Apple Watch (iWatch) – Display Daily

Osram Gets the Better of Apple Adopting MicroLEDs

by Omid Rahmat

Whether Micro LED is incorporated into smartwatches, AR headsets, or smartphones, two major factors will determine the market competitiveness of this technology. The first factor involves lowering the costs of Micro LED chips. A …

Apple Using LG for 2.13-inch Microdisplays on 2024 Apple Watches

by Artem Alekseenko

According to Omdia’s David Hsieh, to mark it’s 10-year anniversary, Apple is to launch the Apple Watch Ultra 2 series – an Apple Watch with Micro LED displays offering the following features: 2.13-inch, 325 …

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MicroLED Display for Apple Watch Could Cost 3 to 4x OLED

by Barry Young

Wei Chen, Apple VP display products, announced that Apple would use its own microLED display in the Apple Watch and that in the future it would extend to smartphones tablets and even MacBooks. This …

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Judge Rules Apple Watch Infringed on Masimo’s Patent

by Omid Rahmat

A U.S. judge ruled that Apple had infringed on one of Masimo Corp’s pulse oximeter patents by importing and selling certain Apple Watches with light-based pulse oximetry functionality and components, Masimo said on Tuesday. The United …

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Apple iPhone 14 is as Expected – but it’s Bright, as is a new Watch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple held its big iPhone 14 launch and the smartphones seem to have been pretty much as expected. No ‘mini’ with a bigger 6.7″ model replacing it as a more affordable …

The State of Play in MicroLED and an Apple Watch Forecast

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Semiconductor Engineering published quite a long article on the state of play of microLED developments and has some useful information, especially if you are new to the field. In it, Eric …

Apple Watch to Have Larger Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple’s success with its M series chips is leading to the firm putting a lot of resource into the technology and this is limiting improvements to …

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Bloomberg: Apple planning A14 Apple TV

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple watcher, Mark Gurman, said that the firm is about to “embark on one of the most ambitious periods of new products in its history” between the autumn of this …

Smartwatch Market Grows 13% YoY in Q1 2022; Apple Stays First, Samsung Solidifies Second Place

by Artem Alekseenko

The global smartwatch market recorded 13% more shipments compared to the same period last year, despite concerns over economic slowdown and inflation, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model Tracker. Despite -24% …

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Links Week Ending 28th January 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. (quite a few this week as we …

Apple Announces New Products Including the iPhone 13 Series with Higher Refresh Rates, Bigger Batteries, More Storage and Better Cameras

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say We reported on the new Apple products last week (Apple Announcements Much as Expected), and now DSCC has reported what it thinks of the changes with more detail. It also looked …

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Apple Announcements Much as Expected

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Apple event on the 14th revealed pretty well what was expected. The iPhone 13 continues with the same sized displays, but with ‘Ceramic Shield’ front coverings and with new ‘Super …

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