Apple will be unable to introduce a new anti-reflective coating on the iPhone 17 Pro displays, 9to5Mac reports. According to its sources, the new scratch-resistant display solution faced problems scaling up the production, and Apple is no longer considering the feature for the iPhone 17 Pro models.
The yields of the new anti-reflective coating iPhone displays was too low, considering the millions of devices that Apple needs to manufacture, even if the feature was limited only to the Pro and Pro Max units.
Currently, Apple does use a fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating, but it isn’t as anti-reflective as competing phone manufacturers offer. Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra arrived with a new Gorilla Glass Armor display panel that reduces reflections by up to 75%, visibly improving performance, contrast in bright conditions, and color trueness.
Apple incorporates a nano-texture display to reduce glare in the Mac and iPad Pro. It’s still uncertain if this technology will be available for iPhones, or if Cupertino has completely abandoned plans to implement it by 2025.