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Apple to Make In-House Displays, Drop Samsung, LG
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Apple to Make In-House Displays, Drop Samsung, LG

[ad_1] Apple is planning to start using its own custom displays in mobile devices as early as 2024, an effort to reduce its reliance on Samsung and LG. Apple Inc. is planning to start using its own custom displays in mobile devices as early as 2024, an effort to reduce its reliance on technology partners like Samsung and LG and bring more components in-house. The company aims to begin by swapping out the display in the highest-end Apple Watches by the end of next year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The screens upgrade the current OLED — organic light-emitting diode — standard to a technology called microLED, and Apple plans to eventually bring the displays to other devices, including the iPhone. The changes are part of a sweeping effort to replace Apple suppli...
Big Benefits Coming for Apple, Samsung in India
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Big Benefits Coming for Apple, Samsung in India

[ad_1] Device launch plans by the likes of Samsung and Apple in India set to get a major boost. India will try out a strategy of parallel testing to speed up safety approvals for new electronic devices, an industry group told Reuters on Friday, a move that could boost device launch plans by the likes of Samsung and Apple. The move comes as India scrambles to remove bottlenecks faced by businesses, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi bullish on an electronics hardware manufacturing industry his government targets to be worth $300 billion by 2026. The plan to test different components of the devices simultaneously looks set to cut as much as five to eight weeks from the 16 to 21 now often needed to test and certify products ...