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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 24

by Tom Allen

HTC has announced its first smartphone with resolution beyond 1920 x 1080. Unfortunately, the HTC One ME currently appears to be exclusive to China. The handset has a 5.2″ display with 2560 x 1560 …

CPT to Build 6G Plant in Fujian

by Helen Vince

Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) says it plans to start construction of a new 6G plant in Fujian in September, with commercial production scheduled to begin in the second half of 2017. Initial monthly production …

MMD Claims First QD-LCD Monitor

by Tom Allen

While we will cover MMD’s newest monitor in our SID report, we felt that it was worth pulling out and highlighting it here, as well. The 27E6ADS, which has been launched in China, is …

Qualcomm Signs Agreement With Allwinner

by Tom Allen

Qualcomm has entered into an agreement with China’s Allwinner Technology, to extend the use of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors in the Chinese connected tablet segment. Allwinner will offer system solution services to OEMs and ODMs …

CSOT Begins Operation at Second G8.5 Line

by Tom Allen

Sources in Asia say that CSOT began manufacturing at its second G8.5 factory, in southern China, in April. In early May, the company began to mass-produce 55″ (1920 x 1080) LCD TV panels, with …

Tags:China| CSOT| Large Display Monitor| Production| Vol 22 - Issue 23

Volfoni Forgets Cardinal Rule of Advertising

by Tom Allen

Volfoni is really gunning for RealD, having officially welcomed a patent invalidation in China. China’s Patent Re-Examination Board declared that RealD’s UM patent CN 203433207U did not bring enough novelty and innovation to the …

Swatch Will Definitely Make a Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Swatch still plans to produce a smartwatch, says CEO Nick Hayek. At a recent shareholder meeting, Hayek said that the watch will be a connected device with remote-payment functionality. It will be launched in …

Smaller Zenfone Variant Appears in China

by Tom Allen

A new smartphone, rumoured to be the Zenfone 3, has appeared at China’s TENAA certification centre. The phone (model number: Asus Z00EDB) features a 5″ display (1280 x 720), compared to the Zenfone 2’s …

Tags:Asus| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22

Gionee Packs in Dual Batteries for Four-Day Lifetime

by Tom Allen

A new smartphone from Gionee has appeared in a TENAA listing in China. The M5 is the successor to the M3, featuring two batteries and four days of lifetime. The display is a 5.5″ …

Tags:Batteries| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22

HTC Switches to AMOLED

by Tom Allen

China’s Economic Daily News says that HTC is to use AMOLED displays on a version of its One E9+ smartphone. The One E9sw will be launching in China with a 5.5″ display and 1.5GHz …

Samsung Commits to Chinese Polariser Plant

by Tom Allen

The CEO of Samsung SDI, Namseong Cho, has signed an MOU to set up a polariser plant in Wuxi, China. Samsung will invest more than KRW200 billion ($180.3 million) in the project, which will …

OnePlus 2 Will Have 64-Bit CPU

by Tom Allen

Specifications have begun to appear for the OnePlus (the Chinese brand) 2 (OnePlus Plans Second Exclusive Handset). According to Geekbench Browser, the phone will run Android 5.1 on a Snapdragon 810 processor, with 3GB …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 22