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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…
Apple operating secret laboratory in Taiwan to develop new, thinner displays for iPhone, iPad and Macintosh
Apple Inc. opened a secret production laboratory in northern Taiwan where engineers are developing new display technologies…
LG Display to spend about $9 billion on factory for Apple iPhone OLEDs
Apple Inc. supplier LG Display Co. will spend more than 10 trillion won…
Apple to use OLED for iPhone displays starting in 2018
Apple plans to introduce organic light-emitting diode displays for iPhones starting in 2018…
Apple considering OLED displays for iPhone 7/Plus
Apple has recently added Samsung Display to its Apple Watch supply chain…
Japan Display CEO hints at strong Apple orders ahead of new iPhone launch
They’re coming to us with more orders, saying “give us more, give us more.” They keep increasing…
Move over China! Japan wants to take over iPhone manufacturing
Being an Apple manufacturer is a pretty lucrative market if you can get in on it…
Apple display supplier Sharp warns on ability to stay afloat after $1.9 billion loss
Sharp, a century-old stalwart of corporate Japan…
Apple Watch propels LG Display to command 91% of smartwatch display market
With the introduction of the Apple Watch, the global smart watch panel market…
Apple explores silver nanowire and sapphire for touch displays, sources say
Apple is planning to apply nano new material on touch panels…
JP Morgan: With ‘iPhone 7,’ Apple will continue using LCD, not OLED, displays
Despite finally jumping into the OLED market with the Apple Watch…
Japan Display and Apple to build new $1.4 billion plant for iPhone Retina displays
Apple will invest an unspecified amount in the plant…
Japan Display in talks with Apple to build iPhone screen plant
Japan Display Inc is considering building a plant to supply smartphone screens…
Foxconn looks to build massive iPhone display factory in northern China
Foxconn, the company that assembles the bulk of the world’s iPhones, is discussing…
Japan Display cuts forecast as sales of high-end Chinese smartphones disappoint
Smartphone and tablet panel maker Japan Display Inc slashed its full-year earnings forecast…
JP Morgan: Any ‘iPhone 6’ display shortage would have ‘no impact’ on sales, device launch
Apple is expected to launch its next iPhone in two screen sizes of 4.7 and 5.5 inches…
Why Apple’s iPhone 6 won’t be late
Some people never learn when it comes to Apple…
Apple iPhone 6 display hiccup leaves supply chain scrambling, sources say
Suppliers to Apple Inc are scrambling to get enough screens ready …
Japan Display’s reliance on iPhone orders rises
Japan Display Inc, the world’s biggest smartphone LCD maker…
Apple taps Innolux for iPhone 6 displays, turns down Samsung and Sharp
According to reports, Apple has partnered up with both LG Display and Japan Display…
Amazon to unveil 3-D smartphone for Christmas 2014 shopping season
Amazon.com Inc. is preparing to release a smartphone in the second half of this year…
New iPhone 6 screens to enter production as early as May, sources say
Apple Inc suppliers will begin mass producing displays as early as May…
Apple supplier Japan Display set for Tokyo listing worth around US$3.8 billion
Japan Display, the world’s biggest maker of display screens…
Sharp to ramp iPhone 5S Retina display production in June; Japan Display and LG Display already underway
Apple supplier Sharp is ready to ramp up display manufacture for the next-generation iPhone…
Apple said to dump Samsung, add Innolux for next-gen iPad mini displays
Apple will rely at least in part on Innolux for touch panels for their next-gen iPad mini…
Japan’s Sharp nearly halts iPad screen production, sources say
Sharp Corp has nearly halted production of 9.7-inch screens for Apple Inc’s iPad…
Jilted Samsung claims it will terminate its LCD contract with Apple
Samsung Display said Monday that it will terminate its contract with Apple…
Sharp exec says producing adequate volumes of iPhone 5 in-cell display
Sharp Corp is making ‘adequate volumes’ of displays it is known to supply for Apple’s…
