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Should We End the Resolution Race?

by Steve Sechrist

When Chinese brand OnePlus 7 Pro, launched in May of this year, is new smartphone display was crowned King of the Hill, receiving this top ranking, along with 10 record breaking display performance accolades …

Tags:Display Metrology| DisplayMate| Resolution| Shoot Outs| Sunlight Readable Displays

6K Apple Display Delights Then Enrages Fans

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, at Tuesday’s WWDC (Apple’s world wide developer conference) in San Jose, CA the company sent a pricing bombshell to the fan base that some analysts are saying elicited downright …

Tags:Apple| Colour Critical Monitors| Desktop Monitors| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor

SigmaSense Beyond Touch to Skin Sensitivity

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed Display Week in San Jose last week, one stand-out technology empowering displays (and just about any surface, for that matter) was SigmaSense (www.sigmasense.com). This is a start-up based out of …

Tags:ITO| SID Display Week 2019| Touch| Touch Interfaces

Google Pixel 3a ‘Good Enough’ Smartphone Strategy

by Steve Sechrist

In case you lost your ticket to the latest Google fest last week (Google I/O 2019), the company launched a pair of new ‘good enough’ ($400 and $480) smartphone devices, among other important announcements …

Tags:display technology| Google| Smartphone Market

The Foldable Display Smartphone’s Time Has Come

by Steve Sechrist

Following the news on the $2000 Samsung Galaxy Fold? Well in short, this laudable device, which had plenty of accolades from early press accounts, encountered significant display issues that have delayed the release of …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Samsung Display| Smartphones

In-Dash Display Cash Cow

by Steve Sechrist

The car display and associated car connectivity market, has long been considered by car makers as a necessary but unwanted distraction from drivers’ eyes on the road, and possibly compromising (safety) a car makers’ …

Tags:Automotive| Google| Internet of Things IOT| iOS (Apple)| Market Data

Will the Apple Lion Roar Again?

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, early last week Apple Inc. made headlines (no huge Apple device marketing blitz here folks–just some – OK top A-list talent – sharing the stage with CEO Tim Cook) …

Tags:Apple| Cable| Cable Cutting (cord cutting)| Market Data| Streaming Video

$10 Buys 5G Network on Verizon Phones – Sort of…

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, US telecom carrier Verizon Communications Inc. said it is going to charge its customers an additional $10 per month for access to its 5G network after the first 90-days …

Tags:3G & 4G| 5G| Networks| USA| Verizon

Galaxy S10 Flexible OLED Sets Twelve New Display Records

by Steve Sechrist

DisplayMate Labs under the guidence of Dr. Ray Soneira announced no less than 12 new display records, matched or set by the latest flexible-curved, now full screen AMOLED display found in the flagship Samsung …

Tags:AMOLED| display technology| Measurement| Samsung| Smartphones

Smartphones Hit Consolidation Phase

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, the word on the street is that 2018 will be known as the year the once booming smartphone device market began to hit saturation and the subsequent consolidation that …

Traditional Pay TV’s Slow March to Oblivion

by Steve Sechrist

Abysmal Q4-18 subscriber losses reached some 650K by Warner Media (ummm AT&T – DirecTV satellite provider combined with AOL Time Warner remember?). While that number was offset by new (mostly U-Verse home video) subscribers, …

VR’s March Towards the Mainstream

by Steve Sechrist

On the march towards Virtual Reality’s entry into the mainstream, it turns out that the “broken road that lead me straight to you” (Rascal Flatts – yes) is going straight through the mobile devices …