As expected, Foxconn on Thursday broke ground on a new 20 million-square-foot complex in Wisconsin that will make LCD panels. The project, first announced in 2017, could bring thousands of new jobs to the midwest state.Â
During a Thursday ceremony in Wisconsin, President Donald Trump will no doubt call this week's groundbreaking of Foxconn's 20 million-square-foot complex that will make LCD panels an example of how his administration is "making America great again." That may be true for the citizens of Wisconsin in the long-run, but right now it has become a far costlier proposition than once imagined, according to The Wall Street Journal.Â
Apple reportedly expects to sell more iPhones in its coming 2018 lineup that will be outfitted with cheaper LCD screens than the models equipped with pricey OLEDs.
A sketchy report out of South Korea earlier this morning would have us believe that Apple's supposed lower-cost iPhone model outfitted with a TrueDepth camera, Face ID, a 6.1-inch LCD display and an iPhone X-esque design won’t be available until November of this year.
A report alleged Apple had decided to adopt OLED display panels across all three new iPhone models due next year even though several analysts said such a transition wasn’t likely.
Apple's next LCD iPhone could come in multiple bright colors to distinguish it from the two upcoming OLED models. This rumor comes from Rosenblatt's Jun Zhang and first published by StreetInsider.
Revered KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has reiterated his view that one of Apple's 2018 iPhone models will skip the 3D Touch feature which made a splash more than two years ago.
According to a new analyst report released Friday in Taiwan, Apple's 2018 iPhone lineup will consist of a pair of phones outfitted with LCD screens and one larger OLED model.
Apple is reportedly releasing three new distinct iPhone models this year, two using OLED technology and the other rocking an LCD screen without 3D Touch and costing between $700 and $800 in the United States.
Has Apple realized that 3D Touch may be a gimmicky feature after all?
Monday, The Bell reported Apple might switch up iPhone sizes again next year by adding a larger—possibly more than six inches—LCD model into the mix.
Foxconn Technology Group, the world's top contract manufacturer that counts Apple and other major Silicon Valley giants as its clients, has officially confirmed it would invest $10 billion into a new 20-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Wisconsin to churn out high-resolution 8K LCD display panels used in smartphones, car dashboards and TVs.