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Creating color from blue miniLEDs. Investigating the inner workings of Apple’s new iPad and MacBook Pro

by Peter Palomaki

With miniLEDs now squarely in the passing lane as the next big display revolution, it’s important to consider how these miniLEDs are currently being implemented in LCD technology. More specifically, how they are creating …

Tags:Apple| Phosphors| Quantum Dots| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

Apple Open to User Repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We have been following the Apple repair topic and now the firm has said that it will have a ‘Self Service Repair’ programme that will allow some repairs to devices at …

Tags:Apple| Right to Repair

Links Week Commencing 15th November 2021

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. One UI 4 Update Delivers an Elevated …

Apple said to be developing next-gen ‘privacy glasses’ and new Face ID for 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple noted that Apple has applied for a patent for glasses that can detect the identity of the user and automatically correct for vision defects associated with the user. The …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Privacy

Apple Says It Will Fix Face ID Failure on Third-Party Screen Repairs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We reported recently on problems for third party repairers after failures with Face ID after the change of displays (iFixit confirms iPhone 13 disables Face ID after third-party screen repair). However …

Tags:Apple| Right to Repair| Smartphones| warranty

iFixit confirms iPhone 13 disables Face ID after third-party screen repair

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit reports that the iPhone13 ‘completely disables’ its flagship Face ID functionality when you replace its screen. The tests have been duplicated by other repairers. The blog said “The iPhone 13 …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Right to Repair| warranty

Meta to Retail Headsets?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York Times reported that Meta has discussed possibly opening retail stores (probably to be called Meta Store) globally to promote its VR and, later, AR hardware. Work on the …

Tags:Apple| Facebook/Meta| The Metaverse| Virtual Reality

Apple’s Extended Warranty Programme Gets Even Bigger

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Warranty Week estimated that “the world’s largest extended warranty program(me)” run by Apple has reached a level of around $8.5 billion upo 20% in 2021. Despite the growth in its warranty …

Tags:Apple| warranty

iPhone Fold could be one step closer to reality

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Phone Arena spotted a patent (“Electronic devices with fiber composite friction hinges”). Most of the rest of the article is speculation and quotes from the the patent application. What We Think …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Patents

Links Week Ending 5th November 2021

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 second part of this week. ‘First-of-a-kind 3D curved Sony Crystal LED system’ …

Apple in talks with Samsung Display to apply OLED to MacBook

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that Apple has started to talk to LG & Samsung about the possible supply of OLEDs for MacBooks, a plan that had been originally planned for 2025, the …

Apple trims iPad production to feed chips to iPhone 13

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Apple is moving restricted chip supplies to the iPhone 13 rather than its iPad production. It put the rate of cut back as at 50% of the original …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Supply Chain| tablets