Apple just recently launched the iPhone 17e, so it’s a good time to post iPhone 19e rumors, right? Right? Well, we’re doing it anyway! A new report out of Asia claims the iPhone 19e could boast an LTPO OLED display that would bring 120Hz ProMotion technology to its lowest-priced iPhone for the first time ever. The iPhone 19e is expected to hit store shelves in early 2028.
ZDNet Korea (via MacRumors) reports Apple’s fourth-generation model in its low-priced e-series of handsets could be equipped with a low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) panel, which would be technically capable of dynamically adjusting its refresh rate between 1Hz and 120Hz. The process would use the same panel technology currently used across the iPhone 17 lineup and the iPhone Air.
The iPhone 17e, which launched earlier this year, uses a 60Hz low-temperature polycrystalline silicon (LTPS) TFT panel. The report indicates the same technology will be used in next year’s iPhone 18e .
Apple’s use of the LTPO OLED display is said to depend in part on Apple’s development of a next-generation “LTPO+” display technology. That process incorporates oxide semiconductors in both switching and drive transistors, and will likely use quite a bit less battery power.
Apple reportedly plans to restrict its use of LTPO+ to its higher-end models in 2028, including the widely-expected foldable iPhone and new versions of the iPhone Air, which would free up the supply of standard LTPO panels for the rest of the lineup. However, if the new LTPO+ panel technology isn’t ready for prime, it could delay the possibility of Apple’s using LPTO panels for the 19e.
Apple first began using LPTO+ (LPTO3) panels supplied by LG Display in the Apple Watch Series 10 in 2024. Reports about Apple’s possible use of LPTO+ technology for an iPhone lineup began appearing almost immediately after.