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Links Week Starting 12th December 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 first part of this week.  Fraunhofer Develops ‘Push/Pull’ microspeaker (Not a display, …

Tags:Acer| Apple| audio| Canon| Desktop Monitors| Interactive Displays| ISE 2023| MMD (AOC Philips)| Samsung| Smart TV| SmartGlasses| STBs| TCL| TVs (TV Sets)| ViewSonic| Virtual Sets

Apple Thinking of Folding MacBook in 2026/27?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in its Korean version reported that Apple is working on a development project to create a ‘low 20″‘ range foldable notebook and it could be 20.25″ using a panel …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Notebooks| OLED Notebooks| OLEDs

Apple Expands Self-Repair Programme to Europe

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple has extended its ‘self-repair’ programme for iPhones and Macs to the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, and Poland. New countries were added to the dropdown on Apple’s special …

Tags:Apple| Europe| Right to Repair| warranty

Latest Apple Headset Rumours

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that he now believes that the widely rumoured Apple headset will not start volume shipping until the second half of 2023 and that as a result, …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Foxconn Revenues Drop on China Challenges

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Foxconn saw its revenues down 11% in November following the problems at its factory in Zhengzhou, China. The firm was down 29% on October although for the year, it remains up …

Tags:Apple| China| Covid-19| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone

Apple to lose 6 Million iPhone 14 Pros

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg quoted “a person familiar with assembly operations” as saying that Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro shipments could fall short by 6 million units after the disruption in Zhengzhou, China that we …

Tags:Apple| China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain

China Singles’ Day Smartphone Sales Drop 11%YoY

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that sales of smartphones on Chinas’ Singles’ Day on 11/11 were down 11% YoY as a result of the strict Covid-19 lockdowns. Apple was the main winner with …

Tags:Apple| China| Retail| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Foxconn Chinese iPhone Plant in Unrest Breakout

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reports that ‘hundreds of workers; have have joined in with unrest at the Foxconn Zhengzhou factory, breaking surveillance cameras and smashing windows. The outbreak is said to have been triggered …

Tags:Apple| China| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone

Samsung Display to dominate Apple iPhone 14 OLED supply this year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reinforcing the message from DSCC about SDC’s OLED dominance (Q3’22 Flat Panel Display Financials Highlight Wide Gap Between LCD and OLED) The Elec reported that SDC expects to supply 70% of …

Tags:Apple| BOE| LG Displays (LGD)| Samsung Display

Niantic Shows AR Prototype & Nreal Air Supports Consoles

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We saw a couple more items after Qualcomm’s announcements last week.  9to5Google reported that Niantic showed a prototype of its new (“Not final”) design for an AR headset using the new Snapdragon …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Consoles

Links Week Starting 21st November 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 first part of this week.  Comcast To Bring Dolby Vision HDR World …

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