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Global smartphone shipments to grow 50% in 1Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research is forecasting that smartphone sales will be up 50% year on year to 340 million units in Q1 2021 with sales of Apple handsets going well (forecast at >60 …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones

BOE Rumored to Supply iPhone 13 Display Panels After iPhone 12 Failures

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacRumors reports, quoting the Chinese language Economic Daily News from Taiwan, that BOE, working with GIS in Taiwan, has now met the qualification requirements of Apple to supply small quantities of …

Tags:Apple| BOE| Flexible Displays

Apple TV+ Moves onto Google TV Platforms

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has announced that the Apple TV+ streaming service is now available on Google TV, with the first implementation on Chromecast with Google TV. The service will become available later on …

Tags:Android| Apple| Google| Streaming Video| SVOD

Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide in 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Geekwire was able to persuade IDC to confirm its PC data by OS that showed that in 2020, Chromebooks outsold Macs worldwide for the first time over the year, although this …

Apple TV: tvOS 14.5 to support both 24.000fps and 23.976fps

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say FlatPanelsHD reports that tvOS 14.5 from Apple will support both 24.000 and 23.976 fps without frame dropping. Currently, showing movies generated at 24fps at the broadcasting frequency of 23.976 fps (a …

Tags:Apple| Software| Streaming Dongles| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Apple Wins Patent on HFR Devices

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Patently Apple reports that Apple has won a patent (10,923,012 that was filed in March 2020) that covers devices that can be used at double or other multiples of their native …

Tags:Apple| HFR - High Frame Rate| Patents

Apple Starting to Re-Open Stores in the US

by Bob Raikes

What They Say 9to5Mac reports that Apple is re-introducing in-store shopping appointments at many US Apple Stores that have been operating as Express storefronts. Other temporarily-closed locations are reopening for pickup of online orders. …

Tags:Apple| Retail| USA

Top Phone Makers’ Foldable Smartphone Plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald said that ‘according to industry sources’, Samsung, Apple and Huawei are planning new foldable devices. The Mate X2 from Huawei is due to be launched at MWC Shanghai, …

Apple to Work with TSMC on Microdisplays

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Apple is to work with TSMC on the manufacture of microdisplays using OLED technology at a ‘secretive’ facility in Taiwan. The report said that the project is now …

Tags:Apple| Microdisplays| OLEDs| Taiwan| TSMC

Magic Leap’s second-gen headset will be more compact – Apple’s to be $3K

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Information ($$) has backed up previous Bloomberg reports that Apple’s planned VR headset, code-named N301, would have dual ‘8K’ displays with eye tracking and Lidar as well as many as …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Virtual Reality

Report: Apple Testing In-Display Fingerprint Sensor for iPhone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PC Magazine, quoting the WSJ, reports that Apple is looking closely at using an under display fingerprint sensor that uses optical technology, rather than the ultrasonic technology used in the Galaxy …

Tags:Apple| Fingerprint Recognition| Qualcomm| Smartphones

Strategy Analytics: Tablet Market Posts 18% Annual Increase in 2020, Strongest Growth in 7 Years (2)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Strategy Analytics (SA) said that table sales globally grew 28% to reach 188.3 million units in 2020, with 62.5 million units shipped in Q4. The big brands were the winners with …

Tags:Apple| Google| Lenovo| Market Data| tablets