Google in discussion with iPhone manufacturer for its Pixel 3 series, says report 31 MAY 2018 According to a new report from Bloomberg , Google is in talks with iPhone manufacturer Foxconn for its upcoming Pixel 3 series of smartphones. Hardware designing and software is being done in-house by the HTC team of engineers it acquired earlier this year. The report also offers some details on the Pixel 3 series, saying there'll be at least two models Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. The larger variant will feature edge-to-edge display, except for a chin at the bottom and a notch on the top. Talking about the notch, the report says it won't be as wide as it is on the iPhone X , but would be taller, something which is arguably inline with a recent Pixel 3 leak (shown below). Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL purported screen protectors (left) and schematics based on them (right) The report further adds that Google is aiming to completely remove bez...
Apple to use OLED on all 2019 iPhones 29 MAY 2018 Apple put an OLED display on a phone for the first time in the iPhone X last year, and according to sources from South Korea, Cupertino is willing to make the full switch by 2019. This will be the next step after the two OLED phones that are expected to appear this fall. The news did not end well for its current LCD supplier Japan Display (JDI) which saw its shares plummet with 10% by the end of the day. The biggest OLED manufacturers currently are LG Display and Samsung Display. The industry expects that a completely OLED iPhone lineup might mean the trend will spread to midrange devices of competitors, therefore boosting the average retail price. Japan Display currently is not producing OLED panels but is planning to start by 2019 if it finds investment to launch a production line. Masayuki Otani, a chief market analyst at Securities Japan, said to Reuters that the Japanese government will continue ...
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