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Japan Display said to receive $100 million investment from Apple; shares jump
Japan Display Inc is set to receive a $100 million investment from Apple Inc, its biggest customer…
Apple looks willing to help struggling iPhone-display maker Japan Display
Japan Display Inc., which makes liquid-crystal display panels for the iPhone XR, is running out of cash…
Apple supplier Japan Display made one crucial mistake
Japan Display Inc.’s decision to cut staff, reduce pay and take more write-offs was the inevitable result of management’s short-sighted strategy…
Apple supplier Japan Display gets $729 million lifeline as Apple agrees to wait for money owed
Japan Display also on Thursday said “a client” to which it owed money had agreed to halving the pace of repayment…
Chinese-Taiwanese group to delay bailout funding for Apple supplier Japan Display
A Chinese-Taiwanese group is delaying an up to 80 billion yen ($729.33 million) investment planned…
Why Samsung and Apple’s X-class iPhone OLED screens are too expensive to fix
OLED displays are complicated, delicate creatures. OLED displays contain an ultra-thin layer of…
Rescue of Apple supplier Japan Display leaves Japan red-faced
Japan Display’s rescue is an embarrassing necessity for Tokyo…
Apple supplier Japan Display agrees to $2.1 billion bailout
A Chinese-Taiwanese group will take control of Apple Inc supplier Japan Display…
Japan Display shares plunge over 20 percent on Apple OLED report
Apple Inc has decided to use OLED screens in all three new iPhone models planned for next year…
Apple might equip all of next year’s iPhone models with OLED displays
Apple could complete its transition to OLED next year, as a new report claims that all three 2019 iPhones…
Analyst: Apple will likely be more competitive with prices on their next-gen iPhones
Apple better hope it moves its next round of iPhones in even higher quantities than what has become the norm…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s next-gen 6.1-inch LCD iPhone to outsell next-gen 5.8- and 6.5-inch OLED iPhone X models
KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo believes consumer demand for a next-generation 6.1-inch LCD iPhone…
Apple predicted to discontinue iPhone 8 Plus next year
The iPhone 7 Plus proved a success in the market thanks to a shift in customer preferences…
Apple may use Full Active LCD over OLED to create next-gen bezel-less iPhones
Apple Inc. has expressed interest in buying advanced liquid-crystal displays from Japan Display Inc…
iPhone 8 concept shows how cool a ‘Function Area’ could be
Getting rid of the home button could be one of the greatest things Apple…
Apple signs two-year contract with Samsung for up to 92 million OLED iPhone displays
Apple reportedly has signed a two-year contract with Samsung Display for the supply…
Apple’s iPhone 8 may spur the biggest refresh cycle in history
To date, the iPhone 6 is still responsible for the biggest iPhone upgrade cycle in history…
Sharp increases OLED-investment plan to $878 million as Apple’s next iPhone to feature OLED
Sharp Corp. is looking to spend some ¥100 billion ($878 million) in an expanded plan to build organic light-emitting diode displays…
Ming-Chi Kuo: All of Apple’s next-gen iPhones will include fast charging via Lightning port, not USB-C
While the underlying technology behind the charging may change…
Apple’s next-gen iPhone to feature curved OLED display and USB-C connector
Apple will drop the traditional home button on the iPhone 8 in favor of a distinct touch-enabled area…
Apple beats Xiaomi, ‘the Apple of China,’ in China
Xiaomi was China’s hottest phone brand in 2014 and ’15, but it couldn’t maintain the momentum in 2016…
Barclays analyst downgrades Apple over ‘boring’ iPhones
It’s unclear whether Apple’s upcoming version will contain real ‘must have’ features…
Analyst foresees Apple’s 10th anniversary ‘iPhone X’ to feature 5.8-inch OLED ‘fixed flex’ wraparound display
In addition to the 5.8-inch OLED model with a ‘wraparound’ screen design, Apple will release new 4.7- and 5.5-inch…
Why so few ‘iPhone 8’ units will have OLED displays
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays work with a backlight, allowing them to be thinner and lighter…
Apple supplier Japan Display wins $640 million from government-backed fund to boost OLED tech as Apple eyes new iPhone display
After months of uncertainty about its future, Apple supplier Japan Display has clinched $640m in financial aid…
Apple supplier Japan Display seeks $703 million bailout from Japanese government
Apple Inc. supplier Japan Display Inc. is in advanced talks to receive a bailout…
Japan Display, an Apple iPhone supplier, seeks financial help from Japanese government
A top maker of displays for Apple Inc. smartphones has asked a Japanese government-backed fund for hundreds of millions of dollars in aid…
LG Display jacks up spending on OLED display production for Apple ‘iPhone 8’
LG Display Co. will jack up investment on next-generation mobile screens as top customer Apple Inc. prepares…
Samsung Display expected to benefit from AMOLED ‘iPhone 8’ shipments in 2017
Apple is expected to initially adopt AMOLED panels for iPhones to be launched in 2017…
Did Apple help Foxconn buy Sharp?
Foxconn’s purchase of a 66% stake in Sharp for the reduced price of $3.5 billion is questionable…
Apple supplier Foxconn agrees to buy Sharp after slashing original offer
Taiwan’s Foxconn agreed to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp. at a big discount to its original offer…
Sharp Corp. liabilities list covered worst-case scenarios; takeover talks extended
Top Sharp officials had not examined the list and had not planned to share it with Foxconn…
Why Foxconn’s multi-billion-dollar deal for Sharp is dead in the water
Board members of struggling Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp. met Thursday and agreed to sell the company, but…
Foxconn’s $5.1 billion bid for Sharp could be good for Apple, too
LCD screens are expensive. They’re the most costly component in the iPhone 6 Plus, by about three times more than the next part…
Apple supplier Sharp accepts Hon Hai’s $6.2 billion takeover offer; Hon Hai says deal on hold
Sharp’s board on Thursday morning decided to accept a roughly 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion) takeover offer…
One surprise Apple may have in store for the iPhone 7s
After going through comments made during a technology presentation from Apple supplier…
Foxconn fast-tracks $5.5 billion Sharp takeover bid
Taiwanese iPhone assembler Foxconn is pushing to wrap up a takeover of Sharp Corp. within days…
State-backed Japanese fund in race with Foxconn to save Sharp
A state-backed Japanese fund is frontrunner to rescue Sharp Corp, ahead of a rival approach from Apple supplier Foxconn…
Apple to help build AU Optronics into AMOLED supplier for future iPhones, sources say
Apple is planning to invest in Taiwan’s AU Optronics and build the firm into an AMOLED screen supplier…
Apple unlikely to offer iPhones with OLED screens before 2018
There’s more talk of Apple switching its iPhone displays from traditional LCD screens to flexible OLED panels…
Apple’s taking big steps toward controlling even more primary technology
Things may be about to get tough for some Apple partners as the company invests in…