Apple slashes iPhone production
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It might have been more logical to slash the price

Apple has reduced planned production for its three new iPhone models by about 10 percent for the January-March quarter according to the Nikkei Asian Review.

AMS develops behind-screen optical sensor for phones
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Sensors for a larger display

AMS has developed a light and infrared proximity sensor that can sit behind a smartphone’s screen, reducing the area required for such sensors and so allowing for a larger display.

Qualcomm has 30+ 5G designs
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Qualcomm RF front end too

CES 2019 press conferences are firing in series and this is traditionally one of the business weeks in the year. Qualcomm took the time to announce quite a few Automotive breakthroughs and the fact that they power 30+ 5G designs expected in 2019.

Trump adviser fakes Apple scare story
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Normally fake Apple news comes from Apple

Trump adviser Larry Kudlow had a crack at promoting a fake news story claiming that the Chinese “may have” stolen Apple’s technology.

Qualcomm posts bonds to enforce iPhone 7 / 8 Germany ban
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Investigative dive: Apple or 3400 distributors cannot sell 7 or 8

Qualcomm has posted a bond to enforce an iPhone 7 / 8 Germany ban and affecting immediately Apple or its 3400 distributors which are not allowed to sell, distributive or import iPhone 7 or 8 and plus variants of both. Apple has been in dispute with Qualcomm over licensing and lost the hardware patent case in a German court in Munich on December 20th, 2018. After Qualcomm posted a bond, the permanent injunction is immediately enforceable.