Japan Display, once one of Apple’s key suppliers, sees a new market for its liquid crystal displays (LCD) after ceding the smartphones arena…
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LG ramps up LCD panel production on surging Apple iPad demand
LG Display is enjoying a surge in demand for LCD panels for Apple’s iPad. The Cupertino Colossus has asked LG Display to quickly ramp up LCD panel supplies…
Apple supplier Japan Display’s net worth negative after tenth quarterly loss
Cash-strapped Japan Display Inc reported a tenth consecutive quarterly loss and a negative net worth, increasing the urgency for the firm to close a proposed bailout with a Chinese group…
Japan Display confirms $100 million investment from Apple as part of bailout deal
Japan Display Inc said on Friday it would receive a $100 million investment from a customer, which a source said was Apple Inc…
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…
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…
Apple’s next-gen flagship OLED iPhone is codenamed ‘Ferrari’
Apple will release three models of iPhones next year, codenamed D20, D21 and D22…
All of iPhone 8’s OLED version will be curved, sources say
All of Apple’s iPhone 8 OLED versions will be curved…
Apple says OLED finally ready for iPhones, but most suppliers still aren’t
Apple Inc. has big plans to outfit its next iPhone with vibrant, energy-sipping organic LED displays…
Sharp President confirms Apple iPhone transition to OLED displays
Sharp President Tai Jeng-wu, now an executive at parent company Hon Hai Precision…
No, Apple’s plans for an OLED iPhone aren’t on hold
If Apple has to wait for Foxconn and Sharp to get their act together in OLEDs…
What if Apple iPhone adopts AMOLED next year?
There has been a lot of market speculation that Apple will move to AMOLED displays next year…
Apple in talks with Sharp to supply OLED screens for future iPhones
Apple Inc. is in negotiations with Sharp Corp. to secure organic LED displays for the iPhone maker’s…
Apple supplier Sharp names Foxconn exec as CEO to spearhead revival
Japan’s Sharp Corp has named a top Foxconn executive as CEO and said it would seal a $3.5 billion stake sale…
Apple supplier Sharp preps AMOLED displays after Foxconn acquisition
A main motivation of Foxconn Electronics’ investment in Sharp is to develop AMOLED panels…
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…
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…
Hon Hai considering $1.7 billion stake in Sharp LCD business; to ask Apple to invest a ‘few hundred million’
Hon Hai planned to ask iPhone maker and customer Apple Inc, which is also a client of Sharp, to invest a ‘few hundred million dollars’ to help…
Hon Hai offers to buy Sharp’s LCD business, wants Apple funds
Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co offered to buy Sharp Corp’s struggling liquid panel display business…
Apple suppliers Sharp, Foxconn in talks for LCD joint venture
Japanese supplier Sharp is negotiating with Hon Hai Precision Industry…
Apple supplier to spend $8.5 billion on future display technology
Screens powered by tiny organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs…
Lenders eye $1 billion credit line for beleaguered Sharp
Mizuho Corporate Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ are considering…
Did Apple use $2 billion to bail out Sharp last quarter?
Sharp was in serious trouble last summer…
U.S. demands harsh penalties for LCD screen price fixers
In the largest criminal antitrust case ever prosecuted by the DOJ…
