Mark Gurman suggère à son tour qu’Apple aurait abandonné son écran microLED

Mark Gurman croit lui aussi savoir qu’Apple aurait mis un terme à son projet de créer en interne un écran microLED destiné à l’Apple Watch. Il précise que la décision aurait été prise au cours des dernières semaines et qu’elle se traduirait par la fermeture de toute l’initiative, la reconversion d’une partie des employés qui travaillaient […]

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Apple Drops Plans to Develop MicroLED Displays for Apple Watch

Apple has ended a project to develop microLED displays in-house, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman in a reversal of his prior reporting on the development of the technology. Apple invested billions in developing microLED displays, with plans to first add microLED to the Apple Watch Ultra. MicroLED was too expensive and too complex for Apple […]

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MicroLED Apple Watch Ultra Project Potentially Loses Another Supplier

The rumored microLED Apple Watch Ultra project may have lost another key supplier, according to Display Supply Chain Consultants CEO Ross Young. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday, manufacturing equipment company Kulicke & Soffa said that one of its “strategic customers” has canceled a project related to the “advanced […]

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Apple Still Plans MicroLED Apple Watch Ultra, Seeks New Suppliers

Apple remains committed to microLED, despite suggestions that its project to bring the display technology to Apple Watch Ultra has been ditched, according to reports out of Taiwan and Korea. Last week, Apple supplier arms OSRAM announced that a “cornerstone project” was “unexpectedly cancelled.” Counterpoint Research’s Display Supply Chain Consultants informed MacRumors that this project […]

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Apple reportedly drops order for next-gen Watch Ultra microLED displays

The Apple Watch Ultra has been rumored to get an upgraded microLED display for a over a year now but alleged production issues have seen the time frame extended to 2027. In a new development, Apple has reportedly canceled a major microLED order with Austrian firm ams-Osram which is speculated to be for the upcoming […]

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Kuo: Apple Watch Ultra With MicroLED Display Indeed Canceled

Earlier this week, Apple supplier ams OSRAM announced it would “re-assess its microLED strategy” after a “cornerstone project” was “unexpectedly cancelled.” Counterpoint Research’s Display Supply Chain Consultants informed MacRumors that this project related to the rumored Apple Watch with a microLED display. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today commented on the matter, saying that Apple has […]

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Apple Watch Ultra With MicroLED Display Seemingly ‘Canceled’ For Now

Apple supplier ams OSRAM on Wednesday announced it would “re-assess its microLED strategy” after a “cornerstone project” was “unexpectedly cancelled” that day. The company’s stock plunged nearly 40% following the news, earlier shared by AppleInsider. Counterpoint Research’s Display Supply Chain Consultants told MacRumors that it believes this project related to the rumored Apple Watch Ultra […]

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Report: Apple Watch Ultra with microLED display not coming until 2027

We’ve heard a lot about Apple’s upcoming Watch Ultra with microLED display but each time a report goes out, it paints a more pessimistic picture. The latest analysis comes from The Elec and it suggests Apple’s high-end smartwatch with microLED tech will arrive in 2027 at the earliest. Supply chain analysts believe that Apple won’t […]

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MicroLED Apple Watch Ultra May Be Delayed Due to Supply Chain Issues

Apple is widely expected to bring a microLED display to the Apple Watch Ultra, but a new report out of Korea suggests the company may not have the supply chain configured early enough to launch the device by 2026. Throughout last year, Taiwanese research firm TrendForce predicted a 2026 launch timeframe for the device. That’s […]

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[Video] We went hands-on with Samsung’s giant 140-inch Micro LED TV

CES 2024, which happened a few days ago, was filled with giant TVs. And some of the biggest and most impressive TVs were showcased by Samsung. Apart from its new QLED and Neo QLED TV lineups that feature up to 98-inch sizes, Samsung also had some impressively giant 140-inch TVs at its booth, and we […]

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Apple Watch Ultra With 10% Larger Display and MicroLED Expected to Launch in 2026

The Apple Watch Ultra will gain a 10% percent larger display upon switching from OLED to microLED in 2026, according to Taiwanese research firm TrendForce. The current Apple Watch Ultra has a display size of 1.93-inches, whereas the upcoming microLED model is apparently due to feature a 2.12-inch screen. The microLED panel is estimated to […]

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Samsung hints at Micro LED displays for future Galaxy Watches

After pioneering OLED screens in laptops, smartphones, tablets, TVs, and wearables, Samsung is now working on the next big groundbreaking display technology: Micro LED. The South Korean firm has already released Micro LED TVs to bring the best of both OLEDs and LCDs. However, the company is looking to bring Micro LED to smartwatches. In […]

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MicroLED Apple Watch Still on Track for Late 2025 Launch

Apple’s microLED Apple Watch is on track to launch in late 2025, according to Jeff Pu, a tech analyst at Hong Kong investment firm Haitong International Securities. In a note to investors seen by MacRumors, Pu said that the first Apple Watch with a microLED display will launch in late 2025. The advanced display technology […]

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Samsung’s new Netherlands Experience Store greets you with a huge microLED screen

Samsung opened its third Experience Store in the Netherlands this week. The store is located in Westfield Mall in the town of Leidschendam, and like all of the other experience stores the Korean giant has opened in the Netherlands and around the world, this one is designed to provide consumers with a hands-on experience before […]

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Lucid Motors uses Samsung’s The Wall TV to improve its car design process

Samsung has announced that Lucid Motors has installed The Wall TVs at the company’s car design studio. According to the Korean tech giant, The Wall offers Lucid with additional tools that help the company in designing electric vehicles in a better way. Lucid Motors says that The Wall has helped them design Lucid Air Sapphire, […]

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LG launches 118-inch Micro LED TV to compete with Samsung’s 110-inch The Wall

Samsung launched the 292-inch The Wall Luxury 8K TV in 2019 and The Wall 110-inch Micro LED TV in 2020. Since then, it has had no direct rival. That’s because no other brand has launched a Micro LED TV of similar size in these many years. Well, that’s changing now. LG has unveiled a 118-inch […]

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microLED Apple Watch delayed due to production issues

According to a new supply chain analysis, Apple’s first Watch with a microLED display won’t be launching in 2025 as initially planned but in 2026 due to technological constraints with the production process. As per the report, LG is Apple’s main supplier (and likely the only one for now), and the Korean tech giant is […]

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Custom MicroLED Displays Could Be Heading to the iPhone, Vision Pro, and Apple Car

Early production operations for Apple’s custom microLED displays indicate that the technology is headed to a broad range of products, including headsets, iPhones, and automotive applications, Taiwanese research firm TrendForce reports. TrendForce also repeated their claim from last month that Apple’s first microLED display will launch on a new Apple Watch Ultra model in 2026, […]

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Apple Supplier LG Invests in MicroLED Patents for Apple Watch Ultra Displays

Apple supplier LG has reportedly purchased multiple patents that could help it produce the displays for Apple’s rumored next-generation Apple Watch Ultra model with a microLED display. The Elec reports that the patents purchased from a Taiwanese company have to do with the “transfer printing process” in MicroLED, as well as MicroLED technologies related to […]

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