Foxconn New Factory to Produce OLED Panels for Apple

Foxconn is spending $2.6 billion over the next two years on a display factory as reported in November 2014. However, it was not disclosed what kind of displays would be produced by the factory in the report last year. One of the leading newspapers in Japan – Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun recently reported that Foxconn is planning to produce OLED panels in the company’s newly funded display factory. It will begin mass production of panels exclusively for Apple by the end of 2015. These OLED panels will be shipped to Cupertino afterwards.

The current goal is to produce OLED panels into limited production in 2016 by this display factory while Foxconn Japan RD Co. will be responsible in researching the manufacturing, technology and equipment of OLED displays.

The OLED displays will then be used for Apple’s smartphones such as iPhone or iPad and wearables such as Apple Watch. Currently, LG is the main supplier for iWatch and Apple is still using LCD displays for iPhones which is produced by one of the largest LCD display manufacturers in Taiwan and happens to be owned by Foxconn too.  Is it hinted that in the future, Apple might consider switching to OLED displays in the future?

Foxconn New Factory to Produce OLED Panels for Apple

LG G Watch 2 May Make Its Appearance In IFA

It has not been more than two months that LG has launched its LG G Watch but according to a new report, the world will soon see the LG G Watch 2. Korea Times reported that the next wearable from LG is ready to make its appearance in the IFA which will start on September 5 in Berlin and will end on September 10.

According to the report of Korea Times, LG official said that the company has started to put forward the new smartwatch alongside Google’s wearable platform. The upgraded watch would make its appearance in IFA fair.

There is very limited information about the watch features. This new LG wearable is said to have an OLED display. This display would not be similar to the current G watch display which is IPS LCD display.

It has also been said that the new watch could have a Qualcomm processor. In future, LG planned to have the company’s own Odin processors in its devices. For other things, nothing more is known.

It is said that LG G Watch 2 will compete against vapor iWatch, which is unsurprising. It is also not known that who will get the chance to see the watch; clients only or general public can also see it. According to the LG official, LG Electronics has received too many offers for strategic collaboration from the authoritative watchmakers. So it can be expected that LG could only show the watch to the clients for the partnership. We have only few days left to know what is surely going to happen.

LG G Watch 2 May Make Its Appearance In IFA

Samsung is developing Oculus Rift-like VR headsets for Galaxy devices: Report

Samsung could announce the Oculus Rift competitor this year in an effort to beat Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus in the virtual world. Given Samsung’s propensity to compete in every conceivable product category, this isn’t too surprising.

The  virtual reality based headset will reportedly be used with Samsung’s Galaxy devices, much like its Gear smartwatches. Samsung has even shipped prototypes of the device to some developers already, according to a report in Engadget. Rather than being a PC or game console peripheral, Samsung’s headset links to a Galaxy phone to create its virtual environment. It’s a demanding device, though: The consumer version will require the power of next-generation flagship processors, the report states.

So far, there are no photos of the alleged prototype headset, but the report has a few details.It is said to feature an OLED display that is “as good or better” than the 1080p OLED in the latest Oculus Rift. The headset won’t run Tizen, the OS in the new Gear watches. Engadget predicts it will use a wired, rather than wireless, connection to minimize things like lag.It will likely have a wired rather than wireless connection to Samsung’s current smartphones and tablets

The virtual reality handset will also be used for Android gaming, but we’ve got no details right now on just what games would qualify as handset-compatible. What we do know, surprisingly, is that Samsung looks to price its virtual reality handset competitively in order to win customers. The company has taken a somewhat premium pricing scheme with its Gear smartwatches and its Gear Fit fitness band, Sony’s Morpheus project looks to be priced around $500 – and Samsung may price its virtual reality handset anywhere from $250-$400 in order to make inroads in the mobile virtual reality platform.

Samsung is developing Oculus Rift-like VR headsets for Galaxy devices: Report