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Apple Glasses will Need Another Device

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information’s Reality Check reported that Apple’s anticipated augmented reality headset will rely on connecting to an iPhone (or other device) to work, rather than being a stand-alone device. The article …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality

Apple’s iPad Pro’s miniLED Backlight: How the Company Balanced Cost and Performance

by Artem Alekseenko

“After more than three years of hype, excitement, and unfulfilled promises, miniLED backlights are finally ready for prime time,”asserts Taha Ayari, Technology & Cost Analyst at System Plus Consulting part of Yole Développement (Yole).And …

Tags:Apple| iPad| MiniLED

System Plugs Looks (Very) Closely at Apple miniLED BLU

by Bob Raikes

What They Say System Plus (SP) in France, part of the Yole Développement group, released information about the miniLED backlight in the 12.9″ iPad Pro after a teardown with support from Yole analysts. The …

Tags:Apple| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| tablets

Smartwatch Market Grows 27% YoY in Q2 2021; Apple Watch User Base Crosses 100 Million

by Artem Alekseenko

Showing a full recovery from COVID-19, global smartwatch shipments in the second quarter of this year increased 27% compared to the same period last year, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Apple| Smartwatches

Bloomberg Discusses Apple’s Touch ID

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg said in its Power On subscription newsletter that it believes that Apple is working on putting Face ID in (or under) the display, but will not put in-screen Touch ID …

Tags:Apple| face recognition| iPhone

Deutsche Telekom Offers Universal Electronics’ Apple TV Remote Control with its Apple TV 4K Service

by Artem Alekseenko

As part of its Apple TV 4K service, Deutsche Telekom, Germany’s leading telecommunications company with award-winning network quality, is offering customers the voice-enabled Apple TV 4K remote control designed specifically for Multichannel Video Program …

Tags:Apple| Remote Controls| UltraHD (4KTV)

Links Week Commencing 16th August 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. Latest Sony Patent Gives VR Headset Outward …

Bloomberg Doesn’t Think Much of the Apple TV

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg’s Power On subscriber newsletter looked back at the development of the Apple TV box and although it can see why previous versions were developed and sold, it sees little point …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| STBs| Streaming Dongles

Global PC Shipments up 15% YoY in Q2 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research released its global PC data for Q2 and saw growth of 15.1% year on year to 80.1 million. For the year, the firm expects double digit growth, but with …

Links Week Ending 13th August 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. 2021 State Of The Mobile Baseband (I’m …

M1 MacBook Air reports of self-destructing displays are piling up — and users are baffled

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Laptop Magazine reported that there are an increasing number of complaints on Reddit and Apple’s Community forum that M1 MacBook Air notebooks are suffering from ‘self-destructing’ displays. A complainant said that …

Tags:Apple| Notebooks| warranty

The Global Smartphone Market Grew 13.2% in the Second Quarter Despite Supply Concerns and Vendor Shakeups, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The rebound from 2020 continued for smartphones in the second quarter of 2021 (2Q21) as overall shipment volumes grew 13.2% year over year, slightly beating IDC’s forecast of 12.5% growth. According to preliminary data …

Tags:Apple| IDC| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi