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Samsung Reclaims the Top Spot as Smartphone Market Performs Better Than Expected with 353.6 Million Device Shipments in 3Q20, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The worldwide smartphone market showed signs of improvement in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with shipments declining just 1.3% year over year, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide …

Worldwide Tablet Shipments Grew 24.9% in Q3 2020, According to IDC

by Artem Alekseenko

The worldwide tablet market delivered solid results in the third quarter of 2020 (3Q20) with 24.9% year-over-year growth and shipments totaling 47.6 million units, according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) …

iFixit Tears Down iPhone 12

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit had a close look at the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro in one of its teardowns. They achieved the same repairability score of 6/10 and many components are interchangeable. The …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Teardowns

Apple releases iOS 14.1 with support for iPhone 12, 10-bit HDR, and bug fixes

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Macworld reported that Apple has released iOS 14.1 for the iPhone 12 and added support for 10 bit HDR playback to devices from the iPhone 8 onwards. Those with an iPhone …

Tags:Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| iPhone| Operating Systems

Apple Launches IPhone 12 With Some Surprises

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC’s Ross Young posted a blog article commenting on the Apple iPhone 12 launch and expressing surprise at the inclusion of 5G mmWave. The article points out that the cameras are …

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Apple unveils iPhone 12 series

by Bob Raikes

What They Say After months of speculation, and slightly later in the year than before, Apple finally announced the iPhone 12 series. The 6.1″ iPhone 12 and the 5.4″ iPhone 12 mini get the …

Tags:Apple| Corning| Glass| iPhone| Smartphones

Apple Warranty Costs Drop

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple’s warranty claims rate has dropped from 2.2% a year ago, to 1.2% ($1.26 billion) for the first half of 2020. What We Think Somebody in Apple’s engineering division should get …

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Apple Is Evaluating Scratch-Resistant Diamond Like Coatings On Gorilla Glass

by Bob Raikes

What They Say A semiconductor market analyst on the Seeking Alpha website has said that Apple is testing Diamond-like Coatings (DLC) as a possible enhancement to Gorilla Glass Victus (the 7th generation of Gorilla …

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Excitement Growing in Flexible Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Earlier this week, I was corresponding with Ross Young about the release of his firm’s latest forecast on the foldable smartphone market (more than $100 billion by 2025) and he commented on the excitement …

Three top Apple suppliers to commit $900 million to India smartphone incentive plan – sources

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Reuters reported that Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron all plan to take advantage of a production-linked plan in India to build factories in the country. The investments could total $900 million. Foxconn …

Tags:Apple| Foxconn (Honhai)| India| Manufacturing| ODMs & OEMs

Osram Opto reportedly to become mini LED supplier for Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes, quoting ‘industry sources’ said that Osram will be a supplier of miniLEDs for Apple’s MacBook. It also said that Apple will have an iPad Pro with 10,000 LEDs early in …

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LG Display to invest in OLED line for Apple in Q1

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that LG is going to make extra investments at its Paju facility to build a new line, E6-3, to make G6 substrates (1500 x 1850mm) to support supply …