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Apple Focuses on Software at WWDC

by Tom Allen

Apple’s WWDC keynote, held on the 13th June, introduced many announcements aimed at bringing Apple devices closer together. Sadly, though, there was little in terms of display news – the event really focused on …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Events| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Software| STBs| Vol 23 - Issue 23

UK Leads European Detachable Market

by Tom Allen

The UK was the largest market for detachable tablets in Western Europe in Q1’16, says IDC, overtaking Germany. More than 300,000 units were shipped in the UK last quarter: 23% of the overall market …

Tags:Apple| IDC| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 22

The Smartphone Market – A Lesson in Business Strategy

by Norbert Hildebrand

When we think about the cellular phones today we just assume we are talking about the smartphone as there is almost no other type available any more. While this is not completely true, the …

Tags:Apple| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 22

Foxconn Reduces Workforce Through the Use of Robots

by Norbert Hildebrand

As reported by the South China Morning Post and others, Foxconn in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, has reduced its workforce in one factory from 110,000 to 50,000 through the increased use of robots. In a …

Tags:Apple| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Now You Can Get Merge VR Goggles at Target Stores

by Isaac Oburu

Merge Virtual Reality announced today that its VR Goggles, which work with both Apple and Android smartphones, are now available at Target stores across the U.S. The mobile virtual reality headset retails for $79 …

Tags:Android| Apple| Mobile Phones| Virtual Reality

BC6 Highly Mobile PC Sales Still Growing

by Bob Raikes

Jason Hsu is from IHS and he looked at what is next in Mobile PC displays. In ‘the old days’, PC replacement was always about performance, with the PC running faster and faster each …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Oxide TFTs| SID Display Week 2016

China Raises Smartphone Share

by Tom Allen

Although smartphone sales rose in Q1’16, compared to the same period last year, the results were not all encouraging. Sales increased just 3.9% to 349 million units, and Apple registered its first double-digit decline. …

Tags:Apple| Gartner| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 20| Xiaomi

“Thin is in” at SID Awards

by Tom Allen

The Society for Information Display has named the winners of the 21st annual Display Industry Awards, which will be presented during SID Display Week this month. SID president Amal Ghosh noted that “‘thin’ is …

Tags:Apple| Asahi Glass Corporation (AGC)| Awards| Back Panel| Corning| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Society| Vol 23 - Issue 19

OLED Display – Will it be able to Help Apple?

by Sweta Dash

Apple Corporation reported its first-ever decline in iPhone sales in its recent fiscal quarter (Apple’s 13-Year Growth Grinds to a Halt – subscription required). Its iPhone sales accounted for two third of company’s revenue …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 19

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Apple Will be World’s Top OLED Customer

by Tom Allen

UBI Research has predicted that Apple will become the world’s largest OLED customer. UBI president Lee Choong-hoon expects a new curved-screen iPhone to take a 30% iPhone market share in 2018, rising to 80% …

Tags:Apple| Display Supply & Demand| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 23 - Issue 19

Apple’s Face Off with China

by Steve Sechrist

In the great scheme of things, Apple was banking on the tried and true iPhone cash cow to dominate the world’s number two market for wireless devices, China. But things didn’t work out that …

Tags:Apple| China| iPhone| Market Data| Market Shares - Brands| Vol 23 - Issue 17

Apple Beats Microsoft in Detachables

by Tom Allen

The global tablet market fell almost 15% YoY in Q1’16. A combination of the traditional low first quarter and a lack of consumer interest conspired to bring shipments down to 39.6 million units, says …

Tags:Amazon| Apple| Convertible PCs| Huawei| IDC| Lenovo| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 17