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Competition Shifts Tablet Share Away From Dominant Brands

by Tom Allen

Apple and Samsung, the tablet market’s leading vendors, will see their market share fall in the coming years, says Juniper Research. New players introducing low-cost models and new form factors will be responsible for …

One Connector to Rule Them All…

by Bob Raikes

Last week, Apple, along with its new Watch products, announced its latest MacBook notebook. One of the stand out features was that the small size and weight, enabled, in part, by the decision to …

30% Yield Rate Rumoured for Apple Watch

by Tom Allen

G is For Games claims that Quanta, which manufactures the Apple Watch, has a yield rate of just 30%. It is unclear at this time what is causing the problems. Quanta has taken on …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Supply Chain| Vol 22 - Issue 12

Notebook Computer Displays Evolve

by Phillip Wright

The new 12″ MacBook (available April 10) announced this week by Apple and the new XPS 13 notebook PC from Dell (available now) that was first shown at CES 2015, are both great examples …

Force Touch Coming to iPhone, Claims WSJ

by Tom Allen

According to the Wall Street Journal, the ‘Force Touch’ technology on the new Apple Watch and Macbook will also make an appearance on the next iPhone. Force Touch can distinguish between the pressure of …

JDI Free to Take Rivals’ Orders at Apple-Funded Plant

by Tom Allen

Despite Apple putting up the majority of the $1.4 billion investment in a new Japan Display LCD plant, JDI will be free to mass-produce products for other vendors at the facility. According to the …

Smartwatches – The Future of Wearables?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Wearables were mainly represented by smartwatches at MWC 2015. Most top OEMs have smartwatches in their portfolio or have first models announced with many new announcements coming out at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona. …

Apple Plugs TV, Adds a New MacBook and erm…. Shows Some Watches

by Bob Raikes

We have held off from the flood of initial streams and comment that came with the Apple announcements on Monday. We’re covering the Apple watch in detail in one article and have a separate …

Apple Updates 13″ MacBook Pro with Retina Display & MacBook Air

by Helen Vince

Apple® today updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro® with Retina® display with the all-new Force Touch trackpad, fifth generation Intel Core processors and Intel Iris Graphics 6100, two times faster flash and longer battery life, …

Tags:Apple| Notebooks

Rumour: Apple Settles on Oxide

by Tom Allen

The newest in a long chain of rumours regarding Apple’s 12.9″ iPad has appeared. According to sources in Asia, the tablet will use Oxide TFTs and enter mass production in Q3’15. Samples are being …

Panel Supply Delays iPad Pro

by Tom Allen

The oft-rumoured 12.9″ iPad Pro (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 45) has apparently been delayed again. According to Bloomberg’s sources, production will now begin in September, because of delays in display panel supply.

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 10

Apple Passes Samsung to Take Smartphone Market Lead

by Tom Allen

Worldwide smartphone sales reached 367.5 million units in Q4’14, rising almost 30% YoY. Gartner’s data shows that Apple displaced Samsung as the market leader – a spot that the Korean company has held since …