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Small Displays Flat, but Premium Tech is Rising

by Tom Allen

The small-and-medium (9″ and smaller) display market was flat in terms of both shipments and revenue in 2015, says IHS. 2.8 billion units were shipped and revenue was up 4%, to $43.9 billion. Although …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| Japan Display Inc (JDI)| LG Displays (LGD)| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| sharp| Small & Medium Displays| Vol 23 - Issue 14

SDC Confirms Work on Large AMOLEDs

by Tom Allen

During his keynote speech at Finetech Japan, Samsung Display EVP Kim Sung-chul said that the company is actively working on large AMOLEDs for various applications. Kim said that SDC will broaden its customer base …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Vol 23 - Issue 14

CITE Holds AUO’s Display Developments

by Tom Allen

AUO has shown a host of new products at the CITE 2016 exhibition in China. Foremost was the company’s new thin-bezel LCD TV (AUO Shows AMOLED for 2016). This 65″ product uses edge-to-edge glass …

Tags:AMOLED| AUO| Automotive| China| Events| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Narrow Bezels| Vol 23 - Issue 14

Apple

AMOLED Screen, Glass Chassis for iPhone Redesign

by Tom Allen

Ming Chi Kuo, a prominent Apple analyst at KGI Securities, has said in a note to investors that the company will ‘radically’ redesign the iPhone 7. As previously reported (iPhone 7 Case Suggests No …

Tags:AMOLED| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 12

AMOLED Now Costs Less Than LCD

by Tom Allen

At the recent Korea Display Conference, IHS’s Hyun-jin Kim said that production costs for an AMOLED smartphone display are now lower than an LCD unit. A 5″ 1920 x 1080 AMOLED display now costs …

Tags:AMOLED| IHS Markit| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Optoma Working on VR

by Tom Allen

Jon Peddie’s Techwatch newsletter has covered a VR story that we missed at CES – but, as the product was only shown behind closed doors, we don’t feel too bad about it. Image: TechwatchOptoma …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Optoma| Virtual Reality| Vol 22 - Issue 11| wireless communications

DSE Highlights Changing Face of Signage

by Tom Allen

We didn’t get to this year’s Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas, but have a roundup of all the display news from the show. A new line of procap multitouch displays were on show …

Tags:3M (MMM)| AMOLED| Digital Signage| DSE 2016| E Ink| Electrochromic Displays| Interactive Tables| Large Display Monitor| Leyard| LFD - Large Format Display| NEC| Panasonic| Planar| Samsung| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| toshiba| Transparent Displays| UltraHD| USA| ViewSonic| Vol 23 - Issue 10

UBI: AMOLED Panels to Grow at 46% CAGR

by Tom Allen

UBI Research, of Korea, has published its annual OLED Display report, which predicts 40% YoY revenue growth for the AMOLED panel market this year, to $15 billion. Shipments are expected to rise 16%, to …

Tags:AMOLED| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 23 - Issue 09

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 10

by Tom Allen

At the Radiodays Europe 2016 conference in Paris, LG said that the Stylus 2 smartphone (LG Differentiates With Friends) will feature a DAB+ radio – the world’s first smartphone to do so. DAB+ can …

Tags:AMOLED| Canonical| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Radio| Samsung| Smartphones| tablets| Ubuntu| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Soneira: Always-on Screens Will Hurt Smartwatches

by Tom Allen

Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has postulated that the always-on OLED display on Samsung’s Galaxy S7 (Samsung Chooses VR, Cameras and Gaming) will “significantly” reduce the need and demand for a smartwatch, because the device …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartwatches| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Hisense Makes AMOLED Move

by Tom Allen

Hisense was showing several new smartphones, two of which – in the company’s quest to become a premium international brand – featured AMOLED displays: the C1 and A1. The Hisense C1 is the first …

Tags:AMOLED| Hisense| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Tianma Plans Flexible OLEDs

by Milos Pavlovic

We went along to see Tianma which was showing its first flexible OLED sample (pictured), a 5.46″ diagonal display with 720 x 1280 resolution (270ppi) and curvable at radiuses of 20mm. The company told …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Tianma| Vol 23 - Issue 08