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AGON by AOC Announces its Fastest Gaming Monitor

The world’s number one gaming monitor1 and IT accessories brand AGON by AOC today launches an entirely new product category for the most demanding and competitive gamers and esports players: AGON PRO. The first model launched in the AGON PRO category brings cutting-edge technologies to the gamers that require legendary specs. The 24.5″ (62.2 cm) … Read more

OOH Growing in Germany

What They Say Invidis has reported data from Nielsen Research that highlights that DOOH revenues are growing again in Germany, with June up 44% on 2020. The article reported that June 2021 was 9% ahead of June 2019. What We Think The original data didn’t include units, but our estimate is that the numbers are … Read more

Global Smartphone Market Grows 17.4 % Year-over-Year in 1H21 – Xiaomi Takes #2 Spot for First Time in 2Q and 1H of 2021

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The global smartphone market grew 6.9 percent year-over-year (YoY), to 299.1 million units in 2Q 2021, compared to the 279.7 million units shipped in 2Q 2020 – according to Omdia’s latest Smartphone preliminary shipment result. First half 2021 shipments reached 651.8 million units, up 17.4% YoY compared to 1H20, when shipments reached 555.4 million units. … Read more

What is Driving K-12 Innovation?

Post pandemic, what are the main hurdles facing tech innovation in schools? What constraints can be expected to slow down your best-made sales plans for reaching the K-12 market? What are some of the megatrends that will affect your sales in the education market this year? And what tools will enable ed-tech adoption to grow … Read more

Links Week Ending 30th July 2021

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the second part of this week. Take A Deep Look At The Incredible Visual Experiences In Dallas’s AT&T Discovery District BenQ XL2756K: 240 Hz esports monitor revealed (TN panel) Philips launches new LCD TVs … Read more

Targus Partners with Samsung to Launch a DeX-enabled Universal USB-C Phone Dock

Targus, a global leader in laptop cases and mobile computing accessories, announced the launch of the Universal USB-C Phone Dock. Compact, lightweight, and versatile, it can easily be taken from home, to office, to conference room. The Universal USB-C Phone Dock allows users to get the most out of their USB-C DP Alt Mode phone … Read more

QNED Backgrounder from UBI Research

What They Say UBI Research has issued a press release that gives some background on the QNED technology being developed by Samsung Display as the next step after QDOLED. The device consists of a pixel layer with a nanorod LED on the TFT structure of a 3T1C matrix used in large OLEDs, and a colour … Read more

AUO Reports & LGD Update

What They Say AUO has reported its Q2 result with revenues of $3.44 billion, up 15.3% from Q1 and net profit was $691 million (operating profit of $726 million). Gross margin was 28.7% and operating margin was 21.2%. The firm said that area shipments were 6.4 million m², up just 0.2% YoY and 0.8% from … Read more

Samsung and Apple Thriving

What They Say Key device makers, Samsung and Apple reported their results. Sales for Samsung were $55.55 billion in Q2, up 20%, with profits of $10.96 billion. Semiconductors, displays, mobile and CE were all good. The display business saw sales of $6 billion and operating profits of $1.11 billion. The continued move to OLEDs in … Read more

AOC: New FreeSync Premium Monitors with 1000 R

What They Say AOC has two new VA monitors the C27G3U (27″ ) and C32G2AE (31.5″) that support 165Hz refresh but just FullHD resolution. However, the curved monitors have a radius of 1000mm (1000R). What We Think Apart from the relatively tight curve, there is little exceptional about these monitors. I don’t maintain a detailed … Read more