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DisplayMate Says iPhone X Breaks New Mobile Display Ground

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, there is a new mobile display king on the block that has come as Apple has exploited Samsung’s state of the art active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| iPhone| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Plex Adds Support for UHD, HEVC and FLAC

by Andrew Fenn

Media server app Plex has been updated to support Ultra HD streaming on the Apple TV 4K. Additionally, HEVC decoding and direct playback of FLAC audio files has been activated for all tvOS 11 …

Tags:Apple| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| STBs| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 43

Infuse Adds Support for HDR on tvOS and iOS

by Andrew Fenn

Infuse version 5.6 is out now on tvOS and iOS, adding support for HDR video for capable devices. The update also features dynamic range colour conversion, to improve the look of colours even on …

Tags:Apple| HDR - High Dynamic Range| HEVC (H.265)| Large Display Monitor| OTT Video| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 43

IHS: iPhone X Costs Apple $370 in Materials

by Andrew Fenn

Teardown engineers at IHS Markit have completed their preliminary physical dissection of the new Apple iPhone X and found that the model A1865 version of the smartphone with 64GB of NAND memory carries a …

Tags:Apple| IHS Markit| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Teardowns| Vol 24 - Issue 42

iPhone X to Launch in 14 More Countries

by Andrew Fenn

The iPhone X will be sold in Israel from November 23rd, and in Albania, Bosnia, Cambodia, Kosovo, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia, Montenegro, Serbia, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and Turkey from November 24th. The new …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Samsung’s New Galaxy Ad Makes Fun of the iPhone

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has taken a cheeky pot-shot or seven at Apple in its latest advert for the Galaxy range of smartphones. Released shortly after the launch of the iPhone X, Samsung’s ad highlights Apple’s late-to-the-party …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 42

DisplayMate Sees Apple X

by Bob Raikes

DisplayMate has issued its detailed review of the OLED display on the new Apple iPhone X. Dr Ray Soneira from DisplayMate said that the display displaces the Samsung Galaxy S8 as the best smartphone …

Tags:Apple| DisplayMate| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Tim Cook: “AR Will Change the Way We Use Technology Forever”

by Andrew Fenn

At Apple’s fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Tim Cook went on record to say that augmented reality will “change the way we use technology forever”. With the release of iOS 11 came ARKit, Apple’s augmented …

Tags:Apple| AR/VR| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

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Apple Has Record Q4 Turnover

by Yvette Raikes

Apple announced Q4 net profits of $10.7 billion, up from $9.0 billion in the year-ago quarter, on record turnover of $52.6 billion, a rise of 12% from $46.9 billion. For the year there were …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Apple Acknowledges Potential OLED Burn-In on iPhone X

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has addressed the recent controversy surrounding burn-in and image retention in OLED smartphone screens. The Google Pixel 2 XL’s LG P-OLED screen recently came under fire when users reported the issue, which causes …

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Mostly Positive Reception for the iPhone X

by Andrew Fenn

More reviews of the iPhone X are coming through, and the response is largely positive, with the new handset being called “the best smartphone you can buy”, “polished, tight and clean” and “the future …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 41