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Is this an iPhone 6 display?
A major Japan-based display supplier to Apple just announced a 5.5-inch display. Will it make its way to a future Apple phone?
Japan Display could be providing a hint of iPhone attractions to come.
The company announced on Thursday that it has developed a 5.5-inch-wide Quad HD, aka, WQHD, display with a resolution of 1,440x 2,560 pixels as a display format for "leading-edge smartphones."
JDI (Japan Display, Inc.) -- a major supplier of iPhone displays -- said it will begin shipping the 5.5-inch LCD in April.
Maybe not coincidentally, Tokyo-based business publication Nikkei reported on Friday that Japan Display will be one of the suppliers for Apple's next-gen iPhone. The report cited both 4.7- and 5.5-inch displays (though it didn't specify which supplier was making which display).
And the Nikkei report cited two other data points that could coincide with Japan Display's announcement. One: mass production of displays could begin in the April quarter. And, two: the display resolution will be "significantly" higher than that of the iPhone 5S' 1,136x640-pixel resolution.
Paul Semenza, a senior vice president at NPD DisplaySearch, said there's a chance that the Japan Display screen described above could be used in the iPhone 6.
But he offered a few caveats.
"Typically, Apple wants 'first dibs' on the new part, so it's a little surprising that JDI is announcing this now...We don't expect to see the iPhone 6 until 2H 14," he said in response to an email query.
He continued. "There is also a possibility of another spec -- a 4.7" 1,600x900 [display]. As always, Apple runs parallel development programs, to test out which is the best approach or just to try to confuse the rest of the world," he said.
Semenza is referring to the smaller of two rumored iPhone 6 versions.
Last year, DisplaySearch suggested some other resolutions for 4.7- and 5.5-inch-class (the latter it listed as 5.7-inch at the time) displays. Both had lower resolutions than the JDI display cited above.
And it's also not clear if the specifications for the specific display that JDI announced would match up with Apple's display-resolution scheme.
Separately, Digitimes reported Friday that the 5.5-inch JDI display could be going to "China-based handset vendors."
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Wearable and Interactive Technology Star at Consumer Electronics Show
Also, self-driving shuttles, solar cars, and 3D-printed food were among many other products shown at the 2014 International Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
CEA Projects Increase in 2014 Consumer Electronics Accessories Sales
Total sales of consumer electronics (CE) accessories, excluding batteries and blank media, will continue to rise in 2014, according to new research from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®. The report, CE Accessories at Retail, projects a slight increase of $13 million in this category, buoyed by the popularity of tablet and smartphone accessories, headphones and ear buds, raising 2014’s CE accessories sales projection to $8.5 billion.
According to the research, 59 percent of online consumers surveyed purchased CE accessories in the last year. The most popular items purchased by online consumers were ear buds (42 percent), wireless phone chargers (41 percent), wireless phone cases (32 percent) and wireless mice (30 percent). These items, along with extra memory cards for digital imaging devices and over-the-ear headphones, are consumers’ most commonly planned accessory purchases for the year ahead, as well.
The CEA research also gauged consumers’ buying behavior, reporting that the majority of online consumers surveyed (66 percent) say physical stores are the main channel they use to shop for, learn about and purchase accessories, citing convenience as their primary motivation. Those consumers who choose to buy accessories online say this option offers the best prices, convenience and enables easier browsing and comparison shopping. Only a small percentage of consumers, however, use mobile devices to shop for accessories (seven percent) or actually buy items (two percent).
Consumers surveyed say quality is the most important factor when choosing CE accessories, while need and brand name also influence their decisions. Among the other findings of the CE Accessories at Retail research:
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According to the research, 59 percent of online consumers surveyed purchased CE accessories in the last year. The most popular items purchased by online consumers were ear buds (42 percent), wireless phone chargers (41 percent), wireless phone cases (32 percent) and wireless mice (30 percent). These items, along with extra memory cards for digital imaging devices and over-the-ear headphones, are consumers’ most commonly planned accessory purchases for the year ahead, as well.
The CEA research also gauged consumers’ buying behavior, reporting that the majority of online consumers surveyed (66 percent) say physical stores are the main channel they use to shop for, learn about and purchase accessories, citing convenience as their primary motivation. Those consumers who choose to buy accessories online say this option offers the best prices, convenience and enables easier browsing and comparison shopping. Only a small percentage of consumers, however, use mobile devices to shop for accessories (seven percent) or actually buy items (two percent).
Consumers surveyed say quality is the most important factor when choosing CE accessories, while need and brand name also influence their decisions. Among the other findings of the CE Accessories at Retail research:
- Seventy-seven percent of online consumers say they plan ahead for their accessory purchases, rather than make impulse buys (23 percent);
- Consumers who do make unplanned purchases say store displays (27 percent) have the biggest influence on their buying behavior;
- Fifty percent of consumers buy an accessory at the same time they purchase the CE device for which it is intended;
- Accessories with the highest attachment rates include those for video game devices (72 percent), wireless phones (66 percent), and computing devices (61 percent);
- While purchase motivation varies by the type of CE device with which an accessory will be used, the most common reason is to replace a broken accessory (26 percent);
- About half of consumers (48 percent) are interested in personalizing their accessories through color (67 percent) and design options (62 percent).
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