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Apple Announces Consumer Repair Costs for iPhone X

by Andrew Fenn

Apple has announced the costs of repairs for its latest flagship smartphone, the iPhone X. In the event that the device’s Super AMOLED display is broken out of warranty, repairs will set consumers back …

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LG China OLED Facility Approved by South Korean Government

by Andrew Fenn

After a long and drawn out decision-making process, the South Korean government has approved the construction of LG’s Gen 8.5 OLED facility in Guangzhou, China. The government had reservations about the plans, which will …

eMagin Signs New Deal with Tier-One Electronics Company

by Andrew Fenn

Active Matrix OLED microdisplay manufacturer eMagin has announced a new development and licensing agreement with a “tier-one consumer electronics company”, which is now authorised to use the firm’s technology. The agreement will generate licensing …

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VR Solution for Reviewing Multi-Screen Theatrical Configurations Described

by Chris Chinnock

Kyunghan Lee from KAI Inc. and Sungmin Cho from the Korean Film Council described a VR project they are working on to model multi-screen theatrical configurations. They started by noting two examples: the Barco …

Huawei Mate 10 Teardown Reveals BOM

by Bob Raikes

TechInsights has branched out from its policy of just publishing teardowns on Apple and Samsung Galaxy phones and has published a look at the Huawei Mate 10. (Huawei Mate 10 Uses LCD, Mate 10 …

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UDC Investment in PPG Ohio Factory is Complete

by Andrew Fenn

Universal Display’s $15 million investment in PPG’s Barberton, Ohio facility is complete, the two companies have announced. The investment will double the commercial production capacity of Universal Display’s UniversalPHOLED emitters and will create 20 …

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ThirdEye Has X1 Eyewear and Software

by Bob Raikes

ThirdEye Gen, Inc released the X1 Smart Glasses with Enterprise Solutions Platform and announced the creation of the ThirdEye App Store. The company said that its HD (1280 x 720) display is the equivalent …

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KOE introduces 10.3-inch HD Rugged+ TFT Display

by Bob Raikes

KOE (the part of JDI that looks after industrial displays) has announced the TX26D206VM0BAA ‘Rugged+’10.3″ display module with 1920 x 720 (8:3 aspect ratio) and based on an IPS LCD panel with 1,000:1 contrast …

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AMD Ryzen APUs Aimed at Ultrabooks

by Bob Raikes

AMD has released new APUs in its Ryzen series that integrate Zen microprocessors and the latest Vega GPUs and expects them to be used in high end ultrabooks. The company claims that its 15W …

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Samsung Electronics Names New Management Team

by Andrew Fenn

Kinam Kim.Samsung Electronics has announced its new management line-up, following the announcement that CEO and Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon is stepping down. Presidents Kinam Kim, Hyunsuk Kim and Dongjin Koh will take over from …

Ray Tracing May be Accelerated by 150X

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Jon Peddie’s TechWatch for reporting on new AR/VR-oriented ray tracing. Ray tracing is capable of creating scenes and objects that are genuinely photo-realistic, but takes a huge amount of processor …

First Impression of iPhone X Champions AMOLED Screen

by Andrew Fenn

The first impressions of the iPhone X are starting to roll in—this one is courtesy of Steven Levy at Wired. Levy’s review of Apple’s next-generation smartphone was posted after he’d used the device for …

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