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Apple to Launch a Foldable Phone Using AgNW in 2023

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The respected analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is reported by MacRumors.com as saying that Apple is planning an 8″ QHD+ flexible OLED-based folding smartphone in 2023. Samsung is likely to be the exclusive …

Tags:Apple| Cambrios| Display Drivers| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| iPhone| Samsung Display| Silver Nanowire| Touch| TPK

Apple Headset May Have 15 Cameras

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Phone Arena reported that Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes that Apple will use an under-display Face ID sensor in 2023, which will eliminate the ‘notch’ in Apple’s display. He has also …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| iPhone| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display to supply more OLED for iPhones in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Apple is expected to ship 160 million to 180 million iPhones using OLED in 2021, quoting sources in Samsung Display (SD). Around 100 million will be iPhone …

Tags:BOE| Flexible Displays| iPhone| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones

Links for the Week

by Bob Raikes

Here are some links for the week that might be interesting, but do not need much of a comment Global semiconductor sales grow in October, says SIA Smartphone OLED prices to drop from oversupply: …

Tags:Apple| Cameras| Distributors| iPhone| LED| LG Displays (LGD)| Market Data| Mergers & Acquisitions| OLEDs| Pricing| Semiconductor Market| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Touch| Transparent Displays

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iPhone 12 teardown showcases South Korean parts makers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei, in cooperation with Tokyo-based research specialist Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, stripped down an iPhone 12 and found that 26.8% of the value of the smartphone was accounted for by components from …

Tags:iPhone| Smartphones| Teardowns

iPhone 12 Pro Max OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ray Soneira has published his in-depth review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max display and found it to be at the leading edge of OLED (and other) smartphones. As usual, he …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Measurement| OLEDs| Smartphones

iPhone 12 mini Teardown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit had a close look at the iPhone 12 minis – one from the US and one from the EU. The site found that there are many shared components with bigger …

Tags:iPhone| Repair

LG Display to Expand OLED Supply to Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec has said that LG Display is expanding its E6-1 and E6-2 lines to boost output by 25K/month additional substrates of LTPO (5K, then 10K in May 2021 and another …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPO TFT| OLED Fabs| Smartphones

iFixit Tears Down iPhone 12

by Bob Raikes

What They Say iFixit had a close look at the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro in one of its teardowns. They achieved the same repairability score of 6/10 and many components are interchangeable. The …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Teardowns