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Apple Researching Integration of Solar Panels in Flexible Touchscreen Displays

LOL. This must be an attempt to lure Samsung into doing Solar for handhelds.
1) Tiny surface area means very little to gain from solar generation.

2) Solar cells do not perform well when the cell temperature exceeds 25C (loss in performance of ~0.5%/C). My iPhone is usually at least at body-temperature (37C). Even less reason to use solar.

3) Incident solar on an iPhone tends to increase temerature of the iPhone. Solar cells can get quite hot. Try an put your iPhone in the summer sun... wait for it to shut off from overheating.

No way Apple will do an iPhone Solar... Maybe something about indoor lighting like the good old calculators had going.
 
I recently got a Logitech K750 solar keyboard, and while I really like it, having the solar cells adding height is a bit disappointing; I'd love a keyboard with a glass top surface with solar cells running through all of it, i.e - the cells would be in all the gaps between keys, as it should still generate plenty of power.
 
i can see how this would be moving forward if you must shake your wrist to keep your iWatch powered up...


So 90's .....

The use of changing only during the day could have its users, but its new technology....

I can't even count one piece of new tech that has come out of Apple that "just worked perfectly" without bugs/technical issues...

And since this will be he first time of solar stuff in a product, then i'm always skeptical weather it will blow up in Apple's face..

Noting usually ever goes smoothly for Apple does it ?

iBeacon:- great... now put on the back burner.....
same with the Apple Television..

What else would there be.

I won't believe it until i see it in shops
 
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