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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

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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

Apple to launch 2 OLED iPads in 2023

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec has reported that Apple is planning to launch two iPads using OLEDs in 2023, after introducing a single model, based on a 10.86″ panel from SDC in 2022. Next …

Tags:Apple| iPad| OLEDs| Samsung Display

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iFixit Has a First Look at the iPad Pro XDR Display

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit released a short (4 minutes) video showing the start of a tear down of the iPad Pro, highlighting the XDR display and backlight. The display is around 0.5mm thicker than …

Tags:Apple| LCD Backlights| MiniLED| tablets| Teardowns

iPad Pro Teardown Shows Sharp Increase in Taiwan Parts  

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Taiwanese suppliers have increased their share of components in the latest iPad Pro, at the expense of South Korean companies. A teardown with Fomalhaut Techno Solutions found that …

Tags:Apple| iPad| MiniLED| tablets

The iPhone 12 Mini Makes Me Sick (Literally)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in IEEE Spectrum highlights issues with OLED display flicker. Tekla S. Perry upgraded from an older iPhone SE to an iPhone 12 Mini as the smaller display was appealing. …

Tags:Apple| Human Visual System (HVS)| iPhone| warranty

Apple will likely launch its XR headset in Q2 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo according to 9to5Mac said in an investment note that Apple will use microOLED displays, “innovative biometrics” and as many as 15 cameras in its widely rumoured VR/AR …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

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iPhones to Capture 40% of Smartphone Market Value in 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Juniper Research forecast that sales of iPhones will bring in over $200 billion in 2022 – nearly 40% of the value of the market from less than 20% of the units …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Smartphone Market

Links Week Commencing 31st May 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. LG Gained, Samsung Lost Share in Booming …

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