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What They Say Reuters reports that ‘hundreds of workers; have have joined in with unrest at the Foxconn Zhengzhou factory, breaking surveillance cameras and smashing windows. The outbreak is said to have been triggered by a plan to delay bonus payments, according to livestreams from protestors. Some said that they had been forced to share … Read more
What They Say The Elec reported that SFC Co Ltd, a joint venture in Korea of Samsung Display and Japanese chemical firm Hodogaya won a battle with LG Display over patent number 2277303 in June of this year, after a complaint was made in January. The patent relates to the use of deuterium in OLEDs. The paper … Read more
What They Say Papercast said that it has installed 23″ ePaper displays for passenger information in public transport in Qatar just in time for the World Cup and claims that the project is “one of the largest single e-paper installations” in the world. What We Think We’ve covered Papercast several times over the years and the firm … Read more
What They Say PlayNitride has done a deal with Epistar for the PlayNitride Display Co Ltd to collaborate with Epistar to build a 6” Micro LED Chip-On-Wafer (COW) production line at a site to be designated by Epistar. In consideration for PlayNitride Display’s collaboration and services provided under the Cooperation Agreement, Epistar will pay PlayNitride Display … Read more
What They Say DXOMark had a good look at the Google Pixel 7. The site rated the display performance as ‘excellent… for its segment’ and an improvement from the Pixel 6. It was close to the best score in the Friends & Family use case and is in the top ten of all tested phones. … Read more
What They Say Advanced TV published a forecast from Kagan for internet-connected video devices in the US that predicts a CAGR of 2.3% from 2021-26 with around 8.5 devices per household remaining broadly static over the period. SmartTVs have the highest growth potential while Consoles have the highest chance of declining The market for smartphones … Read more
What They Say The GfU in Germany said that it expects a boost to spending still, over the Christmas period, because of bonuses at this time of year. The group used YouGov to survey consumers in Germany to check how willing buyers are in this difficult year of rising prices. Nearly half say that they … Read more
What They Say HP said that it plans to make cuts of 4,000 to 6,000 staff over the next three years because of declining sales of PCs which are hitting revenues and profits. In October last year, it had 51,000 staff. Revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter fell by 0.8% to $14.8 billion and ‘Personal … Read more
What They Say Quoting data attributed to Omdia, the KED said that Samsung took 51.1% of the premium TV market ($2,500 and above) in the first three quarters of the year with LG coming in with 21.2% market share. Sony was third with 20.3%. Samsung sold 6.72 million QLED sets, taking over 70% of the segment … Read more
What They Say The Taipei Times reports that E Ink is optimistic that a boost in the take-up of Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) in the US next year will help its business which should help to offset potential loss of business as the eReader business comes under pressure from economic headwinds. The firm plans to … Read more
For the past three weeks, we’ve had a consistent set of dreams (sometimes nightmares) trying to figure out how the sc***ed up personal/home content production/distribution industry is going to get back on the path of being fun again … and making money. “There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. … Read more
What They Say Reinforcing the message from DSCC about SDC’s OLED dominance (Q3’22 Flat Panel Display Financials Highlight Wide Gap Between LCD and OLED) The Elec reported that SDC expects to supply 70% of the OLEDs used in the iPhone 14 series. SDC expects to supply mid-80 million out of 120 million total with LGD … Read more
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