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What They Say Foxconn has ended most of the restrictions on its factory in Zhengzhou, China including the “point-to-point” system, in which employees had to restrict daily movements to between their dormitories and the campus. Bloomberg quoted IDC as saying that the firm might still have a potential shortage of workers because of dissatisfaction and sickness. … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint Research published an infographic on the smartphone market in Q3 2022. Some highlights were: The global smartphone market declined by 12% YoY but grew 3% QoQ to 301.9 million units in Q3 2022. Apple was the only top-five smartphone brand to grow YoY. Samsung’s shipments declined by 7% YoY in Q3 … Read more
What They Say I was very pleased to see that Apple has released iPad OS 16.2 for download. The OS upgrade is significant as it contains the deferred improvement in support for external monitors via the firm’s Stage Manager software. I downloaded it and installed it. I connected to my Lenovo Thunderbolt Dock and was … Read more
What They Say Dell has shown the latest version of a modular concept laptop that it is calling Concept Luna. The style is ‘comparable in size to a Latitude with some Dell XPS 13 Plus-like stylings’ according to Ars Technica which got a look and a chance to try dismantling the unit. The blog said … Read more
A couple of separate press releases related to the same topic popped into my inbox this week and gave me a good theme for my Display Daily today. That topic is screen glare or reflections from displays. First, glass maker AGC of Japan said that it has developed a new anti-glare glass for 4K high … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the middle part of this week. Vestaboard thinks its flip message board is an ‘ideal present for the smart home‘ – at only $3,200! (or you could buy a lot of smartTVs!) tvOS 16.2 … Read more
What They Say The ET News said in a Korean language article that Samsung Electronics would show a new 77″ QD-OLED TV at CES 2023 next month. The article suggests that a relatively visible and powerful launch suggests that Samsung Electronics is keen to further promote its QD-OLED products. It also said that the yield … Read more
AGC Inc., a Tokyo-based world-leading manufacturer of glass, chemicals and high-tech materials, announced that it has developed anti-glare (AG) glass for 4K high-definition displays. The new AG glass reduces glare (random unevenness on a screen caused by optical factors) by approximately 30% while suppressing light reflection. The product will be launched in the first half of 2023, with the … Read more
Weighing in at just 5.8lbs (2.6kg) the DM160 is an extremely lightweight, high-contrast 16″ OLED monitor designed for use in color critical production, post, and broadcast applications. Industry leading fast mode processing, a durable all metal chassis, our most advanced feature set, and a compact form-factor make the DM160 an exceptional reference grade monitoring solution … Read more
Although Q3’22 was a record quarter for foldable smartphone shipments, it won’t carry into Q4’22 with foldable phones suffering their first Y/Y decline according to DSCC’s Quarterly Foldable/Rollable Display Shipment and Technology Report. What happened? While Samsung’s Q3’22 foldable smartphone shipments were within 1% of expectations and the Korean giant dominated a record Q3’22 foldable … Read more
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, posted a year-on-year decline of 12.8% during the third quarter of 2022, according to the latest industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC), with the global technology research and consulting firm’s newly updated Worldwide … Read more
What They Say The Korea Economic Daily (KED) said that LG Electronics and Corning are to collaborate to supply curved displays to European automotive makers. LG will use Corning’s ColdForm technology which is said to have a 25% lower carbon footprint than conventional thermoformed curved glass production processes and a reduction of 14.5 million kg of … Read more
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