Taiwan-based makers in the iPhone supply chain must have been aware that sales of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have gradually lost their momentum, meaning Apple's orders for iPhones and related parts and components are going to decline in the ...
Tags: iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Ford has teamed up with the world’s leading mobile glass supplier to help build its next supercar. The new Ford GT will feature a Corning-made Gorilla Glass hybrid windshield, pegged as 30% lighter than normal glass. Corning is, ...
Tags: Ford, supercar, Consumer Electronics
According to a Bloomberg report, Apple’s secret facility in Taiwan is working on display technology, most likely OLED panels. The lab in Longtan employed around 50 engineers and other workers are creating new screens for devices ...
Tags: Apple, OLED panels, LG Display
Apple suppliers have revealed the Cupertino-based company will be launching an OLED iPhone in 2018, according to a latest report from Nikkei. Following the announcement, South Korea LG Display has started to scale up production capacity. ...
Tags: Apple, LCD screen, OLED Displays
Previous rumors surrounding Apple’s sapphire usage were focused on whether iPhones would be equipped with sapphire screens in the future, but new reports claim the company has received a new sapphire antenna patent. The U.S. Patent ...
A Foxconn worker has confirmed the company has started assembling iPhone 6S, according to Japanese media iPhone Mania. There are a total of three new models, including iPhone 6c with a 4.7-inch screen, iPhone 6s with a 5 inch screen and ...
Tags: Foxconn, iPhone 6s, LED Flash Light
Apple has placed LCD driver IC orders for its 2016 series of iPhones with Synaptics, indicating its in-house developed touch and display driver integration (TDDI) single-chip solutions will not be ready, according to industry sources. The ...
Tags: Apple, display, driver IC, iPhone, LCD driver
The global sales of Android-based smartphones have been a disappointment affecting negatively the performance of Taiwan-based IC design houses, according to industry sources. Particularly in China's smartphone market, the share of Android ...
Tags: Android, China market, design, IC
The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...
Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire
According to the data, Chinese smartphone market contracted 4% in H1 of 2015. The worldwide smartphone market kicked off the year with an expected post-holiday dispersion in shipment volume compared to the previous quarter's unprecedented ...
Tags: Smartphone, Huawei, Lenvo
Smartphone-use lens module maker Largan Precision recorded net EPS of NT$68.82 (US$2.23) for the first half of 2015, the company said at a July 16 investors conference. Of smartphone-use lens modules shipped in the second quarter, ...
Tags: Smartphone, lens module
Apple has taken three years to regain the crown as the world's top smartphone maker. The latest market data show that the iPhone maker beat Samsung for the first time since 2011. Leading market research firm Gartner has released a ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, Smartphone Market
China will have more robots operating in its production plants by 2017 than any other country as it cranks up automation of its car and electronics factories, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) said on Thursday. Already the ...
With the cold comes a seasonal problem for folks with iPhones and other touchscreen smartphones. That's right? Capacitive touchscreens can't detect when someone presses on them with a glove. Actually, here are some quite convenient ways: ...
Tags: Smartphone, iPhones
A new report from Japan suggests Apple is setting up for a delivery of mass-produced OLED displays. According to Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (via GForGames), Foxconn is going to be manufacturing the OLED panels at its brand new factory. ...
Tags: Apple, OLED, Consumer Electronics