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At the recent Display Week, there were many papers presented on rollable and flexible displays and Samsung set out the importance and significance of stretchable displays. Most of the talks focused on OLEDs, but an interesting one from Nitto Denko covered flexible LCDs. While OLEDs are exciting, LCDs have advantages in cost and lifetime as … Read more
What They Say DSCC updated its Q3 2021 OLED Shipment Report that showed that OLED shipments were up 36% compared to 2020 in Q2, although down 10% on Q1 2021. It forecast that Q3 would be up by 26% on Q2 and 28% year on year because of new OLED smartphones from Samsung and expected … Read more
What They Say DSCC added more to its release of data from its Advanced TV report (OLED Share Increased in Booming Advanced TV Market in Q2 2021). In the new blog post, it shows the revenue forecast by region and pulls out 8K and miniLED shipment forecasts. The article highlights that revenue for these segments … Read more
What They Say Yesterday, we covered reports of strong pre-sales for Samsung’s new foldable smartphones and just after we published (of course!), DSCC said that it had released an update to its Foldable/Rollable Display Shipment report. The firm has upgraded its forecast and it quantifies foldable smartphone panel shipment/procurement numbers by 14% in 2021 to … Read more
What They Say As well as its very high end miniLED Neo G9 monitor (Samsung’s 49-inch mini-LED gaming monitor will sell for $2,500), Samsung has a new 49″ 5120 x 1440 (32:9) monitor with support for DisplayHDR 400. It has refresh of 120Hz and is curved to 1800R. The VA panel has 3,000:1 contrast and … Read more
The share of 5G smartphones in the global smartphone market is expected to increase to 43% this year, more than doubling from 19% last year as the number of mid- to low-end 5G smartphones rapidly increases, according to new data released by Omdia. In the first release of its newly launched Smartphone Feature Forecast Database, … Read more
A new Juniper Research study has found the global value of the VR (Virtual Reality) adult content market will increase significantly, from $716 million in 2021 to $19 billion in 2026; representing 22% of the global digital adult content market value by 2026. It predicts subscription-based models will be key in enabling adult content platforms … Read more
What They Say The Nikkei reports that Xiaomi, which has grown to be the second largest smartphone maker, passing Apple in volume, wants to get past Samsung in three years. The firm’s CEO set this out as it celebrated 10 years in the smartphone market. The firm launched the Mix 4, a new smartphone, a … Read more
What They Say The Korea Herald reported that the new Galaxy foldable smartphones are hitting high numbers for pre-orders. The Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 are said to have reached 450,000 pre-orders by Sunday and will end today. It is expected that pre-orders could reach 600K and even 800K if unlocked handsets are included. … Read more
What They Say Bloomberg said in its Power On subscription newsletter that it believes that Apple is working on putting Face ID in (or under) the display, but will not put in-screen Touch ID in the flagship phones, despite having tested it. The newsletter suggests that there are two alternatives: The pricier models could have … 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. Computer Space and beyond: 50 years of gaming What about a circular phone? Acer: Nano IPS monitor with UWQHD +, 165 Hz and HDMI 2.1 Samsung Galaxy Watch … 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. Should you buy the Skyworth OLED TV? Acer: UWQHD monitor with 144 Hz and 4000: 1 contrast HBO Max for Xbox updated with 4K support Acer: 4K IPS … Read more
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