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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 …

Could P3 Be the Next Stage for WCG?

by Bob Raikes

I seem to have spent a lot of the last few weeks talking about, looking at and thinking about display colour. Although we have published a huge amount about high dynamic range (HDR), with …

A-Si Leads, but High-Tech Smartphone Panels are Rising

by Tom Allen

Total smartphone panel shipments rose 4% MoM in September, with particular growth noted in the high-end, says IHS. Shipments reached 160 million units and, while a-Si units continued to lead, LTPS TFT-LCD demand is …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 48

by Tom Allen

Apple Looks For Second Watch Builder

by Tom Allen

Apple Daily, a Chinese source, says that Apple is seeking a second OEM to assemble the second-generation Apple Watch. The company is apparently talking to Foxconn, Inventec and Wistron, who would join current manufacturer …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 47

Apple and Samsung Claim All Smartphone Profits

by Tom Allen

Financial services company Cannacord Genuity estimates that Apple took 94% of the smartphone industry’s profits in Q3 – while shipping only 13.5% of the volume. Samsung, meanwhile, made 11% of the smartphone industry’s profit. …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 46