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Apple has officially launched its Self Service Repair program

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple put out a press release saying that its Self Service Repair system is now available in the US and will expand into Europe and then beyond later this year. There’s …

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

Chinese Whispers:BOE to Supply iPhone OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Cinno Research in China reported that BOE has done a deal to supply OLEDs for the iPhone 14 and supply could reach 59 million units (around 25% or so of the …

Apple Watch Series 6 screens may go permanently blank, Apple warns

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld reported that a “very small percentage” of Apple Watch Series 6 devices could be affected by a problem known as the “Black Screen of Death” that causes the display to …

Tags:Apple| Smartwatches| warranty

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