Samsung Display could use a laser instead of an inkjet to perform the process, but Apple is said to prefer the inkjet method.

Conveniently, the other A Samsung subsidiary, Semez, actually manufactures Apple's preferred device.

​​It's important to emphasize that there is nothing in the report to suggest that Samsung ever used a riskier method of manufacturing the display, the . Instead, Samsung appears to have only raised it in discussions with Apple This technology, the Cupertino company specifies a safer method before production begins.

​​Rival Korean company LG also makes OLED screens for the iPhone 14 Pro Max, but always seems to plan to use Apple's preferred method.

​​Also, Some iPhone 14 owners have reported seeing horizontal lines on the screen when waking or powering on, but Apple says this is an iOS glitch rather than a hardware failure.

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