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New Nokia 6 To Arrive in China

by Bob Raikes

The first launch since HMD Global acquired the rights to the Nokia brand for smartphones (Nokia Brand Back in Smartphones) will be called the ‘Nokia 6’, will be made by Foxconn and will be …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 01

New SDP $8.8 billion LCD Plant Confirmed

by Bob Raikes

Sakai Display Products (SDP), which is now majority owned by Foxconn Group, rather than by Sharp, is to build a new G10.5 plant in Guangzhou province, China. The target start date of the plant …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| sharp| Vol 24 - Issue 01

Can VR Impact Learning?

by Len Scrogan

Quick Search: Research is a series dedicated to unpacking some of the emerging research on 3D, VR, and other dynamic visualization technologies. See my introductory article for this series, entitled the Research Chase. In …

Tags:China| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Huawei Looks to be Top Chinese Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese reports say that Huawei is expected to ship around 90% of its target of 140 million smartphones (126 million), as it has hit competition from vendors including Oppo and Vivo. The company has …

Tags:China| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Taiwan| Vol 23 - Issue 51

Chinese Makers Hit 1 Million AMOLEDs

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit said that Chinese makers hit one million units of shipment of AMOLEDs for the first time in Q3, but that is less than 2% of the AMOLED smartphone market. Overall volume was …

Tags:AMOLED| China| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Huami to Get to #5 For Wearables?

by Bob Raikes

Huami, the subsidiary of Xiaomi that is supplying wearables, will ship 16 million devices this year, including the Xiaomi Mi Band, according to Asian sources. The value of the devices will be $216 million …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 50| Wearables

Will TV Set Makers be in the Sun or Rain?

by Bob Raikes

I was struggling among the stream of news that is pouring in to find a topic for my Display Daily today, but as I worked on our weekly newsletter, I realised that the news …

Tags:China| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Samsung| TVs (TV Sets)| Vol 23 - Issue 50

HKC To Expand Panel Making to G11

by Bob Raikes

HKC is planning to build a new fab that will use G11 substrates in China to support supply for the TV industry. The plant is to be built in Kunming, according to some sources, …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| LCD Fabs| Vol 23 - Issue 49

Oppo Leads Chinese Smartphone Market – Foreign Brands Down

by Milos Pavlovic

Digitimes Research said that 112.3 million smartphones shipped in Q3 in China, up 5.2% from Q2 and 5.8% on Q3 2015 and representing 30.9% of the global market. Brands based outside China shipped 17.1 …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 23 - Issue 50

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Foxconn and Sharp To Build G10.5/11

by Bob Raikes

Foxconn and its Sharp subsidiary are planning to set up a new LCD TV panel factory in China, according to the Nikkei. Foxconn would provide the finance, while Sharp, of course, has manufacturing expertise. …

Tags:China| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| sharp| TV Production| Vol 23 - Issue 49

HTC Reports on VR Education Test

by Bob Raikes

A research report called “The Impact of VR on Academic Performance”, published in November 2016, was jointly carried out by Beijing Bluefocus E-Commerce Co., Ltd. and Beijing iBokan Wisdom Mobile Internet Technology Training at …

Tags:China| Education| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 49