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GIS To Invest in Touch for OLEDs

by Milos Pavlovic

General Interface Solution (GIS), which is a member of the Foxconn group, plans to invest $750 million in a new factory in Chengdu, China, apparently with a plan to become a supplier to Apple …

Tags:Apple| China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Touch Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 37

Everyone is Talking About the Perfect Display (in the iPhone, that is)

by Norbert Hildebrand

Two weeks ago, I raised the question of whether Apple showed enough with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus to take the smartphone sales leadership away from Samsung, but I had no idea …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| LCD displays| Vol 23 - Issue 38| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

iPhone7 New Groundbreaking Display The Best News That Wasn’t

by Steve Sechrist

There was no news of Apple’s iPhone 7 display at the recent launch event for the iPhone 7 series. The new display components introduced two new benchmarks for mobile LCD displays, with the lowest …

Tags:Apple| Devices| Display Metrology| display technology| iPhone| Vol 23 - Issue 37

iPhone 8 to Dispense with Home Button?

by Bob Raikes

Rumours from Japan suggest that the next iPhone (oh yes, the 7 is here, so now the topic for the next year will be the 8! – Man. Ed.) will have a front surface …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Apple Sees a Better Future for Augmented Reality

by Norbert Hildebrand

In an interview with ABC News, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple was asked about the new iPhone 7 and also where Apple stands on the new topics of Augmented and Virtual Reality. Tim Cook …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Apple Upgrades tvOS and iOS

by Milos Pavlovic

Apple has updated the tvOS software for Apple TV and the software for iPhone to version 10. Each has a number of changes, including a ‘Dark mode’ which adds a dark background. The tvOS …

Tags:Apple| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 36

Apple Fails to Surprise with iPhone 7

by Milos Pavlovic

Apple did little to surprise the world with its big announcement of the new iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, with the features of the new device being widely forecast. The company also updated and …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Smartphone Forecast Drops as Competition Builds

by Steve Sechrist

For the second time in three months market research firm IDC cut its smartphone forecast amid maturing world-wide markets as competitive forces continue to build in the space. New research released this week from …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| Market Data| Patents| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 35

Apple Faces Touch Fault Accusations

by Tom Allen

iFixit has published a very comprehensive blog post about a problem with the touchscreen on the iPhone 6 and 6+. The problem is apparently becoming so common that ‘microsoldering expert’ Jessa Jones, who runs …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Repair| Vol 23 - Issue 33

Apple to Refresh iPad Pro in 2017

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an KGI Securities analyst with a respectable track record on Apple predictions, has said that the company will launch as many as three iPads in 2017. In an investor note, Kuo said …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Flexible Displays| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 32

Is Apple Following in the Footsteps of Sony?

by Norbert Hildebrand

Many years ago a Japanese company named Sony set out to revolutionize the world with a new take on consumer electronics products. They invented new product categories and created stellar devices that to this …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| iPhone| Market| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 32