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Chinese Firms Filling Smartphone Top Five

by Tom Allen

343.3 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q2’16: a relatively flat result, up 0.3% from Q2’15 (342.4 million units), says IDC. Quarterly growth was higher, up 3.1% from 331.3 million. Ryan Reith, IDC’s mobile …

Merge VR Goggles Now Available in Best Buy Stores

by Isaac Oburu

Merge VR announced today that its soft Merge VR Goggles are now available in U.S. Best Buy stores. The comfortable virtual reality headset works with both Apple and Android smartphones. In recent weeks, the …

Tags:Android| Apple| USA| Virtual Reality

Apple Result 26/07/2016

by Dhruv Dayal Gupta

Apple reported Q3 2016 net profit of $7.8 billion, down 27% YoY from $10.7 billion. Turnover was $42.4 billion, down 15% YoY from $49.6 billion. The quarter saw record-breaking App Store turnover. Analyst Comment …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 29

Bob Mansfield Heading Apple Car Project

by Tom Allen

Bob Mansfield, a former executive at Apple, has been appointed to oversee its nascent car project, sources have told the Wall Street Journal. Mansfield joined Apple in 1999 and was an executive under Steve …

Apple, Samsung Rank Highest in Satisfaction with Smartwatches and Fitness Bands

by Isaac Oburu

Apple ranks highest among manufacturers of smartwatches, and Samsung ranks highest among manufacturers of fitness band devices, according to the J.D. Power 2016 Fitness Band Device Satisfaction ReportSM and J.D. Power 2016 Smartwatch Device …

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PC Market “Shows Some Signs of Improving”

by Tom Allen

Worldwide PC shipments reached 64.3 million units in Q2’16, down 5.2% YoY – the seventh consecutive quarter of declines, says Gartner. However, the market is showing some signs of improvement. Weakening local currencies against …

Apple’s OLED Capacity Will Take Half of G6 Equipment Orders

by Tom Allen

UBI Research has predicted that Apple’s rumoured adoption of OLED technology in the next iPhone will lead to $13 billion of production equipment orders by 2020. The firm estimates that Apple’s orders will take …

Compiling the Evidence of Apple’s AR/VR Interest

by Tom Allen

If there is any company whose absence has been noted in the AR/VR space, it is Apple. While rivals like Samsung and Microsoft sit on top of a steadily growing ecosystem, there has been …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Patents| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 32

What to Do About the World’s Mounting Pile of Used iPhones?

by Isaac Oburu

Zhuanzhuan, a professional pre-owned products trading platform launched by renowned Chinese Internet company 58.com Inc., recently wrote a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, saying that the company is able and willing to work …

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Growth Opportunities in OLED Displays

by Ian Hendy

After a gestation period of about 20 years, OLEDs are now most definitely in a growth stage – rising TV sales show it, and Apple’s (rumoured) adoption of the technology for the 2018 iPhone …

Tags:Apple| OLEDs| Supply Chain| Vol 23 - Issue 27

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 25

by Tom Allen

A source speaking to PC Games N has said that AOC will launch a pair of UltraHD monitors this year: one flat and one curved. Both displays will use Nvidia G-Sync, said the source. …

Apple Describes Phone With Wrap-Around Display

by Tom Allen

Apple has patented a phone with a wrap-around display – that is, a display encircling the device entirely. To avoid excessive battery drain, sensors would determine where the user is looking, and only the …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 24