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Apple Adopting OLED Displays for All Three 2019 iPhones
As Apple continues its shift from LCD to OLED technology for its iPhones, reports have indicated that two out of the three iPhone models planned for launch around the usual September timeframe this year will offer OLED displays – a second-generation iPhone X and a larger "iPhone X Plus." The...
Apple has reportedly decided next year’s new iPhones will all use high-end screens
Apple may be planning to use high-end technology in the screens for all of its new 2019 iPhone models, according to a report from South Korea's Electronic Times.
Apple recently started planning three new iPhone models for next year and decided that all of them would have OLED panels, the report...
231 Billion Reasons Apple Should Spin Off Its Services Business
Apple's biggest business -- accounting for some 60% of its revenues -- is the 11 year old iPhone. But that mature business is barely growing. Fortunately for investors, Apple has a smaller business that's growing faster -- its so-called Services unit which includes revenues from App Store downloads, iCloud storage...
New iPhone X Flaw Reveals Apple’s Massive Problem
This last week has seen a rising number of reports of the back camera lens cracking on the iPhone X, and Apple’s suggestion for repair is to have the whole iPhone unit replaced, at a price of up to $549. Once again quality control and the high cost of...
IPhone Screen Makers Are Tanking on a Report that Apple Is Switching to Displays They Can’t Make
The shares of some iPhone display suppliers fell in Asia after South Korea’s Electronic Times reported that Apple (AAPL, -0.27%) has decided to use next-generation screens for all of its new models next year, even though several analysts said such a transition wasn’t likely.
Japan Display shares fell as much as...
Apple wins $539 million in damages from Samsung
A jury awarded Apple Inc. AAPL, +0.06% $539 million in damages from Samsung Electronics Co. 005930, +2.53% Thursday in a lawsuit over smartphone tech. Apple stock was up a fraction in the extended session and closed up 0.1% to $188.15 during regular trading. Apple had sought $1 billion in the...
Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in iPhone patent case
Samsung Electronics Co. must pay Apple Inc. $539 million for infringing patents related to the iPhone’s design, a federal jury found Thursday, a new victory for Apple in a seven-year-old legal battle over the spoils of the smartphone market’s boom.
The jury’s decision in the U.S. District Court in San Jose,...
US jury awards Apple $539 million in Samsung patent retrial
A U.S. jury has ruled that Samsung should pay $539 million to Apple for copying patented smartphone features. The jury had been deliberating the latest case since last week.
Samsung has previously paid Apple $399 million to compensate for the infringement of some of the patents at issue in the case.
The...
Apple’s 7-nanometer A12 processors for 2018 iPhones reportedly start production
Apple supplier TSMC has started mass production on the processors for this year's lineup of new iPhones, according to Bloomberg. The chip, which is expected to be called the A12, could be the first to use a 7-nanometer process in a commercial device, something the technology industry has been working...
Apple now lets users download everything the company has on them
The company has released a new privacy tool ahead of the impending GDPR European legislation that goes into effect on Friday. The new tool is available here and allows users to request a copy of all the data Apple holds on them, correct any data mistakes, deactivate their account, or...