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Analyst Says Apple Will Skip Force Touch

by Tom Allen

KGI Securities analyst Ming Chi Kuo has said that Apple’s third-gen iPad Air will not feature 3D Touch when it is launched in the first half of 2016. Supply chain issues will mean that …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Mobile Display Monitor| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Apple Buys Chip Facility

by Tom Allen

Apple has paid $18.2 million to purchase a new building in north San Jose, only a few minutes from 86 acres of land that was also recently acquired by the company. The 6,500m² building …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Bloomberg: Apple Building Screens at ‘Secret’ Lab

by Tom Allen

Apple has opened its own display division to develop new screens – at least, according to Bloomberg. People with knowledge of the facility, which is based on Longtan, Taiwan, say that ‘at least’ 50 …

Car Displays as the New “Wearable” Device

by Steve Sechrist

Admittedly, this may be a bit of a stretch but perhaps the next revolution in wearable devices is as close as your garage. That car (or pickup truck) we climb into every day could …

Tags:Apple| Automotive| Mobile Apps| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables

Apple Successfully Transitioned to Smartphone Warranties

by Tom Allen

Warranty Week has examined Apple’s warranty business. As well as being one of the world’s largest product warranty providers, the company also runs one of the world’s largest extended warranty plans – largely due …

Tim Cook Criticises Chromebooks as “Cheap”

by Tom Allen

In an interview with Buzzfeed, Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted Chromebooks as “cheap test machines”. He said that Chromebooks and similar products are only popular because they are the cheapest option. Analyst Comment If …

Tags:Apple| Chromebooks| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Apple Hits More TV Service Delays

by Tom Allen

Apple has long been rumoured to be developing an IPTV service, with the last update – a delay to 2016 – coming in August (Apple TV Service Hits Delay). Now both Bloomberg and CBS‘s …

Tags:Apple| IPTV| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Is the Time of Displays Driving Smartphone Sale Coming to an End?

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recent article published by Business Insider (‘A Google director explains how your smartphone will look in 5 years’) included an interview with Aparna Chennapragada, a Google director, at the Web Summit tech conference …

Apple Scores $550m Payout From Samsung

by Tom Allen

Apple has won a patent dispute against Samsung in the USA. The Korean company will be forced to pay $548 million, as part of the $1 billion settlement in damages that Apple was awarded …

Small iPhone Rocks the Boat

by Tom Allen

Ming-chi Kuo, an analyst at KGI Securities (with a better-than-average record for Apple predictions) has said that a new 4″ iPhone will be launched in 2016. The phone, apparently called the 6C, will be …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 49

LifeProof Takes iPhone 6s Plus on Bigger Adventures Than Ever Before

by Isaac Oburu

Apple iPhone 6s Plus defies convention with its brilliant 5.5-inch display, powerful camera and innovative 3D Touch technology. With LifeProof, now it can defy the elements, too. Available for the first time for a …

Tags:Apple| iPhone

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 48

by Tom Allen

Taiwan’s Economic Daily News claims that Apple will show new 13″ and 15″ Macbook Air models at WWDC 2016, next summer. The 11″ model will be discontinued, and the new editions will be thinner …