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What They Say Gartner forecast that the smartphone market will grow 11.4% to 1.5 billion units in 2021 with 5G penetration getting to 35%. Mature Asia Pacific, Western Europe, and Latin America are expected to exhibit the strongest growth between 2020 and 2021. What We Think It would be good to see the market recover … Read more
Strong demand for home computers, tablets and games consoles helped consumer electronics trade revenues reach $358.5Bn in 2020, an increase of 7% over 2019, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. According to the report, Global Consumer Electronics Market Forecasts 2014-2024, shipments of home computers and tablets rose 11% to 396 million units last … Read more
Optoma, a world-leading manufacturer of large display products and the #1 DLP brand in the Americas*, expanded its range of DuraCore laser ProScene projectors for the professional installation market with the launch of the ZU720TST, the world’s first short throw, 7,000 lumens, fixed lens, WUXGA laser projector. Following Optoma’s award-winning ZU720T**, the ZU720TST projector offers … Read more
What They Say Anandtech has got its hands on a new Samsung S21 Ultra and had a deep dive into the power consumption in various modes, compared to previous Samsung devices. The blog found that some modes seem to use more power, although why is not clear. However, it also found that the efficiency is … Read more
DynaScan Technology, Inc., the leading manufacturer of ultra-high brightness displays, announced the addition of five new models to its lineup of professional displays. DynaScan President, Alan Kaufman is pleased to announce the new models, saying “DynaScan has always aimed to deliver the highest performance display technology and we are continually refining our products to meet … Read more
What They Say Yesterday we reported information from ‘The Elec’ in Korea that Corning was planning to expand its TV glass capacity in China. We were contacted later by Bob O’Brien of DSCC, who told us: While technically correct, the article is misleading. Corning did not announce any new expansions in Gen 10.5, but since … Read more
What They Say According to SuperData Research, a Nielsen company, more than 1 million Oculus Quest 2 headsets were sold in Q4 2020, which was a new record for a single quarter. The only device to surpass that was the smartphone-powered Samsung Gear VR, which sold 1.4M units in Q4 2016. By comparison, SuperData estimates … Read more
What They Say The Information ($$) has backed up previous Bloomberg reports that Apple’s planned VR headset, code-named N301, would have dual ‘8K’ displays with eye tracking and Lidar as well as many as 12 cameras. The plan would be to sell 250,000 units in the first year and is expected to cost $3,000. Separately, … Read more
What They Say An article has been published in the journal, Advance Materials, that explains how a group at NC State University and the University of Texas has developed a new device architecture for organic or perovskite LEDs that can create polarised and directional light directly from the device without external optical elements. The divergence … Read more
What They Say When we reported on the latest version of the Sony Crystal LED (Sony Upgrades (and Downgrades) its Crystal LED), the firm told us that a significant market for the firm was now virtual sets for content creation. Now we have seen a report in RapidTVNews that explains that a new company, Final … Read more
What They Say Nvidia has changed its qualifications for products to carry the ‘G-Sync Ultimate’ badge. While last year the requirement was for 1,000 cd/m² output, now the requirement is ‘lifelike HDR’. What We Think The issue here, as it has been with other image quality certification schemes, is that OLEDs and LCDs really have … Read more
What They Say PC Magazine, quoting the WSJ, reports that Apple is looking closely at using an under display fingerprint sensor that uses optical technology, rather than the ultrasonic technology used in the Galaxy S21 Ultra, which has Qualcomm’s version of the technology. Apple declined to comment to the Journal, but the employees “stressed that … Read more
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