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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

Global Smartphone Market Grows 17.4 % Year-over-Year in 1H21 – Xiaomi Takes #2 Spot for First Time in 2Q and 1H of 2021

by Artem Alekseenko

The global smartphone market grew 6.9 percent year-over-year (YoY), to 299.1 million units in 2Q 2021, compared to the 279.7 million units shipped in 2Q 2020 – according to Omdia’s latest Smartphone preliminary shipment …

Tags:Analytics & Tools| Apple| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Xiaomi

Samsung and Apple Thriving

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Key device makers, Samsung and Apple reported their results. Sales for Samsung were $55.55 billion in Q2, up 20%, with profits of $10.96 billion. Semiconductors, displays, mobile and CE were all …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Samsung

Links Mid-Week 28th July 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. We normally issue these on Tuesdays and Fridays, but there were a lot about over the last day …

Apple to likely overtake Samsung in OLED smartphone shipment this year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Quoting UBI Research, The Elec said that Apple used more OLEDs in its smartphones than Samsung in the first half of the year (between 60 and 64 million against 55 to …

Tags:Apple| Samsung| Smartphones

The next iPad mini: High-end specs in a tiny tablet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacWorld summarised the latest rumours about an iPad Mini re-design. The design for the sixth generation could look like a smaller iPad Air 9to5Mac reports that it will use an A15 …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| iPhone| Smartphone Market| tablets

Apple Sees Defective Laptop Display Claims Tossed, For Now

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Law360 reports that the proposed class action against Apple over display defects in the MacBook Pro notebook has been dismissed. (Judge Reveals Mac PC Display Problems Apple ‘Tried To Hide’). The …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| USA| warranty

Apple Wins Headset patent

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PatentlyApple reported that Apple has been granted a US patent for a mixed reality headset with a 3D display that can dynamically focus images directly onto the retina to correct for …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Patents| Virtual Reality

LG Display to restart spending in Apple OLED line next month

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say The Elec reports that LG will restart spending on its E6-3 line in Paju shortly as it looks to boost capacity to meet demand for flexible smartphone OLEDs from Apple. The …

Tags:Apple| Investment| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED Fabs| Production

Mini LED coming to 11-inch iPad Pro in 2022, Kuo says

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, a regular on this service, has reported that Apple is planning to expand its miniLED backlights to an 11″ version of its iPad Pro in 2022. It is …

Tags:Apple| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| Notebooks