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What They Say The Deutsche TV Platform reported that cumulative sales of UltraHD TVs in Germany have now reached over 20 million units since 2014, with 1.1 million out of a total of 1.45 million TVs sold in Q1 of 2021. That puts the technology at 75% penetration in the most recent quarter. Almost all … Read more
What They Say Quoting data from Omdia, The Elec in Korea reported that Apple will see a boost of 47.6% in iPhone shipments this year, to 169 million from 114.5 million. The suppliers of panels were: Samsung Display – 110 million units LG Display 50 million units and BOE 9 million units Last year, Samsung … Read more
The 2021 SID/DSCC Virtual Business Conference at DisplayWeek, sponsored by Applied Materials, Corning, GE, OTI, Radiant Vision Systems and TOK will feature over 40 different talks on all aspects of the display industry. One of five application-oriented sessions of the conference will address the market for TVs and TV displays, which is so critical for … Read more
Samsung Electronics announced the expansion of its Galaxy Upcycling program with Galaxy Upcycling at Home, an initiative that gives new life to older Galaxy smartphones by converting them into a variety of IoT (Internet of Things) devices through a simple software update. Samsung has implemented the beta service for Galaxy Upcycling at Home in the … Read more
The PC industry has been on a rollercoaster ride for the past decade or longer: up, down, up, down, up. In 2010, when Paul Otellini was Intel’s CEO, he forecast robust growth for the PC (and Intel) over the next ten years, and spoke about the next billion units. At the time, the installed base … Read more
What They Say Advanced Television interviewed Futuresource Consulting about the UK TV set market which it calculates at 8 million sets in 2020. The firm interviewed buyers in June 2020 and found that the priorities for sets were: Smart Features UltraHD/4K Larger TV sets OLED & QLED are said to be much further down in … Read more
What They Say To the surprise of nobody in the display analyst community, we suspect, Reuters reported that Foxconn has formally acknowledged that its planned ‘Wisconsin project’, backed by ex-President Trump, will not be at the scale originally discussed. The investment has been reduced from $10 billion to $672 million and the number of jobs … Read more
What They Say Caixin reports that shipping specialist, Maersk China, suggested that Chinese subsidies for rail transport from China to the EU are not sustainable. In 2020, China-Europe freight trains made a total of 12,400 trips, up 50% from the previous year. They shipped nearly 1.14 million standard containers, up 56% year-on-year, according to data … Read more
What They Say A concept for a new ‘Air’ headset developed by HTC has been leaked after appearing in a Design Guide. It has up to four cameras and was conceived to be light and use knitted materials that can be easily removed for washing, making the headset suitable for excercise. A spokesman for HTC … Read more
What They Say Toyota made a big announcement about its future plans for 70 electric and electrified vehicles by 2025. We noticed the interesting change in the instrument display in the bZ4X SUV concept. The company has moved the main display for the driver above the rim of the steering wheel. What We Think Of … Read more
What They Say Barco reported its results for Q1 2021 and saw a boost of 21% in orders compared to Q4 2020 and up 10% compared to a year ago to €228.9 million. Sales were lower at €171.7 million, down on Q4 and 27% down on Q1 2020. China’s cinema business has been recovering which … Read more
What They Say Apple held an event to launch a number of non-iPhone (mainly) products that featured: New iPad Pros with a miniLED ‘Liquid Retina XDR’ display and using its own M1 chip A new re-designed iMac with a 24″ 4.5K Retina display and using the M1. Apple TV 4K and remote AirTag item trackers … Read more
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