Foxconn is once again changing plans for its upcoming Wisconsin-based plant in the United States, according to a new report out today by Reuters. Originally set to produce large television displays, and then small to medium displays for smartphones, the location will now pivot to become largely focused on research and development.
Foxconn intends to hire „mostly engineers and researchers“ instead of manufacturing workers at the Wisconsin plant. The plans to build smartphone displays, for companies like Apple, have either been greatly scaled back or shelved completely. This information comes from Louis Woo, assistant to Foxconn CEO Terry Gou.
Although [...]
Ahead of next week’s Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung has announced three new monitors that it will be showing off at the event.
Samsung is debuting the CRG9, which the company says is the first high-resolution super ultra-wide gaming monitor equipped with a 32:9 aspect ratio.
The display is equivalent to two 27-inch 16:9 monitors with a dual QHD resolution of 5120 x 1440 and support for HDR10 with a peak brightness of 1,000 nits. At the back, it has an HDMI port and two DisplayPorts, along with USB ports and a headphone jack.
As a gaming monitor, it features a 120Hz refresh rate with a 4ms response time, with the display designed to minimize lag [...]
Some 10.5-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro models that were originally released in 2017 appear to be suffering from a display issue that causes a bright spot to appear right above the Home button on affected models.
The issue was outlined on the MacRumors forums, with complaints first popping up back in April 2018. MacRumors reader marmiteturkey explains the problem:
I have an approx 1in spot on my iPad Pro screen which is brighter than the rest of the screen – it’s unevenly lit. The spot is about 2in above the home button, and although it has soft edges, I’m anal about my gadgets, and the difference in brightness could be described as [...]
While it is a common belief that iPhones have become thinner and thinner over the years, when Apple could be keeping them the same size and including larger and longer-lasting batteries, the opposite is true in reality.
As mentioned on Reddit, iPhones have gradually become thicker since 2014, capped off by the iPhone XR, the thickest model since the iPhone 4s in 2011:
iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus: 6.9mm and 7.1mm iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus: 7.1mm and 7.3mm iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus: 7.1mm and 7.3mm iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus: 7.3mm and 7.5mm iPhone X: 7.7mm iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max: 7.7mm iPhone XR: 8.3mmThe trend may come to an end next year, [...]
