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What They Say Apple is adding the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops with M1 chips to its Self Service Repair programme in the US. The repairs covered include fixes to the trackpad, Touch ID, display, and top case with battery, with more expected to be added over time. The parts and tools will be … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell Research released its price forecast for August panel pricing for mobile and tablet use. It’s not surprise to see all the segments reported reduced prices and the firm sees no signs of recovery in the near term. The firm said that it expects global smartphone shipments will be about 1.20 billion … Read more
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA®) introduced the ClearMR Compliance Test Specification (ClearMR), an industry standard and logo program that provides a new quality metric for grading motion blur in digital displays. ClearMR is applicable to both LCD and emissive display products, including display panels, TVs, monitors, and computers with embedded displays, such as all-in-ones, … Read more
What They Say VESA has a new set of logos to certify what it is calling ClearMR (Clear Motion Ratio) which is intended to give buyers of displays a better sense of the likely look of blurring on displays with fast motion. ClearMR is intended to replace MPRT as a way of characterising motion blur. … Read more
What They Say TCL put out its interim result for the first half of 2022 to the end of June. The company saw revenues of $4.29 billion (down 3.5%) with a gross margin up by 1.3 points to 17.2%. The net profit was up 4.9% to $32.7 million. The firm said that although the overall … Read more
What They Say Xiaomi saw a 20% drop in revenue in Q2, year on year, below the predictions of analysts. Volume of handsets was down 22%, and revenues down 29%, further than the market drop and net income fell to $204 million (83% down). Bloomberg reported that Xiaomi has ceded ground to local rival brands … 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 first part of this week. Hat tip to Jon Peddie for this way out way of receiving video via radio transmissions (live ‘video atoms’) Intel Details 3D Chip Packaging Tech for Meteor Lake, … Read more
What They Say LG’s 2022 OLED and miniLED TVs that use the Alpha 9 Gen 5 silicon processor have been upgraded to add support for ‘Dolby Vision Precision Detail’. This is a switchable feature that works in combination with the Dolby Vision IQ technology which exploits ambient light sensors to optimise performance. The feature is … Read more
In the year 2022, foldable smartphone shipments are expected to follow a growth path, while the total global smartphone market is expected to decline. The total market is impacted by inflation, continued geopolitical risks and supply chain constraints. New product introductions, innovative designs, increased reliability, better features, higher performances and competitive pricing are helping to … Read more
Display specialist AOC announces three new multi-functional monitors from its V5 series aimed at home office users and students just in time before the next term. The triple addition in three sizes (24?/60.4 cm 24V5CW, 27?/68.6 cm Q27V5CW and the 34?/86.4 cm ultrawide CU34V5CW) features 2 MP built-in webcams with Windows Hello support for easy … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell Research of China said that it expects the global shipments of ‘small’ folding smartphones to be 9 million with YoY growth of around 138% and with higher growth than larger models. The firm expects sales of folding sets to be around 14.3 million for the year, up 98%, In the first … Read more
What They Say A couple of weeks ago, ARtillery Intelligence released a new forecast that puts the value of the AR market at $35 billion by 2026 from $1.8 billion last year, after a doubling to $3.78 billion this year. Key events that the firm highlights are: A ‘meaningful’ turnaround for Magic Leap which has … Read more
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