A few months after Samsung introduced an anti-reflective glass display to the Galaxy S24 Ultra, a well-known leaker claimed Apple was working on something similar. The iPhone 16 would not get an anti-reflective coating, but Apple would bring the display feature to the iPhone 17 Pro models.
The spring 2024 report said Apple had spent billions on equipment in Japan that would be shipped to China, where it would be incorporated into the iPhone supply chain. Apple’s suppliers would then make glass covers featuring “super-hard” anti-reflective layers that would be more scratch-resistant than before.
As I explained last spring, I’d want an anti-reflective display in an iPhone. As for the scratch resistance, I won’t stop using screen protectors anytime soon, so I don’t care how well the iPhone display handles those scratches.
However, more than a year later, a report says that Apple has scrapped plans for the iPhone 17 Pro display upgrade. Apparently, Apple can’t make as many anti-reflective displays as it would need to satisfy the iPhone 17 Pro demand.
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