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Apple May be Genuinely Disruptive. Again

by Bob Raikes

When I did a search of the Display Daily website for the term ‘Disruptive’, there were 166 articles identified. However, looking through them, I had to go back to a Display Daily I wrote …

Tags:Apple| PCs| Semiconductors

Apple aims to adopt tandem OLEDs in its next iPad Pro tablets

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Apple would like to adopt OLED for its iPad Pro tablets next year, but has asked LG Display and Samsung Display to develop tandem OLEDs, with a …

Tags:Apple| LG Displays (LGD)| OLEDs| Samsung Display

iPhone 12 Pro Max OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ray Soneira has published his in-depth review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max display and found it to be at the leading edge of OLED (and other) smartphones. As usual, he …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Measurement| OLEDs| Smartphones

Strategy Analytics: HP Narrowly Wins #1 Notebook Share Amid Strong Back-to-School Demand

by Artem Alekseenko

HP edged out Lenovo for the first time in years by a slim margin to regain leadership in the notebook PC market. Overall, the industry picked up pace last quarter as the world moves …

macOS Big Sur Update Bricking Some Older MacBook Pro Models

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple has hit snags with an OS upgrade to macOS Big Sur, which is reported to have been bricking some late 2013 and 2014 MacBook Pros. (see this MacRumors forum thread). …

Tags:Apple| Notebooks| Operating Systems

Apple Unleashes M1

by Artem Alekseenko

Apple® announced M1, the most powerful chip it has ever created and the first chip designed specifically for the Mac®. M1 is optimized for Mac systems in which small size and power efficiency are …

Tags:Apple| SOCs

Forget 5G. This Is the Technology Apple Is Really Betting On With the iPhone 12.

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article on investment site ‘The Motley Fool’ suggests that the inclusion of Lidar in the iPhone 12 Pro is a bigger deal than many have recognised. The technology can create …

Tags:3D Depth Cameras| Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Mixed Reality

Apple Adds Own Chip Option to Macs

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple has launched three new Macs that use its own chips, rather than those of Intel, which it has used since 2006. The architecture will be based on Arm technology. Arm, …

Tags:Apple| Arm| Semiconductors

China’s Luxshare aims to begin iPhone assembly ahead of schedule

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Chinese supplier, Luxshare (What Bob Saw on the Net 25 08 2020), which is buying a factory from Wistron, has been allowed to see the production of the …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Production| Smartphones

LG Display to Expand OLED Supply to Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec has said that LG Display is expanding its E6-1 and E6-2 lines to boost output by 25K/month additional substrates of LTPO (5K, then 10K in May 2021 and another …

Apple Puts Taiwanese Supplier Pegatron On Probation Over Student Workers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple has put Pegatron ‘on probation’ as a supplier because the company had not correctly handled student workers. Pegatron will not get new contracts until all corrective actions have been taken. …

Tags:Apple| Employment and Redundancies

Apple’s Warranties & Service Contracts

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Warranty Week has had a deep dive into Apple’s warranty and extended warranty business and found that the company has been doing better and better over recent years. IT’s warranty accruals …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| warranty