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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

MicroLED: Will Apple and Samsung Disrupt the Industry?

by Artem Alekseenko

Apple can source microdrivers and microLED chips from foundry partners and assemble those components in-house or with other partners to create unique displays. Although it currently has more pressing battles to fight, the same …

Tags:Apple| MicroLED| Samsung

Apple TV is coming to Xbox consoles on November 10th

by Bob Raikes

What They Say I saw a stream of articles that highlighted that the Apple TV app will come to X-Box in a week or so. The Verge reports that it will also be on …

Tags:Apple| Consoles| PlayStation| Streaming Video| xBox

Some Quarterly Finance results

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Universal Display reported its Q3 2020 financial results, with revenues of $117 million (up from $58 million in Q2 2020 and $98 million in Q3 2019, and a net income of …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| OLED Materials| Samsung| UDC