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Gartner Expects Device Growth in 2018

by Bob Raikes

Gartner has revised its forecast for device shipments and now expects device markets to grow by 2.0% in 2018, an improvement over the last two years. The company quoted its online end-user survey as …

Tags:Forecasts| Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Netflix Adds an Extra 5.3 Million Subscribers in Q3 2017

by Alan Spencer

Netflix added an extra 5.3 million subscribers worldwide in the third quarter, which is an increase of 49%, when compared to the same quarter last year. The increase is believed to be due to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Sigmaintell Updates on TV Panels

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell Research of China said that August shipments of LCD TV reached 23.01 million in August, up 8.1% over July and 4.8% over a year ago. Area was 118 million m², up 8.1% from …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Market Data| Pricing| TV Production| Vol 24 - Issue 39

AR to Hit 900M Users as Facebook Stumbles on VR Adoption

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, at the most recent Facebook virtual reality developer event last week, the top social network founder, Mark Zuckerberg, announced in his keynote the aggressive goal of 1 billion VR …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Emerging Markets| Market Data| Oculus VR| Vol 24 - Issue 39

DSCC Optimistic on OLED Growth

by Bob Raikes

DSCC released its latest Quarterly OLED Supply/Demand and Capital Spending Report last week which included significant upgrades to its forecasts for OLED markets. Fig 1. OLED Revenue Forecast Revenues and Demand DSCC now sees …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| Production Equipment| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Tablet App Processors Grow in Value

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has said that the value of the market for tablet Application Processors has returned to growth and was up 5% in the first half of 2017, after two years of decline. The …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Mobile Processors| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Egypt’s PC Devices Market Declines Due to Rising Prices

by Alan Spencer

According to IDC, Egypt’s PC device market, which comprises desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, experienced a steep decline of 55.3%, in the second quarter, compared to the same quarter in 2016. IDC’s Quarterly PCD …

Tags:IDC| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Is the AR / VR Market Booming or What?

by Norbert Hildebrand

For a long time we are reporting on the high potential for the AR and VR markets. With several options available to the consumer and some form of competitive market pressure already at play …

Tags:Apple| Augmented Reality| Market Data| Virtual Reality| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Chinese Monitor Market Struggling

by Bob Raikes

Sigmaintell of China has issued data on the Chinese monitor market which fell to 16 million units in the first half of 2016, down 9% compared to last year, with 7.8 million shipped in …

Tags:China| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Nationstar Edges Its Way Into IHS LED Top 10

by Andrew Fenn

IHS Markit has updated its LED Supply & Demand Market Tracker, and it’s good news for Nationstar. After fighting for a spot throughout 2016 and early 2017, the Chinese company—which specialises in LED lighting …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LED| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 37

PMA Shows Top-Selling Projectors for August in US

by Alan Spencer

PMA Research has published its latest Projector Tracking Service results from the monthly sell-through data from US projector dealers, retailers, web resellers and distributors. For the Home Entertainment Projectors group, the top 5 list …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Projectors| Vol 24 - Issue 36

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IHS Releases Report on the Impact of Memory in iPhone BOM

by Andrew Fenn

Following the release of the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, IHS Markit has created a report detailing the impact of memory on Apple’s bill-of-materials (BOM) cost when creating the iPhone. The report explores the …

Tags:Apple| IHS Markit| iPhone| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 36