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Asus Touch Orders Return to Taiwan

Touch panel orders for Asus’ Zenfone smartphones will be moved from O-Film back to makers in Taiwan, say sources in the ...

DSCC Reports Quarterly OLED Revenues Surpass $5B for the First Time in Q3’17 – Expected to Grow 88% in Q4’17 to $10B and Approach $80B in 2022

Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) has released the first issue of its Quarterly OLED Shipment and Fab Utilization Report that raises ...

HMDs Will be Most Popular AR/VR Form Factor, Says ABI

The markets for augmented and virtual reality are poised for growth, with new devices and content being introduced regularly. According to ...

Telekom Austria Increases Subscriber Base

Telekom Austria recorded growth in Q2’16. Total subscribers at the end of June were 470,900, up from 466,600 in Q1. In ...

Sharp Accepts Foxconn Bid

For several months (beginning in September: see Rumour: Foxconn Takes Stake in Sharp Display Unit), Foxconn has been linked to a ...

HDR Monitoring/QC Round Up

Colorfront launched its Colorfront QC Player, a system enabling post and studio facilities to perform quality control tasks on UHD and ...

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Samsung is Putting its Bets on Foldable Phones

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display has been showing prototype foldable displays for many years – looking at our archives, we saw a very early version at SID 2008 (Display Monitor Vol 15 No 22). In November 2014 …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Operating Systems| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Oculus Starts Integrating VR into Social Apps

by Norbert Hildebrand

After the Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey was somewhat pessimistic about the integration of social apps and virtual reality (Facebook, Oculus and the Future of VR), corporate reality has already caught up with Oculus. This …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| | Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 10

VR Comes with an Age Restriction

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent interview with Re/Code, Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe spoke about the age restriction they are putting on their VR headsets. The firm suggests usage of its headsets only for children of 13 …

Tags:Human Visual System (HVS)| Mobile Display Monitor| Oculus VR| sony| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Signagelive Powers GameStop’s CMS

by Tom Allen

Integrator Cedemo, with IAdea and Signagelive, has installed a digital signage solution in more than 1,000 stores across five European countries. US retailer GameStop owns the locations, and placed particular value on the ability …

Tags:Digital Signage| DOOH| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Samsung Beats Galaxy Pre-Orders

by Tom Allen

Samsung UK has said that pre-orders for the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge were the highest ever seen for any Galaxy product sold in the country. Pre-orders were ‘at least 2.5 times greater’ than …

Tags:Europe| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 10

UK Footfall Falls on Brexit Concerns

by Tom Allen

Data from Ipsos Retail Performance has shown that retail footfall in the UK was down 7.9% MoM in February, and 1.3% YoY. The firm believes this to be due to weakening consumer confidence at …

Tags:Channels| Europe| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Millennials Holding out, Boomers not Compelled to buy next iPhone

by Isaac Oburu

Loyal Apple consumers across generations aren’t excited about a 4-inch iPhone, which is expected to go on sale following Apple Inc.’s announcement later this month. A recent survey of 1,041 iPhone users in the …

Tags:Apple| Consumer Confidence| iPhone

NEC Strengthens European Sales Team

by Tom Allen

NEC has made new appointments to its sales team in Europe. Simon Jackson is the new leader of the Strategic and Vertical Sales EMEA group. Responsible for the UK operation since 2007, Jackson was …

Tags:Europe| Large Display Monitor| NEC| People| Recruitment & Appointments| Vol 23 - Issue 10

The Optical Society Presents 19 Prestigious Awards for 2016

by Isaac Oburu

The Optical Society (OSA) is pleased to name the 2016 recipients of its prestigious awards and medals. The winners include: Gérard Mourou, Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus Quinn Prize; Bishnu Pal, Esther Hoffman Beller Medal; Xiang …

Tags:Awards| Optical Bonding

Buy the New Samsung Galaxy S7, Get One Free

by Isaac Oburu

Now, new and existing AT&T(1) customers can purchase the new Samsung Galaxy S7 or S7 edge and get a Galaxy S7 free when adding a second line and buying both on AT&T Next. “There’s …

Tags:AT&T| Mobile Phones| Samsung