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Apple has sold more than 500 million iPads in 10 years, CEO says

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has said that Apple has now sold 500 million iPads in the last ten years, and that half of iPad buyers are currently buying their first iPad. …

Tags:Apple| iPad| tablets

BOE Reattempts to Supply OLED to Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BOE is expected to try again to become a qualified supplier of OLED panels for fitting to refurbished iPhone 12s. The company tried to supply originally from its B11 fab but …

Tags:Apple| BOE| Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Small & Medium Displays

Here’s everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple held its ‘traditional’ September event to release new products, but didn’t announce any new iPhones, apparently because of Covid-related development and supply chain delays. It announced a new Apple Watch, …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Smartwatches| tablets

Covid-19 and Touchless Touch

by Bob Raikes

Whenever there is a change in the world, some companies will try to ‘catch the wave’ to make the most of the particular circumstances, while others will tend to follow on their own way. …

Tags:Apple| Gesture Recognition| Haptics| Touch Market| Touchless Touch

Impact of Apple and Samsung on the Display Industry

by Ian Hendy

For observers of the display industry over a long horizon, it is pretty clear that Apple and Samsung have had a major impact on innovation and the introduction of new technologies. From the first …

Tags:Apple| LTPS TFT| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung

Starting Today, Samsung Brings Apple Music to its Smart TVs

by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Electronics announced that beginning today, it is the first TV brand to integrate Apple Music on its Smart TV platform. Consumers in over 100 countries will now be able to enjoy Apple Music …

Tags:Apple| Samsung| Smart TV

iPhone SE: A Powerful New Smartphone in a Popular Design

by Artem Alekseenko

Apple announced the second-generation iPhone SE, a powerful new iPhone featuring a 4.7-inch Retina HD display, paired with Touch ID for industry-leading security. iPhone SE comes in a compact design, reinvented from the inside …

Tags:Apple| iPhone

iPhone 12 Advances VR – AR

by Steve Sechrist

OK, you’ve been hunkered down at home for the past five weeks, but may still have missed all the buzz about the next generation flagship iPhone (12?) Forget the talk of a smaller notch, …

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

Apple Drives Massive Growth in Shipments of $401-to-$600 Smartphones with Wireless Charging-Capability in Q4

by Artem Alekseenko

Shipments of wireless-charging-enabled smartphones in the $401-to-$600 price range grew by 365 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019 as Apple’s price cut for the iPhone XR dramatically expanded the market, according to the …

Tags:Apple| Wireless Charging

…and then China got Sick

by Steve Sechrist

It was the 19th century Habsburg era diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich who once said, “When France sneezes, Europe catches a cold”. Well, it’s a different viral strain, but that’s pretty much what seems …

Gartner Says Worldwide Semiconductor Spending Declined in 2019 Due to Slowing Macroeconomy and Falling Memory Prices

by Artem Alekseenko

Apple reclaimed the No. 1 position among global semiconductor chip buyers in 2019, representing 8.6% of the total worldwide market, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung dropped to the second spot with 8% market share. …

Tags:Apple| Gartner

iPad Turns 10 – Yep

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it the iPad had its 10th birthday this past week. It was January 27, 2010 that a noticeably thinning Steve Jobs presented, to much fanfare, the first iPad tablet device. …