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Too Late for Christmas iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to Macworld for pointing out that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max supply issues mean that it’s now too late to get one of those models in time for …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Supply Chain

LG Display starts to ship LTPO AMOLED displays to Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say ETNews reported that LG Display has now started shipping LTPO AMOLED displays to Apple, breaking what has up to now been an exclusive deal with SDC.  What We Think In its …

Tags:Apple| BOE| Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPO TFT| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain

Samsung To Reduce Vietnam Smartphone Production

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say ETNews said that Samsung is looking to further diversify its smartphone production geographically and may reduce the proportion of its smartphone production in Vietnam from 50% this year to 40% in …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Supply Chain

LCD TV Panel Prices Hit Bottom in September, Rebounding in Q4

by Bob O'Brien

After fifteen months of decreases, LCD TV panel prices finally hit bottom in September 2022 and prices for several sizes increased in October. We now expect to see a modest increase in prices through …

Tags:Display Supply & Demand| Large LCD Supply| LCD Panels| Pricing| Supply Chain

Apple Pushes Pegatron to India for iPhone Assembly

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Bloomberg has reported that Apple is pushing Pegatron to assemble iPhone 14 models in India as it seeks to diversify away from production in China. Foxconn already assembles some units of the …

Tags:Apple| India| iPhone| Smartphone Market| Supply Chain

China Plans to Export 25 Million VR Headsets by 2026

by Bob Raikes

 What They Say Reuters reports that China has an action plan intended to allow shipments of 25 million HMDs by 2026 with a value of $48 billion under the country’s 14th five year plan. …

Tags:Augmented Reality| China| Forecasts| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Supply Chain| Virtual Reality

iPhone Assembly Hit by Covid Lockdown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Economist said that videos have been made of workers fleeing a huge iPhone-assembly plant in Zhengzhou, in central China, after the facility was locked down to contain a covid-19 outbreak. Reuters …

Tags:China| Covid-19| Foxconn (Honhai)| iPhone| Supply Chain

Links Week Starting 24th October 2022

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. For the next couple of weeks, we …

Tags:Foxconn (Honhai)| HDR - High Dynamic Range| OLED TVs| Retail| Smartphones| Supply Chain| The Metaverse

Apple Cuts Production of iPhone 14 Plus

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple is reported to have asked its suppliers to dramatically reduce the production of some models of the iPhone 14. The iPhone 14 Plus seems to be the most affected with …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Supply Chain

Innolux & AUO Continue to Suffer in Q3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Innolux and AUO released their monthly data and unsurprisingly, given the weak market conditions, the firms were both well down.  Innolux said that its revenues were up 11.1% on August in …

Tags:AUO| Financial Data| Innolux| Large LCD Supply| Small Medium LCDs| Supply Chain