Apple iPhone Fold Might Have A Sun Glare Problem

Apple’s iPhone Fold appears all set to incorporate a range of new display-related technologies for its internal screen, which is expected to be quite thin, energy-efficient, and sport a crease-free look. Yet, one such tech might give rise to a somewhat debilitating sun glare problem for Apple’s all-new foldable.

Apple iPhone Fold’s display might have a relatively high display reflectivity

Apple’s iPhone Fold is expected to leverage a modified hinge mechanism made out of ‘liquid metal.’ Moreover, in order to minimize the display crease, Apple is widely expected to use the Ultra-thin Flexible Glass (UFG) tech, and apply a color filter – called the CoE or Color Filter on Encapsulation – onto the protective encapsulation layer of the iPhone Fold’s OLED panel, rendering the resulting displays thinner, lighter, and much more efficient. 

Under a CoE regime, the more conventional, thick circular polarizer layer is replaced with a thinner, directly deposited color filter layer. When combined with a black pixel definition layer (PDL), the combo results in significantly higher light transmittance and reduced power consumption. Of course, for a foldable, thinner displays result in markedly reduced stress, which improves longevity and allows for a smaller folding radius.