A new report posted by
DigiTimes today has taken a look into the
Micro-LED ambitions of multiple companies, including the timeline by which
Apple might begin its
Trial Production of
Micro-LED displays. Although it's yet to be confirmed,
Apple is likely to use such display tech**logy on a version of the
Apple Watch launched in 2018 or later.
The report, citing industry sources, states that Apple's current aim is to manufacture a "small volume" of products with
Micro-LED Displays towards the end of this year. Reports over the past few weeks have
referenced similar timelines for Apple's
Micro-LED plans, and today's news also corroborates the location of Apple's
Trial Production run, expected to be housed in a plant in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
A few makers engaged in R&D for micro LED display products, despite many tech**logical bottlenecks, are expected to take the initiative to begin Trial Production in the second half of 2017 at the earliest, according to industry sources.
Apple has been keen in the development of micro LED tech**logy following its acquisition of LuxVue in 2014, and recent market speculations also indicate that Apple is likely to crank out a small volume of micro LED display products from its plant in Taoyuan, **rthern Taiwan at the end of the year.
Rumors of an
Apple Watch with a
Micro-LED display
began last summer, when it was suggested that such a device may launch in 2017, but with the current reports of late-in-the-year
Trial productions on
Micro-LED Displays it's likely that the
2017 "Apple Watch ****** 3" will continue to use OLED tech**logy. In regards to advantages, devices with
Micro-LED have the chance to be thinner, lighter, see an improved color gamut with increased brightness, and sport higher resolutions.
Apple's
Production on
Micro-LED is
Said to be the final realization of its
acquisition of low-power microLED-based display maker LuxVue in 2014. Similarly, Samsung has been rumored to acquire
Micro-LED company PlayNitride, which is expected to begin a
Trial Production on the
Displays sometime in the second half of 2017. Foxconn has also an**unced plans to acquire display startup eLux, "for development of next-generation
Micro-LED display tech**logy."
Although ** direct connection with
Apple has been made by the manufacturers, their previous history as suppliers for the Cuperti** company points toward either company, or both, as additional
Micro-LED suppliers for a future generation
Apple Watch. According to industry sources speaking on Foxconn's eLux purchase, "The acquisition could provide a fast track for Foxconn to commercialize
Micro-LED tech**logy," bringing it to a wider range of consumer products.
Related Roundups:
Apple Watch ****** 2,
watchOS 3
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