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The iPhone 18 Pro will cost Apple 38% more in parts – but there’s some good news

A new TrendForce analysis estimates that Apple will pay 38% more for iPhone 18 Pro components than it did for its predecessor. Unsurprisingly, the biggest hike is in the cost of memory, with Apple said to be paying around three times more this year. However, the firm’s analysis supports my own view that this year’s

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OLED iMac Panel Could Include Extra Layer to Fight Screen Burn-In

LG Display is developing a five-layer OLED panel structure that could end up in a future iMac, with an extra layer added to prevent screen burn-in and increase brightness, reports The Elec. LG Display already builds four-stack OLED panels for high-resolution monitors, and arranges the light-emitting layers in a blue-green-blue-red pattern. The five-stack version reportedly

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Apple Dropped Plan to Ship Leased iPhones Already Set Up for Users

Apple considered a so-called “white-glove” element for its Apple Upgrade leasing program that would have delivered each new replacement device already loaded with the customer’s data, but the idea never made it out of planning, according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Apple Upgrade launched in the U.S. on July 28, replacing the iPhone Upgrade Program and

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