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Keep Your Good Eye on Pixelworks’ X7 Visual Processor

by Omid Rahmat

Pixelworks has been getting some design wins for its V7 visual processor. The chipset is incorporated in the OnePlus Ace 2 and it may have helped the newly released Honor Magic5 Pro take Apple’s …

Tags:Apple| DXOMARK| Pixelworks| Smartphones

Samsung Testing Reliability of Waterdrop Hinge for Galaxy Z Fold 5

by Omid Rahmat

The bend, the crease, the fold, that’s where the real battle for foldable displays is happening. There are three components to the foldable display: the flexible panel, the mechanical hinge, and the display surface. …

Tags:Apple| Foldable Devices| OLED| Patents| Samsung| Xiaomi

Foxconn Sees 39.12% MoM Decline in February

by Omid Rahmat

The company that reportedly makes over two thirds of Apple’s phones saw a big drop in orders but still maintains its outlook for the year. (millions) MoM 2022 January $21,614 4.93% $14,590 February $13,159 …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Foxconn

Breaking Down the Bill of Materials for the Google Pixel Watch

by Omid Rahmat

BOE is the exclusive supplier of the custom 1.2-inch-diameter OLED display which takes up about14% of the total BoM cost, the second most costly component after the processing and memory subsystem. BoMs are fun. …

Tags:Apple| Google| Smartwatches

Video Represents 40% of Programmatic Ad Spend in OOH

by Omid Rahmat

Billboards, large format, free-standing, elevated displays remain the most popular asset category for digital ads. But, the second half of 2022 saw roughly 10% growth in display panel, and screen/TV usage. The data is …

Tags:Advertising| Billboards| DOOH| Kiosks| Market Data

Smartphone Shipments Not Recovering Until 2024

by Omid Rahmat

After predicting a 2.8% recovery in 2023, IDC is now reducing its forecast to project a 1.1% decline in 2023 shipments to 1.19 billion units. 5G continues to grow and will account for 62% …

Tags:Market Data| smartphone

Tired: VR; Wired: MR

by Omid Rahmat

No matter how you slice it, Meta is subsidizing every VR headset it sells to the tune of 4 to 6 times the revenue it generates. That’s so crazy that you have to think …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| meta| Mixed Reality| Oculus VR