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Galaxy S8 Sells Faster Than S7

by Yvette Raikes

The Galaxy S8 sold 1 million units within 37 days of its launch in South Korea, according to a Samsung official speaking to the Korea Herald. The S6 and S7 took 75 and 74 …

Tags:Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Automotive Touchscreen Shipments Are Growing

by Yvette Raikes

Automotive touch panels are now almost standard, despite safety concerns about operation whilst driving, according to IHS Markit. Touch panel shipments for automotive use are expected to be over 50 million in 2017, up …

Tags:Automotive| IHS Markit| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Smartphone Shipments Expected to Improve

by Yvette Raikes

IDC expects 2017 global smartphone shipments to go up by 3% from last year to 1.517 billion. The company also predicts that the recovery will continue into 2018 with YoY growth of 4.5%. The …

Indian Tablet Market Sees Dip

by Yvette Raikes

The Indian tablet market saw a 18.6% YoY drop in Q1, with 701,000 units shipped during the period, according to IDC. The consumer segment was the worst hit, with a fall of 28% YoY, …

Asus Has Lots of New Notebooks

by Bob Raikes

At the recent Computex show, Asus showed a number of new PCs. the ZenBook Flip S UX370, claimed as the thinnest convertible PC at 10.9mm and with a weight of 1.1 kg. It has …

JMC Looks to Edge to Edge OLED

by Bob Raikes

JMC Electronics, which is part of Chang Wah Electromaterials (CWE) is optimistic about the demand for edge-to-edge OLEDs for smartphones and also for OLED TVs. The firm has chip-on-film technology that is usable for …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 21

Media Consumption Via Mobile Will Rise

by Yvette Raikes

By 2019, 26% of media consumption will be mobile, according to forecasts from Zenith. It was 19% in 2016. Back in 2010, people spent just 10 minutes a day browsing on the mobile internet, …

BC05 Mizhou Looks at Finance and Supply

by Bob Raikes

Yasuo Nakane is an analyst from Mizhuo Securities where he looks at the display industry and was introduced by Young as a highly respected analyst in the FPD industry. If you think that Ross …

BC04 BOE Looks to Re-Pivot to IoT & Medical

by Bob Raikes

BOE Technology is doing well, said Leono Guo, the GM of the firm’s overseas business, and it’s the top supplier of panels for smartphones, tablets and notebooks, and it’s the second largest for monitors …

Tags:BOE| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2017| Vol 24 - Issue 21

BC03 Corning Looking for Boost from LGPs

by Bob Raikes

John Zhang introduced his company, Corning, where he is a VP and General Manager. The company sees itself as a centre of glass science, optical physics and ceramic science – with unique fusion drawing …

BC02 Applied Materials Says Industry to Move from Components to Processes

by Bob Raikes

Dr Brian Hsieh is from Applied Materials which makes equipment for high technology markets and is now 50 years old. It makes semiconductor equipment as well as display equipment and generated $2.1 billion in …

Acer Gaming Notebook has Unusual Touchpad

by Bob Raikes

At Computex, Acer has shown the Predator Triton 700 gaming notebook which uses a 15.6″ FullHD IPS display in an 18.9mm thick case. Unusually, the keyboard is on the front edge of the base, …