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Everdisplay has shown two new AMOLED panels at an event in Shenzen, China. The first is a 1.63″ unit for wearables, which will enter mass production in Q2’15. The company also showed a prototype 5.6″ panel with 1920 x 1080 resolution for phablets. Mass production is expected to begin in February.
Huawei has said that it shipped 16.8 million smartphones worldwide in Q3 this year, a 26% YoY increase. Around four million of these were mid- to high-end devices, shipments of which doubled compared to last year.
One of Apple’s latest tablets is pushing the display boundaries once again, this time with display screen reflection in the Apple iPad Air 2 which cuts the record holder (Samsung’s) number by half with a meagre 2.5% overall reflectance, the lowest on record. Yes “One” not both of Apple’s new flagship tablets, for the iPad … Read more
Japan Display (JDI) has shown new panels at Display Innovations 2014 in Japan. As well as a small, high-resolution unit, the company showed a panel for automotive applications and an OLED product. Using LTPS transistors, JDI has developed an 8″ UltraHD panel. Supporting features commonly desired for mobile applications – low power draw, lightweight, thin … Read more
Project Ara is a modular smartphone concept; it was initially devised by Motorola and is being worked on by Google (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 48). Project lead Paul Eremenko has announced (http://tinyurl.com/mev2rvr) two developer conferences dedicated to the device next year, and said that the latest prototype – Spiral Two – and developer hardware … Read more
Recently (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 42), it was said that Sony Mobile was looking to withdraw from the smartphone business in emerging markets. Now sources in the Taiwan supply chain say that the company will amend its flagship smartphone release policy, as well. Sony will change its launch schedule to introduce one flagship phone … Read more
A ‘new’ Samsung mobile device has been spotted online. The tablet is a refresh of the Galaxy Note 10.1, with references to a 2015 edition spotted on Samsung’s own website. Aside from the mention of three apps supporting the tablet, there is no more information yet – although we expect the tablet to be announced … Read more
Sharp has developed a new Memory LCD panel (Display Monitor Vol 17 No 26), consuming 0.1% of the power of current devices. Designed for wearables, the 1″ panel combines reflective LCD technology with LTPS transistors. Unlike Sharp’s currently-available Memory LCDs, the new panel can show up to eight colours. Mass production will begin in spring … Read more
Sharp is developing an UltraHD smartphone display, according to China’s Tech Feng website. According to the source, demand from Chinese manufacturers is behind the move. The panel or panels, in 5″- 6″ sizes, will enter production at a Sharp plant in Taki in 2016. To put this in perspective, a 5.5″ UltraHD panel would have … Read more
It hasn’t been long since the introduction of the Galaxy Note 4 (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), but speculation is already turning to Samsung’s next announcement. The company traditionally introduces a new flagship smartphone in Q1 every year, and the rumour-mill has been fuelled by an apparent leak of the Galaxy S6’s specifications. Chinese … Read more
Worldwide tablet shipments were up 11.5% YoY in Q3’14, reaching 53.8 million units. IDC says that shipments were also up 11.2% QoQ, driven by back-to-school promotions and connected tablet demand in the USA – one of the world’s largest tablet markets. Speaking about the US market’s Q3 performance, IDC’s Jean Phillipe Bouchard said, “We saw … Read more
A posting on the ‘Chinese Twitter’, Weibo, has revealed that smartphone maker Vivo is planning to create a 3.8mm-thick smartphone. Yes, that’s 1.3mm thinner than the current record-holder, the ELife S5.1 from Gionee (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 39). That’s a significant change when it comes to smartphones. The big question is, ‘What sacrifices has … Read more
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