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AUO announced Q321 revenue of $3.56b up 35% Y/Y with GP of $0.98b up 670% Y/Y. The firm’s guidance for Q421 calls for low single-digit decline in shipments (surface area) and mid-single digit declines in blended ASP. Figure 1: AUO Area Shipments and Blended ASP—Q1-13 to Q3-21 – Source: Company Data/Mizhuo The large area LCD … Read more
What They Say What HiFi in the UK has reviewed the Sky Glass streaming TV from Sky. The review starts out by pointing out that because of the extra costs for the service cost, plus an extra for HDR as well as charges for Sports and Cinema, the monthly payment goes up from a headline … Read more
Portabl, that developed the world’s first slide-out triple monitors extension on a single USB cable, started deliveries after remaining 18 months in silence to counter the attempted theft of their technology. While the company registered over $10 million dollars worth of pre-orders before the first product was even delivered, founders have spent the last 10 … Read more
Ultraleap, the world leader in interface technologies – hand tracking and mid-air haptics – announced it has completed a £60 million ($82 million) Series D round of investment. The raise will enable Ultraleap to further develop and commercialise its revolutionary technologies for existing and next generation computing platforms. Significant new investors including Tencent, British Patient … Read more
What They Say Vincent Teoh of HDTVTest had a shootout among five TVs to decide on ‘the best TV in 2021’. He was one judge and two other professional calibrators joined him in the venture. The sets are: LG G1 (OLED) Panasonic JZ2000 (OLED) Philips 936 (OLED) Samsung QN95A (LCD) Sony A90J (OLED) There were … Read more
What They Say The French component maker, Microoled, has announced new sports eyewear technology through its ‘NexT’ technology for AR. The technology is based on a 304 x 256 monochrome microOLED that consumes less than 1mW and weighs just 6gms. The system connects wirelessly to a smartphone via BLE and is said to have 12 … Read more
What They Say We have been following the Apple repair topic and now the firm has said that it will have a ‘Self Service Repair’ programme that will allow some repairs to devices at home. Users will be able to access the tools and instructions used at the Apple Store ‘Genius Bar’. The manuals will … Read more
What They Say TCL has shown at its DTC event that it hosted in Shenzen an 8K Inkjet printed OLED display that was co-developed with JOLED and TCL’s CSOT subsidiary. The article suggests that production might start in Guangzhou in 2023 at the TCL T9 plant which is rated as having a capacity eventually of … Read more
What They Say Business Korea reported that Sony plans to be one of the first two TV suppliers to use QD-OLED panels from SDC, following Samsung Electronics. The paper reported that Samsung will show its QD-OLED TVs at CES in January. What We Think This is not really news, but coming from Business Korea adds … Read more
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced year-on-year growth of 7.3% in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021), according to the latest industry analysis conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm’s newly updated … Read more
Although this article does report on the development of a new smartglasses product, it is more about the company that designed, manufactures and sells the product. The principle reason that Kifta Technologies caught my attention is that it is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Reporting an African-based high technology display company has been uncommon for Display … Read more
What They Say Chinese smartphone maker, Doogee, has a new rugged smartphone on its way. The V20 unit is unusual in that it is claimed to use an AMOLED display. It will be certified to IP68 for waterproofing, IP69K for high pressure water sprays, and drop tested to Mil-std 810G up to 1.5m. The smartphone … Read more
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