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Anniversaries, Especially For the iPhone

by Bob Raikes

It seems to have been a week with a number of anniversaries. I spent a couple of days at Leti in Grenoble this week, as it celebrated 50 years of R&D in microelectronics and …

Tags:Editorial| iPhone| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 24

iPhone 8 To Use Glass Back?

by Bob Raikes

In a detailed analysis, Apple Insider has speculated that Apple might be planning to use glass – probably Gorilla Glass 5 – on the back of the next iPhone. It’s some years since the …

Tags:Glass| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Apple’s iPhone 6s Topped List of Best-Selling Smartphones for 2016, IHS Markit Says

by Isaac Oburu

In terms of shipments, the iPhone 6s from Apple bested all competitors for sales in 2016, according to new analysis from IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. If looking …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Samsung| Smartphones

iPhone 6 Tops Shipments in 2016

by Alan Spencer

According to IHS Markit, sales of Apple iPhone 6s beat all competitors in 2016. In the last quarter of 2016, the latest iPhone 7 was the best-seller, followed by the iPhone 7 Plus. This …

Tags:Apple| IHS Markit| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 11

Rumours of iPhone Chassis Choice

by Bob Raikes

Taiwan sources have said that the next 5.8″ iPhone will use a glass chassis with a stainless steel frame, while the 4.7″ will use an aluminium chassis. The decision on the 5.5″ is yet …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Wistron Rumoured to Start Making iPhones in India

by Alan Spencer

An Indian government official has told a news agency that Wistron will start manufacturing for Apple in Karnataka by the end of April 2017. Apple has yet to officially confirm the plan. Karnataka is …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Production Capacity| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Touch Supplier for OLED iPhone Identified

by Bob Raikes

We have seen reports in the Taiwanese press based on un-named ‘sources in the supply chain’ that Samsung Display will be the only supplier for AMOLEDs for Apple’s adoption of the technology. It identifies …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Apple is testing more than 10 versions of the iPhone 8 – and at least one has a CURVED screen

by Bob Raikes

Reports in the WSJ suggest that Apple has been testing more than ten different prototypes for its next smartphone and that at least one of these has a curved OLED, like the Samsung Galaxy …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48

And finally….

by Bob Raikes

Well, it wasn’t April Fools day, but we doubt, anyway whether anybody would have actually been fooled into attacking their iPhone as shown in this video. (Funnily enough, because of a defect in my …

Tags:Back Panel| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

Apple iPhone Orders Rise

by Yvette Raikes

According to Digitimes, Apple’s order for iPhone parts and components for Q4 2016 are between 20% and 30% higher than expected. Touch panel orders have been shared between TPK and GIS, but order fulfillment …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 38

US Consumers want Longer Battery Life and a Headphone Jack in their Smartphones

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent infographic published by Statista, a survey was shown that indicates that the most desired feature of a new smartphone is longer battery life. The infographic is based on a US consumer …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 38

iPhone 7 Costs More Than the 6 – and Closer to Samsung

by Milos Pavlovic

IHS Markit has performed a ‘teardown’ on the new iPhone 7 and has found that the bill of materials (BOM) is $219.8, which is higher than previous iPhones ($36.89 more than the iPhone 6) …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Teardowns| Vol 23 - Issue 37