Samsung's IGZO equivalent technology may or may not be as advanced as Sharps, but neither Samsung or Sharp are going to be able to deliver them in mass volume by 2014. Hell even Sharp at CES said themselves their IGZO displays wouldn't be mass market for a few more years.
IMO, I don't think we're going to see an iphone with an IGZO display until the iphone 7 due to the sheer number of displays required.
I think they are refering to large screens. The smaller screens should come out in volume this year, that is if Apple 2 billions investment made 1.5 years half ago is true. Apple needs IGZO to pull out retina ipad mini's and lighter, thinner ipads.
I do agree that the iphone 5s wont probably get it but the iphone 6 should, or any big screen version. The most urgent needs for a better screen tech are ipads and laptops. And possibly a TV, especially if its 4k.
if foxconn sharp and everyone else can pull it off why not apple
Foxconn mostly assemble things and Apple can't do the R&D for every single components that comes into there devices. Apple goal is to spot the right tech and make sure they will have the necessary production volume when the time comes.
if foxconn sharp and everyone else can pull it off why not Apple
Because they've been in the game for so long. It is much smarter, and safer to buy the screens than to create your own. It gives you the flexibility to change suppliers if one comes up with a better technology.
If it was that desirable to own an ODM subsidiary, they would have done so already. Tech companies do their own manufacturing when they desire extreme control. It's usually not for profitability.
Further, Apple used to own it's manufacturing facilities, but moved away from that model.
Because they've been in the game for so long. It is much smarter, and safer to buy the screens than to create your own. It gives you the flexibility to change suppliers if one comes up with a better technology.
Ever the odd-man-out, Amazon instead buys a display maker.
It might make sense if they're talking about eInk displays because a supplier can turn around and say "we're not making eInk screens anymore", that will never be the case with LCD displays.
Further, Apple used to own it's manufacturing facilities, but moved away from that model.
Sheesh, where's the logic and the sense of history? Do you think Apple alone could have bucked the tide when back in the SEVENTIES all profitable display manufacturing was disappearing from America and moving to Asia? And it wasn't just cheap labor that allowed Sony, Mitsubishi, Matsushita, Sharp et al to take over the TV and monitor world, it was engineering.
Apple "moved away from that model"—could you rephrase that to take account of tectonic shifts in global technology please?
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Originally Posted by Chrispoe
Samsung's IGZO equivalent technology may or may not be as advanced as Sharps, but neither Samsung or Sharp are going to be able to deliver them in mass volume by 2014. Hell even Sharp at CES said themselves their IGZO displays wouldn't be mass market for a few more years.
IMO, I don't think we're going to see an iphone with an IGZO display until the iphone 7 due to the sheer number of displays required.
I think they are refering to large screens. The smaller screens should come out in volume this year, that is if Apple 2 billions investment made 1.5 years half ago is true. Apple needs IGZO to pull out retina ipad mini's and lighter, thinner ipads.
I do agree that the iphone 5s wont probably get it but the iphone 6 should, or any big screen version. The most urgent needs for a better screen tech are ipads and laptops. And possibly a TV, especially if its 4k.
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Originally Posted by jsmythe00
if foxconn sharp and everyone else can pull it off why not apple
Foxconn mostly assemble things and Apple can't do the R&D for every single components that comes into there devices. Apple goal is to spot the right tech and make sure they will have the necessary production volume when the time comes.
Because they've been in the game for so long. It is much smarter, and safer to buy the screens than to create your own. It gives you the flexibility to change suppliers if one comes up with a better technology.
Further, Apple used to own it's manufacturing facilities, but moved away from that model.
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Originally Posted by dasanman69
Because they've been in the game for so long. It is much smarter, and safer to buy the screens than to create your own. It gives you the flexibility to change suppliers if one comes up with a better technology.
Ever the odd-man-out, Amazon instead buys a display maker.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418927,00.asp
It might make sense if they're talking about eInk displays because a supplier can turn around and say "we're not making eInk screens anymore", that will never be the case with LCD displays.
Sheesh, where's the logic and the sense of history? Do you think Apple alone could have bucked the tide when back in the SEVENTIES all profitable display manufacturing was disappearing from America and moving to Asia? And it wasn't just cheap labor that allowed Sony, Mitsubishi, Matsushita, Sharp et al to take over the TV and monitor world, it was engineering.
Apple "moved away from that model"—could you rephrase that to take account of tectonic shifts in global technology please?
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