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Oppo Announces R17 and R17 Pro Smartphones

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo has officially unveiled two new R-series products — the R17 and R17 Pro. The R17 features a 6.4″ AMOLED display with a 1080 × 2280 resolution, 394 pixels per inch, a 19.9 aspect …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 33

Bloomberg Reveals More Details Surrounding 2018 iPhone Lineup

by Andrew Fenn

More information has emerged about this year’s iPhone range, via an article from Bloomberg. A source told the publication that this year’s line-up, despite featuring three new models, is what we’ve come to know …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 33

IDC: Russia Rides Smartphone Wave But Importers Wary of New Sanctions

by Andrew Fenn

The smartphone market continued to boom in Russia in the second quarter of 2018, with import volumes more than 10% higher than in the same period in 2017, reaching over seven million units — …

Gartner: IT Spending in South Africa Will Grow 4.3% in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

IT spending in South Africa will total 276.6 billion rand in 2018, a 4.3% increase from 2017, according to Gartner. All IT segments are on track to achieve growth this year, with data centre …

Samsung Patent Shows “Self-Healing” Film for Foldable Smartphone Displays

by Andrew Fenn

A Samsung patent has emerged detailing a “self-healing” display for use in a foldable smartphone — no coincidence, considering such a device has been in development over at Samsung for several years. The application …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 25 - Issue 33

Handset Shipments from Taiwan Manufacturers Up 16% in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research says that shipments of mobile handsets by Taiwan-based manufacturers reached 20.66 million during the second quarter of 2018, growing 16.1% compared to the first quarter. Among the ODMs, Foxconn came out on …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 33

Xiaomi revenues up 68% on year in 2Q18

by Yvette Raikes

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi recorded Q2 net profits of 14.63 billion yuan ($2.14 billion), compared with a loss of 11.97 billion yuan ($1.75 billion) a year ago, on revenue which jumped 68% to 45.24 …

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Ray Tracing Explained

by Bob Raikes

Over the last couple of weeks, since the announcement of the Turing GPU at Siggraph and Gamescon, we have talked to a number of people that really didn’t know what we meant by ray …

Samsung Unveils Its First Android Go Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has announced its first Android Go smartphone, the Galaxy J2 Core. The device features a 5″ LCD screen with a resolution of 540 × 960, 220 pixels per inch and an aspect ratio …

Tags:India| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 33

Fitbit Charge 3 Has Upgraded OLED

by Bob Raikes

Fitbit has upgraded its fitness tracker to the Chrge 3. It has an enhanced PurePulse heart rate sensor in addition to the SpO2 blood oxygen sensor that’s present in the Versa and Ionic smartwatches …

Tags:Fitbit| Fitness Trackers| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 33| Wearables

IFA and IBC Beckon….

by Bob Raikes

I have a brief moment of pausing for breath on the news side today, as I have finished the Siggraph report and IFA is still six days away, although the number of meeting requests, …

Visionox to Sell PMOLED Business to Focus on AMOLED?

by Andrew Fenn

Visionox has announced that it will sell its PMOLED business in order to focus on developing its AMOLED technology, according to OLED-Info. Several China-based companies are involved in the sale, the publication said. The …

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