The iPhone 14 Pro series features the most significant screen design refresh since the iPhone X. The iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max have a pill-shaped cutout at the top of the screen. Actually, this cavity consists of 2 different screen holes. Apple combined the two by keeping the OLED pixels between the two holes turned off. This is how the iPhone 14 Pro Dynamic Island effect became reality.
But producing a screen that requires two holes in the top is not easy. Apple has caused Samsung to develop a special technology to ensure that they are produced without damaging the screens.
Dynamic Island is one of the most talked about features with Apple’s iPhone 14 launch event. This area can actually be described as a great software trick. Apple has reduced the size of the notch by using the dual-hole design. But the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max have front-facing components that should “pierce” the screen. The selfie camera and Face ID components make these holes almost mandatory.
It’s not easy to punch holes in the layers of the screen as it can expose the edge pixels to moisture and oxygen. This can lead to user-visible damage and quality issues.
That’s why Apple caused Samsung to develop a unique process for drilling holes. We would like to remind you that Samsung has been producing punch-hole displays for years and therefore has a lot of experience with these display designs.
For Dynamic Island holes, Apple had Samsung build a “dam” that separates the holes from the surrounding pixels. Samsung used inkjet equipment instead of the existing laser technology for the screen holes of the iPhone 14 Pro. Apple reportedly prefers the inkjet method, according to a translation of The Elec’s report: “This is due to the first punch-hole display applied to the iPhone 14 Pro series. The front camera lens above the OLED screen, etc. A hole must be drilled at the post-processing (module processing) stage to drill a hole for If the thin-film cladding is damaged, the OLED is exposed to moisture and oxygen, shortening the product’s lifespan significantly. That’s why Samsung Display is known to use inkjet equipment to flatten areas of unequal heights and create a set that separates the hole from the rest of the area after making thin film dressing and touch electrodes on the iPhone 14 Pro series OLED. Samsung Display was able to do this using laser instead of inkjet equipment, but Apple is said to prefer the inkjet method.”
Samsung produces screens for both the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. LG, on the other hand, only provides screens for Pro Max models. However, LG also uses the same manufacturing process as Samsung for the Dynamic Island segment.
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