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What Bob Saw on the Net 29/01/2020

by Bob Raikes

Most days, our editor, Bob, spends some time looking around the net for news. Here are some articles and links that he thought worth sharing… (note that registration or subscriptions may be required!) Coronavirus, …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Game Playing| Lenovo| MicroLED| MiniLED| Motorola| Retail| Smartphones| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| Virtual Reality

HTC Opens First Official Vive Retail Outlet in China

by Andrew Fenn

HTC quietly opened its first official Vive Store in Shenzhen, China on October 1st. The outlet will sell Vive products including the Vive Pro and Vive Focus, plus a selection of the company’s U-series …

Tags:AR/VR| China| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail| Vol 25 - Issue 41

Shanxi Kuntech Kicks Off Flexible OLED Project

by Bob Raikes

Shanxi Kuntech has held a kick-off ceremony for a flexible AMOLED factory in China. The plan is to build a Gen 4 R&D production line and a G6 Flexible AMOLED fab with a capacity …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Flexible Displays| Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 41

Visionox Announces Second 6G Flexible OLED Production Line

by Andrew Fenn

According to OLED-Info, Chinese OLED firm Visionox has announced that it will launch a second 6G flexible OLED production line at its facility in Hefei, China, with a capacity of 30,000 substrates per month. …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Vol 25 - Issue 41

LG Display Reduces OLED TV Panel Shipment Forecast for China

by Andrew Fenn

At LG Display’s Chinese Partner Day, the company’s CMO commented that sales of OLED TV panels in China have so far proved weaker than expected and lower than those seen in Europe, the US …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| OLED TVs| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Sharp China Wants to Boost TV Sales Revenue by 20% in 2019

by Andrew Fenn

According to local sources, shipments of Sharp TVs in China increased 25% year-on-year during the first eight months of 2018. Additionally, the company’s market share in the 60″ TV sector in that country has …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 25 - Issue 38

More Shipment Predictions for New iPhone Range

by Andrew Fenn

A recent report by Commercial Times has echoed the sentiments of other analysts forecasting shipments of the new iPhone range, providing its own estimation of 75-80 million units for the three new models, courtesy …

Tags:China| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Huawei Launches Honor 8X Handset Range to Maintain China Lead

by Andrew Fenn

Huawei has said it hopes to ship over 20 million units of its newly introduced Honor 8X series of smartphones, according to sources from Taiwan, who indicated that the presence of the devices in …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Samsung Debuts First Onyx Multiplex Theatre in Shanghai

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Electronics has opened its first Onyx multiplex theatre at Shanghai Arch Wanda Cinema in Shanghai, China. The theatre, which opened on September 7th, features six Samsung Onyx screens. The company says that Onyx …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LED Cinema| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 35

China Panel Makers Promoting the Use of IGZO Technology

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research says that many of the new 8.5G – 10.5G TFT LCD fabs launched by China-based panel makers are able to produce indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) panels and capitalise on the advantages …

Tags:China| IGZO| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| TFT| Vol 25 - Issue 34

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Oppo Announces R17 and R17 Pro Smartphones

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo has officially unveiled two new R-series products — the R17 and R17 Pro. The R17 features a 6.4″ AMOLED display with a 1080 × 2280 resolution, 394 pixels per inch, a 19.9 aspect …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 33

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Sharp to Move Equipment into 10.5G China Fab in February 2019

by Andrew Fenn

In February 2019, Sharp will begin moving equipment into its new 10.5G LCD fab in Guangzhou, China, according to Digitimes. The publication cites a report from Korea’s ET News. Digitimes’ report goes on to …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| sharp| Vol 25 - Issue 33