Smartphone vendors including Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi are planning to adopt mini LED displays in the second half of 2018 and have asked Taiwan-based makers to start producing mini LED backlighting in June.
A new report says Apple's next generation iPhone 8 will have a 5.8-inch screen but only 5.15-inches of that will be an actual display area. The remaining space is reserved for a 'function area'.