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TrendForce Finds Panel Makers Turn to Developing High-Value Products

by Bob Raikes

The August shipments of notebook display panels grew 21% over the prior month to 14.43 million units, according to the latest large-size panel shipment report from WitsView, a division of TrendForce. Though the August …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| Notebooks| Wide Viewing Angles

How Long Do You Work for an iPhone 6?

by Bob Raikes

Click to see a bigger imageStatista published a nice chart showing how many hours of work it takes to buy an iPhone 6, according to data from the Prices and Earnings report, published every …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 22 - Issue 38

IHS Analyses Samsung & LG Small OLED Developments

by Bob Raikes

IHS has released a report that looks in detail at the OLED plans for LG and Samsung. Samsung hnow has five years of experience in making small OLEDs for its Galaxy smartphones and has …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Vol 22 - Issue 38

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IHS Analyses Samsung & LG OLED Developments

by Bob Raikes

The Galaxy series rolled out by Samsung Electronics Co. has turned AMOLED into a household name. From the Galaxy S to the Galaxy S6, which were released in 2010 and 2015, respectively, many improvements …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| LG Electronics (LGE)| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung

Asustek Aims at Affordable Smartphones in India

by Bob Raikes

Asustek has launched a new ZenFone Go phone in India. The product costs 7,999 rupees (US$121) and is intended to be more affordable than products previously sold in that country. The phone has a …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Samsung Silicon Valley HQ to Open

by Bob Raikes

Samsung opened two big new buildings in Sillicon Valley to act as a centre for innovation and support for its US clients. In San Jose, a new 10 storey (102,000m²) building for up to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Samsung| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Is Roku Going to UltraHD?

by Bob Raikes

There are increasing rumours that Roku will move to release an UltraHD, likely to be known as the Roku 4. There were new adverts on a streaming service “Cinema Now”, followed by a reference …

Tags:4k| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Roku| Streaming Dongles| Vol 22 - Issue 38

European ICT Market Reversing to Growth

by Bob Raikes

The European IT Observatory (EITO) said that, after two years of declining sales and minimal growth, business in information and communication technology products and services is set to expand again this year by 0.9% …

Tags:ICT| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Microsoft Band 2 With a curved OLED display?

by Bob Raikes

There are web reports that Microsoft’s new Band 2, expected on October 6th, will use a curved display. The rumours are based on a picture published by Microsoft Insider.

Tags:Fitness Trackers| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Audi Adds Laser Phosphor to OLED

by Bob Raikes

Click for larger image. Image: AudiAudi was at the eleventh International Symposium on Automotive Lighting (ISAL 2015) in Darmstadt and said that as well as the OLED head and taillights that it showed (Audi …

Tags:Automotive| Large Display Monitor| Laser Phosphor Projectors| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Meizu Uses AMOLED in Pro 5

by Bob Raikes

Meizu of China has adopted a 5.7″ FullHD AMOLED (reported to be from Samsung) with Gorilla Glass 3 into its latest Pro 5 phone. The device has an octa-core (Samsung’s Exynos 7420 SoC) CPU, …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 38

Sharp Roadshow in Germany

by Bob Raikes

Sharp is launching a roadshow throughout Germany with an event at its Munich European HQ on October 8th. The PN-80TC3, shown at the Midwich event (Sharp Brings BigPad to Midwich) this week, will be …

Tags:Back Panel| Germany| Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| sharp| Vol 22 - Issue 38