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Interesting Links Week ending 18th December 2020

by Bob Raikes

Every week, we see interesting articles where we can’t really add value or they are just interesting and not related to displays, so we put them in a round-up list. Samsung Note20 Ultra 5G …

Xiaomi Mi Reader Pro

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Xiaomi has a new eReader that has a 7.8″ 1878 x 1404 (300 ppi) E Ink-based display with a quad core chipset, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It is …

Tags:E Ink| eReaders| Xiaomi

Apple M1 Chip Equipped Mac Computer and EIZO Monitor Compatibility

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Eizo put out an information update about compatibility issues between Apple PCs equipped with the new M1 chip and the Big Sur OS and some of its monitors. Some systems are …

Tags:Apple| Eizo| warranty

Acer Reports November Consolidated Revenues of NT$28.72 Billion, Up 40.6% Year-on-year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say One of the Covid winners, Acer Inc, said that it’s November revenues were up 40.6% in November and up 17.9% for the year to date. Business highlights include YoY revenue growth …

Tags:Acer| Chromebooks| Financial Data

LG Display considers switching to Gumi E5 line for iPhone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display is considering converting its E5 production line in its Gumi factory to make OLEDs for iPhones, according to Korean sources. At the moment, it uses the E6 line in …

What They Say The interesting Benedict Evans, who publishes a general technology email (freemium model) that included this week an interesting article that discusses ‘What comes after smartphones’. He takes a very generalised view …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

OLED Panel Revenues Surging to All Time High in Q4 2020

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC has put out a blog post with a range of data on OLED sales which had an incredibly strong result in Q4, driven by the Apple iPhone 12, which is …

Tags:Market Data| OLEDs

Samsung Display to supply more OLED for iPhones in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Apple is expected to ship 160 million to 180 million iPhones using OLED in 2021, quoting sources in Samsung Display (SD). Around 100 million will be iPhone …

Samsung Dominating Foldable Smartphone Market, Big Changes Coming in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC put out its new forecast report that foldable panel shipments will hit 3.1 million units, with revenue rising 394% to $462 million, but below earlier expectations because Huawei could not …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones

Power Outage at NEG May Create Glass Shortage for Displays

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Well, if feels like DSCC Daily, today, but the firm has put out a lot of good, free data this week! The firm reports that Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) has had …

Tags:Glass| Pricing

TikTok on TV with Samsung

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TikTok is launching a TV service in Europe with Samsung. TikTok’s most-liked and viewed content will be available on a pre-installed app exclusive to Samsung’s most recent smart TVs. Content is …

Tags:Samsung| Smart TV

Oppo Shows Unusual Flexible Smartphone Concept

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has shown a concept phone based on a folding design, the Oppo X Nendo, a collaboration with the design company Nendo of Japan. There are three hinges and the device …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones