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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