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Phone Arena
2 days ago
- Business
- Phone Arena
BOE readies for a comeback… but is Apple even watching?
Receive the latest Apple news Subscribe By subscribing you agree to our terms and conditions and privacy policy Grab Surfshark VPN now at more than 50% off and with 3 extra months for free! Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer Display supplier BOE has had some rocky times in Apple 's display supply chain. Now, reportedly, the company is bulking its OLED panel supply chain , hoping it can still secure more iPhone screen display supply chain for Apple's iPhones is now dominated by Samsung Display and LG Display. In comparison, BOE is a much smaller supplier. But, reportedly, the firm has ambitions to become a big player and is now said to be expanding its production capacity, hoping Apple would want to take advantage of it.A new report from UBI Research dubbed China Display Trend Report claims that BOE has managed to build an annual production capacity for 100 million OLED panels for are reportedly 26 module lines for Apple, including 11 lines for mass production. Also, there are three lines for module development. BOE has also, reportedly, cut the assembly line time per panel to a surprising 5.5 seconds, thus each line becomes capable of making 350,000 units in a is said that the lines (called B11) can make up to 8 or 9 million panels per year. This number is calculated based on a 90% utilization rate and an 85% yield. This is slightly lower than Samsung's production BOE is not at the level of the two main display makers Apple uses. It is still an Apple supplier, but smaller. On top of that, Cupertino has had quite a lot of issues with BOE, even though it was used in relatively small-scale production in comparison to Samsung and in 2022, BOE was caught changing Apple's specs for displays. Understandably, this caused Apple to cut orders. Then, in 2023, BOE failed to qualify for the iPad OLED display supply now, estimations expect BOE shipments to Apple to reach 24 million panels in the second half of this year. A total of 45 million panels for the year are yep, BOE would apparently like to gain more work from Apple and has upgraded its supply chain to handle it. The company seems to be hoping to secure orders for the upcoming iPhone 17 series, alongside Samsung and BOE proving itself to Apple may be difficult. The Cupertino tech giant is known for its extremely high standards when it comes to components for new products (and pretty much anything, if I may add). And BOE is behind Samsung and LG in terms of expertise. It is catching up though, so not all hope is the moment, it's not known whether BOE will manage to see full utilization of its Apple-specific production lines or not. It's a gamble.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Benfica 1-4 Chelsea - send us your thoughts
What did you make of Chelsea's display and what are the talking points?Come back to this page on Sunday for a selection of your replies
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
The Switch 2's super sluggish LCD screen is 10 times slower than a typical gaming monitor and 100 times slower than an OLED panel according to independent testing
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nintendo's new handheld is certainly a smash hit. But one of the less impressive aspects of the Switch 2 is its 7.9-inch IPS display. Reddit has been alight with complaints concerning the speed of the display, with owners bemoaning the blurring and smearing of games. Now the results from independent testing are in and they're ugly. Empirically speaking, the Switch 2's display is super slow. Our first data point is Monitors Unboxed. They found the Switch 2 returned an average pixel response time of 33 ms at 60 Hz. That's significantly worse than the slowest monitor the YouTube channel has tested, which came in at 19 ms, and far slower than a "typical" high-performance PC gaming monitor with an LCD display, which comes in around the 5 to 6 milliseconds mark. Monitors Unboxed has tested some TN LCD panels as low as 3.7 ms, which is in the order of 10 times faster than the Switch 2. Of course, OLED panels are even faster, typically measuring around 0.3 ms, which is a shocking 100 times faster. But perhaps most damning of all, Monitors Unboxed found that the original Switch's LCD display from 2017 is actually faster at 21 ms. That really does seem unforgivable. Japan's Chimolog is our second source. Its tests showed the Switch 2's display to be slightly quicker, averaging 17 ms at 60 Hz. But it was still by far the slowest display in their suite of results, the next slowest being a 27-inch LCD monitor registering 11 ms, and most of their gaming monitors coming in under the 6 ms mark. Exactly why Chimolog extracted faster response times than Monitors unboxed isn't clear, but both results are still very bad. So, the question is, why is the Switch 2 so slow? The answer, very likely, is that Nintendo has not implemented any form of overdrive. That's a feature that "drives" excess voltage to the pixels in an LCD panel to force them to change colour more rapidly. The idea is to temporarily supply the pixel with a greater voltage than is actually required for it to achieve its target colour state before reducing the voltage to the correct level. Overdrive isn't a perfect technology. If applied too aggressively, it can result in overshoot, where the pixel surges past the target colour, leading to a visible problem known as inverse ghosting. But done right, it definitely speeds up pixel response and indeed is the single most important feature in allowing modern gaming LCDs to be as quick as they are. Without overdrive, you get, well, a smeary mess like the Switch 2's display. That, in turn, begs the question of why Nintendo didn't apply any overdrive. The most obvious answer is to save battery life. The elevated voltages used for overdrive increase power consumption. The Switch 2 has a pretty puny sub-20 Wh battery. For context, that's about half the size of the 40 Wh battery in the original Steam Deck. So, reducing power consumption has probably been critical. Indeed, Monitors Unboxed suspects that Nintendo may actually be undervolting the Switch 2's display to save power, which will only make the response worse. As for what happens from here, the good news is that it may well be possible for Nintendo to add overdrive with a software or firmware update. It would certainly be nice to at least have the option of running overdrive, even if it does wallop battery life a bit. Of course, in 2021 Nintendo followed the original Switch with an OLED model and no doubt a Switch 2 OLED is in the works, which will almost certainly improve pixel response performance radically. So, if you think you're the kind of gamer who is sensitive to the kind of smearing and blurring that's a consequence of slow pixel response, maybe hold out for the Switch 2's inevitable OLED relaunch.
Phone Arena
25-06-2025
- Phone Arena
Google Pixel 10 reportedly fixes a screen issue that iPhone and Galaxy devices addressed years ago
A new report suggests that Google might finally be making a key change to its Pixel displays. According to a new report, the Pixel 10 Pro could feature both brighter screens and a higher PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) refresh rate, something Pixel users have asked for over the years. PWM is how a screen dims its brightness, and if the rate is too low, it can cause eye strain or headaches for some people. While not everyone notices it, it's been a known concern for sensitive users. Until now, Google's phones have used a PWM rate lower than what's found on many other flagship devices. For example, the iPhone 16 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra have a 480Hz PWM, which reduces eye strain for many users. Because of this, some Pixel users have relied on software mods to work around the issue, but Google has not made the change itself — at least, not yet. The aforementioned report claims that the Pixel 10 Pro will double the PWM refresh rate to 480Hz, up from 240Hz on the Pixel 9 Pro. That would put it more in line with displays on phones from Apple and Samsung. However, the change may only apply to the Pro model. The base Pixel 10 and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold are both expected to stay at 240Hz, meaning the upgrade won't be consistent across the lineup. Leaked CAD renders of the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL. | Image credit — Android Headlines | OnLeaks All Pixel 10 models may get brighter displays, though. According to the report, the base Pixel 10 is expected to reach a declared HDR brightness of 2,000 nits, up from 1,800 nits. The Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL might reach 2,250 nits, up from 2,050 nits. The Pixel 10 Pro Fold could see 1,850 nits on its main display and 2,050 nits on the outer screen. These numbers suggest about a 10 percent increase compared to previous models. Still, these brightness numbers refer to what's written in the software. Real-world brightness could be higher or vary depending on the content. For reference, Google advertised 3,000 nits of peak brightness on last year's Pixel 9 Pro . So while the new figures are useful for comparison, they may not reflect actual peak performance. It's important to note that at this time, this information is based on an unconfirmed report. However, if these changes do happen, they would bring helpful improvements to the Pixel lineup, especially for users who are sensitive to display flicker. But the uneven rollout of these upgrades could still be a point of criticism. Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
Phone Arena
24-06-2025
- Phone Arena
Apple's next iPad Pro might get a bezel makeover
Apple's next iPad Pro OLED displays may come with LG Innotek's chip-on-film (CoF) technology. This change may potentially make it possible for the company to shave the bezels noticeably and also offer a more compact design without sacrificing screen size. The info comes from a report from the Korean outlet The Elec, which states that Apple is now expected to either approve or reject LX Semicon's display driver IC this month, which would work alongside the aforementioned CoF tech. What CoF basically does is attach the display driver chips to panels using heat compression on flexible films. It sends signals to control individual pixels through thin-film transistors. This combination allows for tighter integration of the panel with the display's edges. And yep, this basically means there could be shrinking of the visible bezels and thus creating more screen real estate in the same device size. The iPad Pro M4 from 2024. | Image Credit – PhoneArena Meanwhile, that's not all the combo can give. It can also offer a more power-efficient signal processing (therefore better battery life), but this may or may not happen. So far, Apple has relied on Samsung System LSI for display driver ICs in its OLED iPad Pro models. A switch to LG could also diversify Apple's supply chain and reduce component costs through, well, competition. The report doesn't state specifically which iPad model the new components are made for. However, an earlier report indicated that LX Semicon's entry into Apple's supply chain is for the iPad Pro. The new iPad Pro models are expected to come in the second half of this year and sport an M5 chip. Apparently, in the future, iPads are rumored to come with a landscape-oriented Apple logo and Apple's 5G modems, and there are also talks about a potential 18.8-inch foldable iPad that could come in 2027. Honestly, I love the idea of thinner bezels – it's one of those small changes that just makes the whole device feel more modern. And if Apple's finally bringing some real competition between Samsung and LG into the mix, maybe we'll start seeing faster upgrades and better prices too. Fingers crossed! Secure your connection now at a bargain price! We may earn a commission if you make a purchase Check Out The Offer
