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Alcatel Rebrands and Repositions

by Tom Allen

TCL subsidiary Alcatel Onetouch rebranded itself to simply ‘Alcatel’ at the show, which it believes will help it reach its millenial target market. The new products are aimed at young adults such as university …

Garmin Boasts of Always-on Watch

by Tom Allen

Garmin has developed a new device that combines watch and fitness tracker functionality. The Vivoactive HR is a GPS smartwatch with Garmin’s Elevate heart rate technology. As well as heart rate, the device counts …

Philips Shares European TV Plans

by Tom Allen

At a recent event in Brussels, Philips/TP Vision revealed the names for all of its flagship TVs in Europe, as well as showing off a new series of Full HD sets. We saw the …

Asustek Forecasts Flat Shipments

by Tom Allen

Asus CEO Jerry Shen has said that the company’s Q1’16 revenues are expected to drop 16% QoQ, although they should be flat YoY. Operating margins will remain steady at around 4.5%. Challenges are expected …

Tags:Asus| Convertible PCs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Hybrimer Will Protect Project Valley

by Tom Allen

Transistors formed on Hybrimer. Source: KAIST.KIPost, a Korean news source, says that Samsung will introduce a foldable smartphone at the end of this year. Samsung has apparently been working with Solip Technology, a spin-off …

Detachables Sustain European Tablet Market

by Tom Allen

More than 14 million tablets were shipped to Western Europe in Q4’15: a 10.1% decline YoY, says IDC. In value terms, however, the decline was only 1.8% thanks to the rising penetration of detachable …

Apple Faces First-Ever iPhone Fall

by Tom Allen

Global smartphone sales reached 403 million units in Q4’15, says Gartner: a 9.7% rise YoY. However, this was the slowest Q4 growth rate since 2008. Smartphone sales rose 14.4% YoY, to 1.4 billion units, …

Coretronic Transformation Fails to Save Shipments

by Tom Allen

Company chair Chang Wei-yi has said that Coretronic is in the midst of a transition from a backlight unit maker to a display solutions provider. The switch is mainly being undertaken to raise production …

Xiaomi Will Show Off Mi 5 in Barcelona

by Tom Allen

China’s Economic Daily News says that Xiaomi will reveal a new smartphone, the Mi 5, at MWC. The phone will be unveiled on the 24th February, concurrently in both Barcelona and Beijing. The source …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Xiaomi

HNA Group to Acquire Ingram Micro

by Tom Allen

Distributor Ingram Micro is to be acquired by Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, in a deal worth about $6 billion. Ingram, based in Irvine, CA, distributes PCs and other technology products, including TVs, monitors, game …

Yulenka Joins VEFXi in Mobile 3D

by Tom Allen

Autostereo 3D company VEFXi has continued to sign new partners. The company’s newest MOU has been signed with Yulenka, a Chinese firm. Much like the recent agreement with MDM (VEFXi Agrees MOU with MDM), …

Tags:3D (Three Dimensions)| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Phones| Vol 23 - Issue 06

TV Displays Drive OLED Materials Market

by Tom Allen

Organic material shipments, used to produce OLED displays, rose 12% YoY in 2015, reaching 26,000 kg, says IHS. Thanks to the rapid climb of white OLED (WOLED) TV display shipments, IHS forecasts that shipments …