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Challenging Conditions Affect Africa’s Mobile Phone Market

by Yvette Raikes

Q1 mobile phone shipments in Africa were 54.5 million, down 8.2% QoQ, according to figures from IDC. Smartphones in particular saw a drop of 17.6% to 21.2 million units. However, the YOY market rose …

Tags:Emerging Markets| IDC| Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 24 - Issue 23

MDM V24 #23 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo has now started shipping the ThinkPad X1 Yoga notebook which has either an OLED or LCD display with 2560 x 1440 resolution or a FullHD touch LCD. The OLED verson costs $125 more …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| OLEDs| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Multi-Display Survey Now Open

by Bob Raikes

Our friends at Jon Peddie Research are conducting a survey on multiple monitors and are looking for input. It only takes a couple of minutes, and respondents can get highlights of the results. The …

Tags:Back Panel| Desktop Monitors| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Foxconn Sees Revenue Drop in May

by Alan Spencer

Foxconn has reported a 13.3% drop in revenues for May 2017, compared to April 2017, with consolidated revenues of $9.26 billion for the month, which represents a 5.27% drop compared to the same month …

Tags:Financial Data| Foxconn (Honhai)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Radiant Opto-Electronics Sees Increased Revenues in May

by Alan Spencer

Radiant Opto-Electronics, the manufacturer of backlight units, has reported revenues for May 2017 totalling $137.36 million. This represents a rise of 8.76% compared to the previous month, and a rise of 41.77% compared to …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Epistar and Everlight See Slight Growth in May Revenues

by Alan Spencer

Epistar, the LED epitaxial wafer and chip maker, and Everlight Electronics, the LED packaging service provider, have reported revenues of $73.25 million and $78.36 million respectively for last month. This represents a rise for …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LED| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

RaphTime is Developing a Mixed Reality HMD

by Arthur Berman

RaphTime (Beijing, China) is developing a mixed reality HMD product called the RT Fusion. Similar to the more prominent HoloLens HMD from Microsoft, the RaphTime device is see-through, overlaying video imagery on a view …

Tags:AR/VR| Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Mixed Reality| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23

DisplayLink Takes Wireless VR to E3

by Bob Raikes

We reported on the development by DisplayLink of a wireless VR system at the MWC show in February (DisplayLink Extends Wireless to VR) was shown again at the E3 conference in the US. The …

Tags:AR/VR| DisplayLink| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 23| Wireless

Idemitsu Kosan to Expand OLED Material Manufacturing by 70%

by Alan Spencer

Nikkei Asian Review has reported that the Japan-based OLED material maker, Idemitsu Kosan, is planning to expand its production of OLED materials by 70% by March 2019. Its Korean subsidiary, Idemitsu Electronic Materials Korea, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Is a Foxconn US LCD Fab A Possibility?

by Bob Raikes

In a blog post, David Hsieh of IHS has said that there is a serious prospect that Foxconn will break the traditional pattern of making displays in Asia, by building a fab in the …

Tags:IHS Markit| Large Display Monitor| LCD Fabs| Mobile Display Monitor| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 23

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HannStar Display to Supply 18:9 panels for Smartphones

by Yvette Raikes

From July, Hannstar Display will be supplying 5.7″ and 6″ 18:9 panels for all-screen smartphones, according to Digitimes. Later in the year the company says that other sizes, including 5.5″ and 6.2″, will be …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium LCDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 23

Panel Makers See a Jump in Revenue

by Yvette Raikes

Innolux saw its May turnover rise 25% YoY to NTD28.1 billion ($933.7 million). This resulted in year to date revenue of NTD142.5 billion ($4.7 billion), a jump of 43%. During the month, the company …

Tags:Hannstar (Hannspree)| Innolux| Large Display Monitor| Large LCD Supply| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Vol 24 - Issue 23