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Apple Watch Ultra With MicroLED Display Again Rumored to Launch by 2025
The report reiterates that Apple has been actively developing microLED technology since it acquired California-based company LuxVue in 2014. Given that microLED display production remains challenging, manufacturing costs are higher, which is why Apple will start rolling out the technology with the Apple Watch Ultra before larger devices.
European company ams OSRAM will be the primary supplier of microLED chips for Apple, but there is potential for Taiwanese suppliers like Epistar to become additional suppliers of microLED chips by 2026-2027, according to the report.
A new Apple Watch Ultra with a microLED display has been rumored by several sources, including Display Supply Chain Consultants CEO Ross Young, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, and Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu. Gurman said the microLED transition could begin by the end of 2024, but noted the timeframe could slip into 2025. Young also gave a 2025 timeframe, so the technology could be at least two years away.
Pu said the new Apple Watch Ultra will likely feature a larger 2.1-inch display, and microLED technology would allow for increased brightness compared to existing Apple Watch models with OLED displays. The current Ultra has around a 1.9-inch display.
In the meantime, Apple is still completing its lengthy transition from LCD to OLED display technology. The Apple Watch has used OLED since it launched in 2015, and iPhone models gradually switched to OLED starting in 2017. Rumors suggest the first iPad Pro and MacBook models with OLED displays will be released in 2024.
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Video: Samsung’s New S23 Ultra vs. Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max
The Galaxy S23 Ultra is a 6.8-inch smartphone with an OLED display, so it’s fairly similar to the 6.7-inch iPhone 14 Pro Max. Samsung is using a pinhole cutout for the front-facing camera, though, so there is more available display area on the S23 Ultra since it doesn’t have a notch. Both support 120Hz maximum refresh rates, but the smoothing looks more dramatic on the S23 Ultra
Samsung is using a more squared off design with slim bezels, so these two smartphones don’t look much alike. It has less curve on the display than the prior-generation model, and even though it’s large, the flat display and the straight frame make it comfortable to hold. There’s also an S-Pen stylus that can be used with it, which Apple does not offer. The S-Pen is handy for note taking, but it’s more of a niche feature than something that is widely appealing to all users.
At the back, there’s a triple-lens camera setup and Samsung has introduced a 200-megapixel wide-angle lens while the iPhone 14 Pro Max has a 48-megapixel lens. With high-end smartphones, it’s often difficult to choose a clear winner in terms of image quality, and it comes down to a preference for the color temperature and built-in editing that smartphone manufacturers do.
When it comes to video quality, Apple’s iPhones usually win out, but Samsung has made some improvements this year. The 8K video is impressive, and there are notable boosts in stabilization on the Galaxy S23. It’s much harder to tell the difference in video quality between the two smartphones with the S23 Ultra.
Main lens photos look fantastic on both phones in good lighting conditions, despite the difference in megapixels. You can choose from 50 or 200 megapixels when using the S23 Ultra, and you’ll get more detail, but at the cost of storage space. The ultra wide lenses are also comparable, but Samsung is the clear winner when it comes to zoom capabilities. The Galaxy S23 Ultra has 10x optical zoom and up to 100x digital zoom, though it stops looking great after about 30x. Apple’s iPhone 14 Pro Max tops out at 3x optical zoom, though that’s set to change with the iPhone 15 Pro Max.
Portrait mode on both smartphones is impressive. The S23 seems to do better with details in shots with people and it has better background blur, but it can be too soft. The iPhone is better at skin tone.
At the end of the day, operating system preference matters much more than feature set for smartphones at this level. If you’re an iOS user, you’re probably not going to want to swap over to Android, and vice versa, regardless of how many eye-catching features are offered.
What do you think of Samsung’s S23 Ultra? Which smartphone photos do you prefer? Let us know in the comments below.
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Deals: Get the Apple Watch Ultra for $749 on Amazon ($50 Off)
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Overall, this is a second-best price on the Apple Watch Ultra. We tracked lower markdowns in February, but those all-time low prices have not returned and today’s deals are still offering solid savings on the high-end Apple Watch Ultra. There are also far more configurations on sale this time around, with nearly every color and style on sale save one or two models.
Configurations include:
- Black/Gray Trail Loop (Medium/Large)
- Black/Gray Trail Loop (Small/Medium)
- Blue/Gray Trail Loop (Medium/Large)
- Blue/Gray Trail Loop (Small/Medium)
- Yellow/Beige Trail Loop (Medium/Large)
- Yellow/Beige Trail Loop (Small/Medium)
- Green Alpine Loop (Large)
- Green Alpine Loop (Medium)
- Green Alpine Loop (Small)
- Orange Alpine Loop (Large)
- Orange Alpine Loop (Medium)
- Orange Alpine Loop (Small)
- Starlight Alpine Loop (Large)
- Starlight Alpine Loop (Small)
- Midnight Ocean Band
- White Ocean Band
- Yellow Ocean Band
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