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Apple Back at the Top of DisplayMate Ratings

by Bob Raikes

After a moment of pleasure at seeing the latest review of display of the iPhone 13 Pro Max by Display Daily friend and occasional contributor, Dr. Ray Soneira, I had a moment of pause …

Tags:iPhone| OLEDs| Smartphones| Testing

Apple’s Cinematic Mode Impresses

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Techcrunch had a deep dive with Apple about the new cinematic mode on the iPhone 13. The author used the technology to create a ‘home movie’ of a visit to Disneyland. …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| iPhone| Video Editing & Production

Apple Gives Conditional Approval to BOE for iPhone 13

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reported that Apple has given conditional approval to supply OLEDs for the iPhone 13 series. The paper said that a small order has been placed but with an allowance …

Tags:Apple| BOE| iPhone| OLEDs| Supply Chain

Apple Announcements Much as Expected

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Apple event on the 14th revealed pretty well what was expected. The iPhone 13 continues with the same sized displays, but with ‘Ceramic Shield’ front coverings and with new ‘Super …

Tags:Apple| Apple Watch (iWatch)| iPad| iPhone

Bloomberg Discusses Apple’s Touch ID

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg said in its Power On subscription newsletter that it believes that Apple is working on putting Face ID in (or under) the display, but will not put in-screen Touch ID …

Tags:Apple| face recognition| iPhone

Links Week Commencing 16th August 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Latest Sony Patent Gives VR Headset Outward …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Aviation| Events| Game Playing| iPhone| OLEDs| Samsung Display| sony| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| USB| Virtual Reality

The next iPad mini: High-end specs in a tiny tablet

by Bob Raikes

What They Say MacWorld summarised the latest rumours about an iPad Mini re-design. The design for the sixth generation could look like a smaller iPad Air 9to5Mac reports that it will use an A15 …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| iPhone| Smartphone Market| tablets

The iPhone 12 Mini Makes Me Sick (Literally)

by Bob Raikes

What They Say An article in IEEE Spectrum highlights issues with OLED display flicker. Tekla S. Perry upgraded from an older iPhone SE to an iPhone 12 Mini as the smaller display was appealing. …

Tags:Apple| Human Visual System (HVS)| iPhone| warranty

HDTV Test Looks at Apple’s Calibrator

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yesterday I reported on the C|Net article that looked at Apple’s TV calibrator app. Just after publishing it, I spotted that HDTVTest’s Vincent Teoh had also looked at the system and …

Tags:Apple| Colour Management & Processing| iPhone| Testing

Japan’s Sharp reaps fruits of Apple ties in LCD business  

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei published an article looking at the way that Sharp’s profits have risen partly because of success in supplying LCDs to Apple after Sharp bought the Hakusan factory of JDI last …

Tags:iPhone| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| Market Data| sharp| Small Medium Panel Supply