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Smartphone Shipments Return to Positive Growth in the Fourth Quarter Driven by Record Performance by Apple, According to IDC

January 28, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

The worldwide smartphone market continued to improve in the holiday quarter of 2020 (4Q20) returning to familiar ground with 4.3% year-over-year growth. According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 385.9 million devices during the quarter. While the full year 2020 declined … Read more

Samsung Electronics Announces Fourth Quarter and FY 2020 Results

January 28, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Electronics reported financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year 2020. The Company posted KRW 61.55 trillion in consolidated revenue and KRW 9.05 trillion in operating profit in the quarter ended December 31, 2020. For the entire year, it reported KRW 236.81 trillion in revenue and KRW 35.99 trillion in operating profit. … Read more

Samsung Electronics Q4 Result is Positive

January 28, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung reported profits of $5.84 billion in Q4, up 26.4% on last year, although this was below some analyst estimates. Memory chips were under pressure, but the display segment did well. Sales in displays were $8.9 billion, with profits of $1.57 billion. Mobile display earnings grew sharply QoQ as surging demand from … Read more

LG Display Nervous about 2021 TV Demand

January 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Display had a good Q4 with revenue up 11% on a quarterly basis on strong demand for TV and IT products to $614 million. Operating margin was 9% with EBITDA margin at 24%. Area shipment was up 5% on the quarter to 8.7 million m² while ASP rose by 12% on … Read more

TPVision Adds Philips MiniLED TVs in Europe

January 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say TPVision has released two new series of TVs under the Philips brand in Europe, with miniLED backlights. Features include 4-sided Ambilight and HDMI 2.1 as well as Android TV 10. The 9626 model will be in 65″ and 75″ sizes. The P9506 us available in 65″ and 75 and has different audio. … Read more

LG Display is Being Coy about Brightness Boost

December 21, 2022January 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say The eagle-eyed of you (and those that read to the end!) may have spotted a comment from Barry Young in his article yesterday (Dispelling the Myths of MiniLED TVs Impact on OLED TV Sales) that “LGD expects to get another 30% (of luminance) by developing non-device solutions”. What We Think I wrote … Read more

TADF Is the Future of OLED, but the Future Comes Slowly

January 27, 2021 by Ken Werner

Earlier this month Cynora — the German company that is one of the two leading developers of thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters for next-gen OLED displays — announced customer availability of the “industry’s first device test kits for TADF deep green emitters.” The new product, which Cynora calls cyUltimateGreen (Fig. 1), “delivers efficiency of … Read more

Scanning the Horizon at SXSW Online

January 27, 2021 by Len Scrogan

One of the most predictive technology conferences today is the world-renown SXSW conference. On three occasions, I have been chosen by crowdsourced voting to be a speaker. This year, due to the Rona, the traditional face-to-face SXSW Conference & Festival is being replaced, at least in part, with a completely virtual version called SXSW Online. … Read more

Firefly Launches Tesla-top Ads, Elevating Taxi-top Advertising to Reach Premium Brands

January 27, 2021 by Artem Alekseenko

Firefly, the company leveraging taxi and rideshare vehicles to build a street-level digital media network, today announced the launch of the industry’s first Tesla-top advertising campaigns. Facilitated through Firefly’s partnership with tech-enabled vehicle fleet operator Drive Sally, the campaigns elevate taxi-top advertising to entice premium brands into the category, while supporting zero-emission transportation. Firefly’s first … Read more

Nanosys Promotes its Display Show

January 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nanosys has supported a YouTube interview of Bob O’Brien by Brian Berkeley (once of Apple and Samsung and a past SID President, but now a consultant) on YouTube to cover a number of topics, especially news from CES and trends such as miniLED. It’s also available as a podcast. What We Think … Read more

Laser TV Market Changes Clarified

December 21, 2022January 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say I reported on the Hisense developments in Laser TV recently (Hisense is Bullish as Laser TV Moves to RGB) and noted claims by Hisense about market development and so I followed up with PMA Research, who are established friends of ours in projector market research (and whose research I have been writing … Read more

The Top Tech Display Trends Innovative Nonprofit Leaders Should Monitor In 2021

January 27, 2021 by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ex-SID Marketing Director, Ex-VP of Marketing for E Ink and all round display industry go-to-guy, Sri Peruvemba published an article through Forbes of key display trends. Here are his 10 Trends for non-profits (an unusual angle!) Folding phones with new TADF OLED materials Go micro with AR/VR Digital signage Adopt automated kiosks … Read more