Lessthan24hoursafteraleakseeminglyconfirmedthatSamsung’supcomingGalaxyNote8willpackagiganticscreen,LGhasconfirmedlong-standingrumorsthatitsnextsmartphonewillfeatureanOLEDscreenDedicatedPrivateCloud.TheKoreanfirmdetailedsomedetailsofitsnextdevice,believedtobethetheV30,includingits“plasticOLEDFullVisiondisplay.”Thesix-inchscreenwillbethelargestonaphonethatLGhasreleasedforfouryears,thecompanysaid,buttheactualdevicewillbesmallerthanlastyear’sV20.WhygowithanOLED?Well,screensarebecomingabattlegroundforthisyear’sflagshipsmartphones,withthenextiPhonerumoredtobepackingoneofficefurniture.LGsaiditiskeentodipintoitsexperienceinscreens—whichhaspropelleditsTVbusiness—toenablevirtualrealityandothercontent-ledservicesonmobile.Itaimstodothatwitha1,440x2,880resolutiondisplaywhich,despitebeingplastic,isprotectedbyGorillaGlass5andtechthatmitigatespastissueswithOLEDs,suchasburn-in,aka‘ghost’imagesthatarevisibleevenwhenascreenisoff.Thiswon’tbethefirsttimeLGhasadoptedanOLED,itputoneintotheexperimentalGFlex2releasedtwoyearsago,butnowthetechissteppinguptoaprominentrole.ThatmakessensegiventhatLGjustinvested7billionintoitsOLEDproductioncapabilities.IfyoubelievetheApplerumormill,LGistheoneselectedtosupplytheiPhone8’sOLEDscreenHongKongCruiseTerminal.https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/02/lg-oled-display/