Apple may be planning to introduce iPhones with OLED displays in 2017. According to a news report by Nikkei, Apple had earlier planned to use the displays by 2018 or 2019, but the company now plans to ship OLED iPhones by next year. In addition, it was earlier suggested that Apple was planning to introduce iPhones with a curved OLED display. However, this report claims that the company will not be introducing the curved design, as it is introducing the displays sooner than expected.
Back in December 2015, Apple had reportedly been in touch with LG Display Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to manufacture OLED displays for upcoming iPhones. As per the report, the three companies were in the final phase of signing the deal and added that LG and Samsung were planning a capital expenditure of around KRW 15 trillion. There were also reports that Apple may be working on OLED and micro-LED technology in its new laboratory in Taiwan. It was suggested that the company is developing flexible OLEDs for use in iPhones and iPads. The laboratory is also tipped to be developing micro-LED displays.

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Samsung may launch its new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, in India today. The phone was unveiled a few weeks ago at MWC.
Both come with similar specifications, except for the display. While the Galaxy S7 comes with a 5.2-inch QHD display, the S7 Edge has a 5.5-inch curved QHD display.
The phone comes in two variants, one powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and the other with Exynos 8890. It is not known which variant will be launched in India. Both phones come with a 12MP dual-pixel sensor camera on the rear. Samsung claims that this larger pixel lets in 56% more light as compared to its older sensor, also aided by the f/1.7 aperture lens. There is a 5MP wide-angle front-facing camera, as well. The Samsung Galaxy S7 is equipped with a 3000mAh battery, while the S7 Edge has a 3600mAh battery pack. The devices come with fingerprint sensors and IP68-certified water and dust resistance, which allows the phones to remain submerged in 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes.

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Oppo since last week has been teasing the Oppo R9 and the Oppo R9 Plus camera-focused smartphones in China. It has also been posting teasers on its Weibo account touting the handsets' VOOC fast charging. However, it has finally posted an image confirming when it will be launching the duo.
The Chinese tech firm, as expected before, will be launching its Oppo R9 and the Oppo R9 Plus on March 17 this year. The image, besides the date, mentions "2016 New Product Launch Event" along with a "9" numerical indicating the Oppo R9 handsets. It is likely that the duo will launch in China only but will eventually reach other markets. The image was posted on the company's Weibo account.


The two smartphones last week purportedly passed Tenaa the Chinese telecommunications certification authority revealing images and specifications.
The dual-SIM supporting Oppo R9 as per the listing runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out-of-the-box and features a 5.5-inch ful-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution Amoled display. It is powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 1.95GHz, which clearly is not the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor that the smartphone was previously tipped to sport, as the Snapdragon 820 is a quad-core offering.
The smartphone also houses 4GB of RAM alongside 32GB inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 128GB). Other features mentioned are 4G LTE support and 2850mAh battery. Both the front-facing and rear camera are seen sporting 16-megapixel sensors, indicating it to be a camera-focussed smartphone like rumoured previously. It measures 151.8x74.3x6.5mm and weighs 145 grams.

As for the dual-SIM Oppo R9 Plus, the smartphone is seen with a larger 6-inch full-HD Amoled display, an octa-core processor clocked at 1.8GHz, 64GB of expandable storage, and a 4120mAh battery. The RAM and camera specifications stay the same as its smaller sibling. The smartphone runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box, measures 163x80.8x7.4mm, and weighs 185 grams.

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