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What They Say Fry’s Electronics is going out of business, blaming the change in retail habits and the effects of the pandemic. What We Think “How the mighty are fallen”. Back in the ’90s, on a visit from the technological desert of most of UK retailing, it was such a joy to go to Fry’s. … Read more
What They Say We’ve been reporting on the Snapdragon XR1 processor since May 2018 and it features in AR headsets from Microsoft and Vuzix, among others. Now Qualcomm has formally announced a reference design for AR glasses based on the chip, using BOE microOLEDs running at 90Hz and with 1920 x 1080 resolution. The firm … Read more
What They Say Sony has said that it is developing the next generation of its PlayStation VR systems which will use a single cable to connect to the host PS5 console. It will also have a wider field of view as well as better input and tracking performance. The headset is not expected until 2022. … Read more
What They Say As expected, Huawei has launched its Mate X2 foldable smartphone which has an in-folding design using panels from BOE, according to Nikkei. The 8.01″ inside screen is backed up with a 6.45″ outer display and the device is just 4.4mm thick when unfolded. It uses a Kirin 9000 5G chipset and the … Read more
Samsung Electronics topped the global TV market for the 15th consecutive year, according to market research firm, Omdia. Newly released data published on February 23 notes that Samsung Electronics recorded 31.8% in global TV market share by revenue in Q4 2020 and retained the largest annual category market share by revenue in 2020, at 31.9%. … Read more
What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Samsung Display is developing foldable OLED panels for new in-folding smartphones from Oppo, Xiaomi and Google. The report said that the Oppo is a 7.7″ clamshell type that folds from top to bottom. It is expected to have a 1.5″-2″ panel on the outside. Xiaomi is … Read more
What They Say MacRumors reports, quoting the Chinese language Economic Daily News from Taiwan, that BOE, working with GIS in Taiwan, has now met the qualification requirements of Apple to supply small quantities of OLED panels to Apple for the iPhone 12. (BOE fails to supply OLED for iPhone again) What We Think That BOE … Read more
What They Say LG has denied a report in the Yonhap News that it has decided to cancel its rollable smartphone project. However, neither did it confirm the project and merely said that it had not yet made decisions on future phone products. What We Think Nothing to see here and nothing that adds to … Read more
LG Electronics (LG) announces the availability of its popular webOS TV platform ecosystem to other TV brand partners, disrupting the status quo in an industry known for its proprietary operating systems across different manufacturers. LG is now expanding its expertise beyond TV manufacturing to encompass webOS TV software platform development and adoption by other TV … Read more
What They Say Invidis seems to have been able to attend an event by Lang AG in Germany and had a chance to look at a new Leyard TXP LED screen with touch. It’s available as a monolithic solution in 108″ (1.2mm pitch) or 135″ (1.8mm pitch), both with FullHD resolution and infrared touch. Weight … Read more
What They Say 5.1 million US consumer households joined the cord-cutting trend in 2020. AT&T was the biggest loser , while Dish Network saw less of a decline. Charter actually added some 56K subscribers as it rolled out high speed internet. Combined, the Big Four operators lost 2.63 million customers in 2019. In 2020, they … Read more
What They Say TechNET has forecast that the video games market will hit $163.1 billion this year, up from $152 billion in 2020 and up a long way from $78.1 billion in 2017. The video game sector now accounts for more than half of the entertainment market – more than video and music combined. There … Read more
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