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Foxconn Sales Climb 26% YoY in January

by Helen Vince

Foxconn Electronics said that strong shipments of iPhone 6 smartphones helped the company to a 26% year on year increase in sales in January to NT$396 billion ($12.5 billion), though this was 23.3% lower …

Newertech Expands High Performance Nupower Battery Line for MacBook Pros

by Vanessa Browning

NewerTech www.newertech.com, a leading performance upgrades and accessories company for Macs, PCs, iPhones, iPads, and iPods since 1984, announced today NewerTech NuPower high performance laptop batteries for the Apple MacBook Pro 17” Unibody …

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Apple Enjoys Best Quarter of Best Smartphone Year in Q4

by Tom Allen

Apple closed the gap with Samsung in the worldwide smartphone market in Q4’14, while the products themselves set a new record for both the quarter and the year, according to IDC’s preliminary data. Vendors shipped …

Phablets to Represent 20% of Smartphones by 2019

by Tom Allen

The smartphone market will be flooded by phablets (5.5″ – 6.9″ phones) in the future, says Juniper Research. The firm has predicted that more than 400 million such devices will be shipped in 2019: …

Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results

by Helen Vince

Apple has reported record first quarter results, with turnover 30% higher year on year at $74.6 billion and a net profit of $18 billion, which was 37% higher. International sales accounted for 65% of …

iPhone 6S to Feature OLED Display?

by Tom Allen

Japan’s Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun newspaper claims that the next iteration of Apple’s iPhone – the iPhone 6S – will feature an OLED display. According to the source, a new OLED factory will build screens solely …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Vol 22 - Issue 04

iPhone 6 Teardown Posted

by Bob Raikes

We spotted a tear down of the iPhone 6 on the EDN site, with images and comments from iFixit. The phone is easier to fix than earlier iPhones and has a huge battery.

Tags:iPhone| Repair| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 01

Apple Orders Slowing

by Raverstead

Apple’s iPhone chip orders are slowing, say sources at IC design houses. Orders are set to fall from 50 million in Q4’14 to 44 – 46 million in Q1’15. Order visibility is also said …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 21 - Issue 48

Apple Hides UltraHD Feature

by Raverstead

The developers of a Mac video upload app, Waltr, have found that the A8 processors in Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus can playback UltraHD video. Apple has not even mentioned this feature; …

GT Advanced Technologies and Apple – A Story of Unequals

by Helen Vince

Supply Chain – Before the release of the iPhone 6 models, some analysts were very bullish on the use of sapphire in upcoming Apple smartphones. There are advantages in using sapphire on handheld devices as …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Sapphire| Vol 21 - Issue 40| Volume 21

iPhone 6 Teardown and the Cost of Display

by Helen Vince

Mobile Displays – A recent iPhone 6 teardown report published by IHS confirms Apple is sourcing both its 4.7″ and 5.5″ AMLCD panels from LG Display and JDI (Japan Display Inc). The company is paying $45 for the (smaller …

iPhone 6 Plus – the First Flexible Phone from Apple?

by Norbert Hildebrand Don't Use

Smartphone – After the release of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it seemed that Apple had produced another winner in the consumer electronics world. This has now been questioned, at least for the …