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LG Display to supply more OLED panels to Apple for iPhones in 2021

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Quoting data from Omdia, The Elec in Korea reported that Apple will see a boost of 47.6% in iPhone shipments this year, to 169 million from 114.5 million. The suppliers of …

Tags:Apple| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung| Samsung Display| Small Medium Panel Supply

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Apple Brings XDR MiniLED Technology to the iPad

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Apple held an event to launch a number of non-iPhone (mainly) products that featured: New iPad Pros with a miniLED ‘Liquid Retina XDR’ display and using its own M1 chip A …

Tags:All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| MiniLED| Streaming Dongles| tablets

Apple removes claim that its Pro Display XDR goes ‘far beyond HDR’ in the UK

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DPReview (my favourite photography technology site) reports that Apple in the UK has been forced by the ASA (advertising authority) to withdraw a claim that the display goes ‘Far Beyond HDR’ …

Tags:Apple| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Litigation| Measurement| UK (United Kingdom)

Apple Headset May Have 15 Cameras

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Phone Arena reported that Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will use an under-display Face ID sensor in 2023, which will eliminate the ‘notch’ in Apple’s display. He has also …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

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DSCC Highlights LTPO and High Refresh in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In an information dense blog post, DSCC picked out some highlights from its most recent report on ‘Advanced Smartphones’. It highlights the trend to higher refresh rates, which have developed from …

Tags:Apple| LTPO TFT| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Apple to Make Combined TV STB + Smart Speaker

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is planning a new box that would combine the functions of the Apple TV STB and Homepod smart speaker and add a camera to enable videoconferencing with a connected TV, …

Tags:Apple| Voice Input

MacBook & iPad Supply Hits a Crunch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that some Apple MacBook and iPad production has been postponed because of chip supply issues. Some orders have been moved back from the first half of the year to …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Samsung| Semiconductors

MicroLED IP: Startups and Newcomers are Challenging the Heavyweights

by Artem Alekseenko

Joining Apple, Samsung, LG, XDisplay, PlayNitride, Facebook and others, newcomers are accelerating microLED patenting activity. OUTLINE: IP landscape:8900+ patents filed by close to 480 organizations now represent a cumulated total of 4093 families selected …

Tags:Apple| | MicroLED| Patents| Samsung

Next-gen Apple TV may support 120Hz output

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac reported that there are references to 120Hz frame rate support in the code for Apple’s tvOS 14.5 beta code, although the current Apple TV box would not have the hardware …

Tags:Apple| Roku| Streaming Dongles

iMac to Have >27″ Display?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacRumors reports that a ‘credible leaker’ has added to what is described as ‘widespread speculation’ that the next version of the iMac will have a larger display than the current largest …

Tags:5K (5120 x 2880)| All-in-ones (AIOs)| Apple

Apple May Have to Compensate Samsung

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald, quoting un-named ‘industry insiders’ said that Apple may have to compensate Samsung for ordering fewer displays that its target production as its volume will be 75 million for …

Tags:Apple| Next Action| Samsung| Smartphone Market