Apple rumoured to be considering bendable displays for future iPhones

If a recent Wall Street Journal report is anything to go by, iPhones in the future might get a bit more flexible. According to the story, Apple is supposedly looking into using flexible screen technology from Japan Display. The company makes use of LCD and plastic for its display technology instead of LCD and glass, thus making it easier to bend the display. According to Japan Display, this type of screen can be mass produced as early as next year. Of course, it doesn’t necessarily mean bendable iPhones will be in our immediate future. It takes more than screen technology to get a flexible smartphone to work. And, of course, Apple is mum about this report. If the time comes when we do get a bendy iPhone, would it be something you’d like to buy?

Source: 9 to 5 Mac

KGI Securities analyst foresees new Kaby Lake-powered MacBooks coming this year, including one with 32GB desktop-class RAM

Looks like MacBooks are getting refreshed this year, with one of them getting desktop-class specs—at least according to the new research note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. According to Kuo, there will be 12-inch MacBook models running on Intel Kaby Lake processors entering production in early second quarter. There will supposedly be a 16GB RAM option for this lineup, which could be a high-end version or one of the built-to-order configurations. At the moment 12-inch MacBooks have only up to 8GB of RAM.

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Looks like the Apple AirPods won’t be ready for the holidays

The release of the Apple AirPods doesn’t look like it’ll happen in the near future. A recent Wall Street Journal report claims issues with how the wireless earpieces receive wireless signals via Bluetooth. But Apple blogger John Gruber disputes this claim and says the prototype AirPods he got were working fine and he questions the veracity of the WSJ’s report saying the delay was caused by faulty wireless technology. Gruber speculates the delays could be due to a manufacturing issue at scale.

This isn’t the first time the AirPods’s release has been delayed. It was initially supposed to be released back in October but was pushed back without a clear reason from Apple. Now, if you were expecting to gift or be gifted a pair this Christmas, you’ll have to wait a bit more.

Source: VentureBeat

Apple rumoured to be releasing a red version of the ‘iPhone 7s’ in 2017

If we are to believe the recent report from Japanese Apple rumour blog Macotakara, the upcoming iPhone will come with a new color option and a straightforward internal component update. The “iPhone 7s” and “iPhone 7s Plus” will supposedly get a red casing color option to join the existing Black, Jet Black, Rose Gold, Gold, and Silver options. Aside from that the new phones will get a bump in terms of processor power and will move from an A10 chip to an A11 one.

Other rumours for Apple’s releases next year says there will be a redesigned ‘iPhone 8’ coming out as well that will have an OLED display and no physical Home button. At the moment, all of these are still speculative. But Macotakara has been fairly accurate with its reports with the site being the first to report that Apple was doing away with the headphone jack for the iPhone 7.

Source: 9to5Mac