News & Reviews:   apple rumours

If you paid attention to the USA election this year, you'd remember that President-elect Donal Trump mentioned in his speech at Liberty University in Virginia earlier this year saying "We're going to get Apple to start building their damn computers and things in this country instead of in other countries.". Also, he also threatened to introduce a 45% tax on products imported from China. Haha, what a joke...and will Apple do it?

Whether you like it or not, it seems inevitable that Apple is going to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack even though it's just a rumour and a popular one. If this really happens, Apple's decision will change the headphone market. In fact, some companies have already designed their own Lightning-connected headphones in anticipation, it could cost a lot too since Lightning adapters aren't common.

Samsung and LG are two of the world's largest OLED display makers right now, as technology progress exponentially over the years, companies are trying to find new ways and applications for their production. An insider tip from South Korea has said that Samsung is apparently planning their AMOLED screen to be present on laptop panels, while LG is increasing the mass production of small-size OLED displays for handsets.

If you remember one post we did back last year, there was a rumour going around about Apple ditching the 3.5mm headphone jack for a lightning port setup. Since there was no pictures as evidence, it was easy to put it off as pure rumours, until this leaked image came along from Weibo. 

Apple is already looking far ahead beyond 2016, as according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, he has some statements on the future of the 3D Touch feature, the new Apple iPad Air 3,Apple iPhone 7, a new Apple Watch and a new 4-inch iPhone that could be the “iPhone 6c”.  

Firstly, Mr. Kuo predicts that the iPad Air 3 will be released in the first half of 2016. It could be in March together with the new “iPhone 6c” and the second generation Apple Watch, this is kind of unusual for Apple to do so as they would usually release new Apple products around every September or October. Another odd thing is that he said the new iPad Air 3 will not adopt the 3D Touch because of production issues.