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Apple Unhappy About Needing Samsung Displays

by Omid Rahmat

Samsung so distrusts Apple—which is on a quest to find alternatives to Samsung’s displays—that it bars Apple engineers from Samsung factories, according to multiple former Apple employees. In one incident in 2017, Apple engineers …

Tags:Apple| OLEDs| Samsung

Keep Your Good Eye on Pixelworks’ X7 Visual Processor

by Omid Rahmat

Pixelworks has been getting some design wins for its V7 visual processor. The chipset is incorporated in the OnePlus Ace 2 and it may have helped the newly released Honor Magic5 Pro take Apple’s …

Tags:Apple| DXOMARK| Pixelworks| Smartphones

Samsung Testing Reliability of Waterdrop Hinge for Galaxy Z Fold 5

by Omid Rahmat

The bend, the crease, the fold, that’s where the real battle for foldable displays is happening. There are three components to the foldable display: the flexible panel, the mechanical hinge, and the display surface. …

Foxconn Sees 39.12% MoM Decline in February

by Omid Rahmat

The company that reportedly makes over two thirds of Apple’s phones saw a big drop in orders but still maintains its outlook for the year. (millions) MoM 2022 January $21,614 4.93% $14,590 February $13,159 …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Foxconn

Breaking Down the Bill of Materials for the Google Pixel Watch

by Omid Rahmat

BOE is the exclusive supplier of the custom 1.2-inch-diameter OLED display which takes up about14% of the total BoM cost, the second most costly component after the processing and memory subsystem. BoMs are fun. …

Tags:Apple| Google| Smartwatches

Will BOE Lose Apple’s iPhone 15 Business Because of Sanctions?

by Omid Rahmat

The Chinese display giant is facing problems with the yield of its panels.

Tags:Apple| BOE| iPhone 15| OLEDs

Tired: VR; Wired: MR

by Omid Rahmat

No matter how you slice it, Meta is subsidizing every VR headset it sells to the tune of 4 to 6 times the revenue it generates. That’s so crazy that you have to think …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| meta| Mixed Reality| Oculus VR

Honor Magic5 Pro Display Beats iPhone 14 Max Pro to Number One

by Omid Rahmat

The latest display tests by Dxomark show the Honor Magic5 Pro as sitting at number one. While not a winner in any one category of the tests, its overall performance was enough to take …

Tags:Android| Apple| DXOMARK| Honor| smartphone

BenQ Adds a New Business Monitor

by Omid Rahmat

The GW2790QT is a 27″ QHD USB-C monitor with a built-in microphone, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt connections, and a generally Apple-friendly approach. Taiwan’s BenQ’s new display has a WQHD resolution display, 350 nits luminance, and …

The Consistency of Apple AR/VR Headset Rumors

by Omid Rahmat

The tune hasn’t changed much, neither have the lyrics, but all indications are that Apple’s suppliers are not dancing a happy jig.

Tags:Apple| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Luxshare| Pegatron| VR

Southeast Asia Entry-Level Smartphone Shipments Rise 28%

by Omid Rahmat

While 2022 saw a 13% YoY decline in smartphone shipments in Southeast Asia, budget-priced phone sales rose 28% QoQ in Q4. As for brand performance, Apple and Samsung sustained 2021 volumes while greater than …

Apple Rounds Up Luxshare, Foxconn, TSMC, and Sony to Make AR Device

by Shawnee Blackwood

A clearer picture is emerging of what is going into the making of Apple’s competitor to Meta’s Quest. It may be that we have to look no further than Sony’s PSVR2. Nikkei Asia is …