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The global foldable smartphone market will grow 73% this year from 9 million units last year to 16 million units, according to Counterpoint Research’s latest Foldable Smartphone Forecast. The strong growth defies current economic headwinds as the premium market shows resilience and steady demand. Counterpoint forecasts strong growth through next year too, with foldables expected … Read more
A few weeks ago, I spotted an interesting article on the long form ‘Medium’ platform from Avi Bar-Zeev. He’s been at Disney, Keyhole (acquired by Google), Microsoft, Amazon, Apple and has had his own consultancy. After 30 years in the AR and VR business, his views are worth noting. Bar-Zeev’s first product was a CAVE … Read more
PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and professional TV products and complementary solutions, is excited to confirm its participation at InfoComm India 2022 in Mumbai next month (September 5-7). Exhibiting on stand E25, the three-day event – India’s go-to tradeshow for buyers to discover the latest AV … Read more
WiSA® LLC, a subsidiary of WiSA Technologies, Inc., announced that Hisense’s 2022 U7H and U8H Series TVs have earned WiSA SoundSend Certification. In 2021, the WiSA SoundSend Certification program was launched to ensure effortless and simple connection and interoperability between smart TVs and the WiSA SoundSend wireless audio transmitter. The Hisense U7H and U8H received … Read more
What They Say Although there are negative signs in the smartphone market, Bloomberg reported that Apple has asked suppliers to maintain volumes of its new iPhones in line with last years launch – which means 90 million devices this year – as part of a total of around 220 million units. That is in line … Read more
What They Say Korean media reports that Samsung Electronics mobile head, Roh Tae-moon said that “By 2025, foldable items will take up more than 50 percent of Samsung‘s total premium smartphone shipments,” The Korea Herald reports that Samsung’s share of the premium market has shrunk to 17% compared to 60% for Apple, quoting data from … Read more
What They Say Semiengineering.com published an article by Rambus that looked at the topic of the big boost in video transport inside cars and the challenges because cars need to meet strict EMC requirements, cannot be too power hungry and need to meet strict safety standards if they involve safety critical ADAS (advanced driver assistance … Read more
What They Say LG Electronics won an Award for Engineering Excellence from the HPA for its UltraFine OLED Pro EP950 reference grade HDR monitor, available in 27″ and 32″ sizes. Arri also won an award for its Alexa 35 Reveal Color Science reveals improved dynamic range, color gamut, and superior rendering of skin tones and … Read more
What They Say Quoting data from Omdia, AV Magazine said that it expects average LED video wall pitch to drop to 2.1mm by 2026. In 2019, the average was 3.1mm. The firm also said that the share of LCD panels in Chinese projects will drop from 68.9% in 2019 to 30% by 2026. Omdia also … Read more
What They Say Sigmaintell published its latest TV price data for early August and showed that all sizes continue to decline sharply. 32″ was down $1 but 65″ was down $5 and 75″ down by $10, a five percentage point drop in one month, although the firm thinks that the drop in these sizes might … Read more
What They Say The Elec reported that as well as the new panels that Barry Young mentioned in his article earlier this week (LGD’s Dilemma – LCD Panels Unprofitable & Getting Worse, But OLEDs Can’t Carry the Revenue Burden (Part 1)), LG Display said that it plans a 20″ OLED by the end of the … Read more
What They Say In June, Nikkei reported that Sharp had said that it was buying back the shares in Sakai Display Products (its G10 fab in Japan) to make it a wholly ownd subsidiary. It previously held just 20% and bought the balance for around $296 million from a ‘Samoa-based investment company’. The firm issued … Read more
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