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PlayNitride Gets Production Go Ahead

by Bob Raikes

PlayNitride has been given permission to set up a $17 million microLED facility in Hsinchu, Digitimes has reported. The company is said to be working with Apple, which is also said to be working …

Samsung Bullish on Q4

by Bob Raikes

Samsung issued its earnings guidance for Q1 of 2018 and forecast sales of 60 trillion won ($56 billion) with profits of 15.6 trillion won ($14.5 billion). Analysts pointed to strong results from memory as …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 14

LG Loses Production Following Fire

by Bob Raikes

LG Display had a fire at its Paju site on Wednesday that started in a construction area for the P10 factory due to start operation next year. Aju Business Daily reports that the problem …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Production| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Future iPhones to Feature a Curved OLED Display?

by Andrew Fenn

Apple is working on a new iPhone design which incorporates a curved OLED display according to various reports online. Originating from Bloomberg, the reports suggest that Apple’s curved screen will vary from Samsung’s, in …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Gartner: Global End-User Device Spending Set to Increase in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

After a decline of 3% in 2017, worldwide shipments of devices are forecast to grow 1.3% in 2018 and will total 2.3 billion units, according to Gartner. While device shipments fluctuate year-on-year, end-user device …

Eight Inc Principal Predicts Retailers will Become More Hands-on

by Andrew Fenn

Professor Julian Lion Boxenbaum, principal of Eight Inc—the architectural design agency behind the original Apple Store—spoke about the growing trend of retailers introducing full-fledged experiences for customers rather than simply displaying their products at …

Apple Looks to VR for Reducing Motion-Sickness in Autonomous Vehicles

by Andrew Fenn

Last month, we reported on a patent filed by Uber regarding the use of virtual reality technology in self-driving vehicles. (Uber Patents VR Experience for Self-Driving Car Passengers) Now it appears that Apple are …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 14

IDC: Device Usage Habits are Changing in the Philippines

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, device usage habits of Filipinos are rapidly changing and it is reshaping connected device trends in the country. Its smartphone shipments declined 7% to approximately 15 million units in 2017, while …

LG Clarifies Ambitious OLED Plans

by Bob Raikes

LG Display has told the Nikkei that it plans to boost its OLED TV panel output to 10 million by 2020 and Lee Sang-hoon, a Senior VP with the company, said that the number …

IT Panel Volume to Grow

by Bob Raikes

Data from Witsview, quoted in the Taiwanese press, puts the total of IT panels (notebooks + monitors) at 314.94 in 2017 and the company is forecasting 326.37 – a 3.6% increase – in 2018. …

Eurofins Digital Testing Acquires Edge Testing Solutions

by Damir Lokas

Eurofins Digital Testing said that it has acquired Edge Testing Solutions, a ‘pure-play’ software testing provider in the UK, to extend its software testing capabilities including managed, functional, performance and automated testing, across additional …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Samsung Receives Environmental Product Declaration for Galaxy S8 Panel

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Display has announced that the OLED display featuring in its Galaxy S8 smartphone recently obtained an Environmental Product Declaration for the use of carbon, water, acidification and eutrophication. The declaration is part of …

Tags:Environment| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13