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Ming-Chi Kuo: OLED for 2022 iPad Air and Forecasts Apple XR

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is regarded as a good source for reasonably reliable rumours on Apple’s plans and we saw two separate reports on his comments. First, he has said that he …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Gaze Recognition| MiniLED| Mixed Reality| OLEDs| tablets| Virtual Reality

Apple slashes planned iPhone 12 mini production for 1H

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Apple plans to ‘slash’ its production plans for iPhone 12 mini in the first half of 2012, although it still has an annual target of 230 million for …

Tags:5G| Apple| Smartphones

Apple is discontinuing the iMac Pro

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple told CNN Business that it is discontinuing the sale of the iMac Pro, once existing inventory is sold out. The product was released in 2017 (iMac Pro Supports up to …

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

Ennostar has order visibility till 3Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes reported that Ennostar (the holding company for Lextar and Epistar) now has orders to keep itself busy until Q3 2021, with utilisation at 80% to 90%. More than 50% of …

Tags:Apple| MiniLED| Pen Input

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

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 …

Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| Operating Systems| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| PCs| Windows

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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