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Google reportedly considering making Pixel phones in India

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Two separate reports this week suggest that more smartphone handset assembly may be moving to India. Reuters reported analysis from JPMorgan that a quarter of Apple’s iPhone production could be in …

Tags:Apple| Google| India| iPhone| Smartphone Market

Samsung set for record Q3 profit on iPhone 14 series shipments

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have previously reported on forecasts from DSCC that Samsung would retain its share of supply to Apple for the iPhone 14 at around the same level of last year, despite …

Tags:Apple| BOE| Financial Data| iPhone| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPO TFT| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Supply Chain

4 of 5 chip experts say Korea faces ‘worst crisis’ in decade

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Although Samsung Display is doing well with its OLED sales to Apple (Samsung set for record Q3 profit on iPhone 14 series shipments), the same is not true of other Korean …

Tags:Apple| China| Korea| Samsung| Semiconductor Market| Supply Chain

Apple expected to use hybrid OLED for iPad

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple wants the OLEDs that are expected to be used on its OLED iPads in around 2024 to use a very thin (0.2mm) glass substrate rather than a fully flexible substrate …

Tags:Apple| Encapsulation| Flexible Displays| OLEDs

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 …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Investment| MicroLED| R&D (Research & Development)| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Supply Chain

Apple Headset Ideas from Gurman

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Apple expert, Mark Gurman described ‘at least’ three Apple XR headset developments. N301 – probably to be called the Apple Reality PRo and a high-end rival to Meta Platforms Inc.’s …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Apple’s iPhones overtook Android devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The FT reported data from Counterpoint Research who said that the active installed base of iPhones topped the 50% mark in the quarter that ended in June. It’s iPhone’s highest market …

Tags:Android| Apple| Operating Systems| Smartphones

SDC Dominating iPhone 14 Series Launch with >80% Share

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC has increased the detail of its tracking service for flexible OLEDs and in announcing that said that panel shipments for the upcoming iPhone 14, expected to be launched on September …

Tags:Apple| BOE| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones| Supply Chain

The IT OLED Hot Topic Self Selects Today

by Bob Raikes

I was just looking down my list of topics for Display Daily when I spotted a news item that immediately voted for itself as the hot topic today. The Yonhap News in Korea reported …

Tags:Apple| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| OLED Monitors| OLEDs| QD OLEDs| Samsung Display| tablets

Apple Increases Self-Repair Programme

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is adding the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops with M1 chips to its Self Service Repair programme in the US. The repairs covered include fixes to the trackpad, Touch …

Tags:Apple| Right to Repair| warranty