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Digitimes Forecasts Samsung Over Apple in 2015

by Steve Sechrist

Apple consistently out performed sales estimates of its iPhones but Digitimes is convinced Samsung will stay on top of the Smartphone heap The research arm of Digitimes (D-T) has released a prediction that flatly …

Non-PC Production Climbs at Inventec

by Tom Allen

Inventec aims to ship between 65 million and 70 million devices this year, the company said at its investors’ conference. The proportion of products that are not notebooks or desktop PCs will rise from …

Leak Shows ‘Bezel-Less’ Oppo Phone

by Tom Allen

Chinese manufacturer Oppo has – apparently – made the bezels on its upcoming smartphone thinner than any we have seen before. So much so that ‘seen’ is a bit of a misnomer! Various websites …

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China Manufacturing Slowdown as Woe’s Deepen

by Steve Sechrist

Source: HSBC China PMI Preliminary Report, Final numbers due April 1, 2015Preliminary numbers from the HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a popular industry composite index tool used to track China’s manufacturing might, …

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Motorola Phone Fab to Open in May

by Tom Allen

A new Motorola production base in Wuhan, China will begin commercial operation on 11th May, according to local media. Current plans are for 16 million smartphones to be produced this year, at a value …

Foxconn Manager Stole ‘Thousands’ of Smartphones

by Tom Allen

A senior manager at Hon Hai, known only by his surname (Tsai), has admitted to stealing thousands of smartphones from a factory in Zhengzhou and selling them privately in China. The thefts are estimated …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 13

by Tom Allen

The UK price of Acer‘s Revo One RL85 (Acer Attempts to Kickstart Notebook Innovation) has been shared. The mini PC will be available from the 6th April and will start at £200 ($300), scaling …

At DSE Asianda Shows China’s Ready for US Market

by Steve Sechrist

Several other new products of interest were announced at DSE, including China-based display company Asianda (short for Asian Digital Apparatus.) Digital Signage products including a 55″ dual-LCD display with player that can show different …

Sapphire Capacity Expands in China

by Tom Allen

Biel Crystal Manufactory and Lens Technology, Chinese sapphire makers, have expanded their production capacities, according to industry sources. The companies made the move due to the growing adoption of sapphire in wearable and smartphone …

Microspherical Lenses Bypass 3D Angle Issues

by Tom Allen

Glasses-free 3D is seen as the ‘holy grail’ of 3D display. The technology has several drawbacks, such as viewing ‘sweet spots’, but a team of researchers at Chengdu Technological University and Sichuan University are …

Loewe Recognises Chinese Partnership

by Tom Allen

Loewe has been working with China’s Hisense since 2013 (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 29); in recognition of that fact, the company has now installed a new TV in the Chinese embassy in Berlin. …

LG Display Plans OLED Alliance

by Tom Allen

The Korea Times claims that LG Display intends to establish an OLED TV alliance, in an effort to boost its OLED panel business. CEO Han Sang-beom is quoted as saying, “We are in talks …