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Links Week Ending 12th March 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. The Nikon Z9 is confirmed to be …

Tags:Cameras| Forecasts| IDC| LED| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Pricing| Samsung| Super Hi-Vision (8K)| tablets| TVs (TV Sets)| Vizio

Global smartphone shipments to grow 50% in 1Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research is forecasting that smartphone sales will be up 50% year on year to 340 million units in Q1 2021 with sales of Apple handsets going well (forecast at >60 …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones

Video Games Market to Continue Growth

by Bob Raikes

What They Say TechNET has forecast that the video games market will hit $163.1 billion this year, up from $152 billion in 2020 and up a long way from $78.1 billion in 2017. The …

Tags:Forecasts| Game Playing| Market Data

DSCC TV Cost Report Highlights Battle Between OLED and MiniLED

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC published some interesting information based on its TV cost report and highlighted that MiniLED-based TVs would compete at around the same price as WOLED sets. DSCC reports that LGD expects …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| MiniLED| OLED TVs| Pricing

Huawei Smartphones to be Down by More than 50% in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reports that Huawei has advised its suppliers that it expects its component orders to fall by more than 60% in the face of US sanctions. It expects to make 70-80 …

Tags:5G| Forecasts| Huawei

LCD Shortages Leads to Surge in LCD Capex

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC said that the high LCD pricing and strong performance by LCD makers has meant that capex planning has been strongly boosted and the firm has upgraded its forecast for equipment …

Tags:Forecasts| Large LCD Supply| Production Equipment| Small Medium Panel Supply

DSCC AMOLED Materials

AMOLED Materials Market Will Grow to $2.5 Billion by 2025

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC forecast that AMOLED stack materials would grow at 18% CAGR from $927 million in 2019 to $2.46 billion in 2024. The company has increased its forecast because of an expected …

Tags:Forecasts| InkJet Deposition| Market Data| OLED Materials

New Report: VR Revenue to Reach $12.2 Billion by 2024

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The VR/AR Association reported a forecast from ARtillery Intelligence that suggests that VR revenue will grow sharply in 2022 to 2024 after recovering in 2021 to pre-Covid levels. The key growth …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| Virtual Reality