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Huawei unveils new foldable phone despite US crackdown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As expected, Huawei has launched its Mate X2 foldable smartphone which has an in-folding design using panels from BOE, according to Nikkei. The 8.01″ inside screen is backed up with a …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Huawei| Smartphones

Samsung Developing Foldable OLED Panels for Oppo, Xiaomi and Google

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Samsung Display is developing foldable OLED panels for new in-folding smartphones from Oppo, Xiaomi and Google. The report said that the Oppo is a 7.7″ …

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

Leyard Adds Touch and Ultra-Thin AT Series

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Invidis seems to have been able to attend an event by Lang AG in Germany and had a chance to look at a new Leyard TXP LED screen with touch. It’s …

Tags:Interactive Displays| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP

Video Games Market to Continue Growth

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechNET has forecast that the video games market will hit $163.1 billion this year, up from $152 billion in 2020 and up a long way from $78.1 billion in 2017. The …

Tags:Forecasts| Game Playing| Market Data

LG launches new office-use projectors in S. Korea

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald reported that LG has launched new office projectors in S. Korea. The BU60PST and BF60PST ProBeam projectors are based on lasers, although details weren’t given. The new models …

Tags:DLP| Laser Phosphor Projectors| LG Electronics (LGE)

Chinese monitor market to grow 3% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sigmaintell that said that sales of monitors in the Chinese market in 2020 were 34.5 million units. The forecast for 2021 is 3% in volume to 35.6 million units. 144Hz monitors …

Tags:BOE| Covid-19| CSOT| Desktop Monitors| Large LCD Supply| Samsung Display

DSCC TV Cost Report Highlights Battle Between OLED and MiniLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published some interesting information based on its TV cost report and highlighted that MiniLED-based TVs would compete at around the same price as WOLED sets. DSCC reports that LGD expects …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| MiniLED| OLED TVs| Pricing

Huawei Smartphones to be Down by More than 50% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Huawei has advised its suppliers that it expects its component orders to fall by more than 60% in the face of US sanctions. It expects to make 70-80 …

Tags:5G| Forecasts| Huawei