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Links Mid-Week Commencing 18th April 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are (quite!) a few from the middle of this week (there seems to be a lot with …

Apple, Google and Samsung May Have Big Smartwatch Plans for 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say C|Net had a round-up of speculation about changes in smartwatches in 2022. The blog said that there could be an Apple Watch for extreme sports and the first smartwatch from Google …

Tags:Apple| Fitbit| Google| Samsung| Smartwatches

Apple Studio Display Firmware Glitch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacWorld reports that Apple ran into a glitch recently with its Studio Display, which runs a version of iOS 15.4. The article said that the 15.4.1 update did not support the …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Software

Gartner Says Worldwide PC Shipments Declined 7.3% in First Quarter of 2022

by Artem Alekseenko

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 77.5 million units in the first quarter of 2022, a 7.3% decrease from the first quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. A sharp drop in Chromebook …

Links Week Starting 11th April 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. ICDT in China to be postponed because …

Samsung to Buy 6.5 million OLEDs from BOE and CSOT in 2022

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec quoted respected analyst Nakane-san of Mizhuo Securities as saying at the UBI Conference in Korea as saying that last year Samsung bought 800K OLEDs from BOE and CSOT of …

PC Shipments Begin to Slow Following Two Years of Strong Growth, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

Global shipments of traditional PCs, including desktops, notebooks, and workstations, declined 5.1% in the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) but exceeded earlier forecasts, according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide …

DPReview Looks Closely at the Apple Studio Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DPReview.com, the photography blog, published a review of the Apple Studio Display which called it “an excellent monitor at a steep price”. It likes the optional nano-texture coating but doesn’t think …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Testing

Samsung Announces a Self-repair Programme

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung US said that it is expanding the range of parts, repair tools and guides that will be available to consumers. The repair guides are being developed with the iFixit website. …

Tags:Apple| Repair| Right to Repair| Samsung| Smartphones

Studio Display TearDown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit tore down the new Apple Studio Display and decided that inside it’s very like an iMac. The site identifies that the panel itself is exactly the same as the one …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| Teardowns

Strategy Analytics: MediaTek Exited 2021 with Over 75 Million Unit Lead Over Qualcomm in Smartphone Apps Processors

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics published its 2021 result for the smartphone AP market and ranked Qualcomm as top in revenue (38%), but MediaTek sold 75 million more units than the US firm. Both …

Apple Scaling Back iPhone SE Production?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei Asia reported that Apple has cut back its forecast for the iPhone SE production in Q2 2022 by around two to three million units as it sees markets reacting to …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Smartphone Market