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IDC: Worldwide Smartphone Volumes will Return to Growth in 2019 and Beyond

by Andrew Fenn

After declining 0.3% in 2017, the worldwide smartphone market is expected to contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019 and beyond, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments are forecast to drop 0.2% …

Fibre and Cable Account for Three-Quarters of Global Fixed Broadband Subscriptions

by Andrew Fenn

Fibre and cable networks are dominating the global broadband market, with the technologies now servicing 77% of fixed subscriptions, new figures from Point Topic have revealed. According to the data, which takes into account …

Tags:broadband| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TV Viewing| Vol 25 - Issue 21

850 Million to Watch eSports and “Let’s Play” Content by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that unique viewers of eSports (competitive playing of video games) and “Let’s Play” content (tutorials and talk-throughs of game content) will reach 858 million by 2022, up …

Tags:eSports| Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 25 - Issue 21

European Commission Re-approves Liberty Global’s Acquisition of Ziggo

by Andrew Fenn

The European Commission has re-approved the acquisition of Ziggo by Liberty Global, subject to conditions. The merger between both companies was notified to the Commission in March 2014 and approved in October 2014 but …

Analysts Cast Doubts on All-OLED iPhone Line-up in 2019

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this week, a report from Korea’s ET Times indicated that a source from Apple had revealed that the company’s 2019 iPhone line-up will feature another three models, all with OLED panels, as opposed …

WayRay Reveals Two New Automotive AR Products

by Andrew Fenn

Swiss augmented reality specialist, WayRay, has unveiled two new AR products for the automotive industry, a year after Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba invested in the company. The first is a hands-free holographic navigation system …

Galaxy X Foldable Smartphone to Launch at MWC 2019?

by Andrew Fenn

The OLED-A reported earlier this week that Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy X foldable OLED smartphone could launch as early as February 2019, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Samsung Foldable Still On for …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Newest Build Brings Improvements to Google Pixel XL 2 Display

by Andrew Fenn

LG and Google have improved upon the Pixel 2 XL’s OLED display, which has been marred with issues since its release last year, according to the OLED-A. The publication says that, as of the …

Tags:Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Meidensha Develops Technology to Form Oxide Films at Room Temperature

by Arthur Berman

Meidensha Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) has developed a technology to deposit oxide films at close to room temperature. Since one use of such films is as a barrier layer, the technology has the potential for …

Tags:Film materials| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Oxide TFTs| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Strategy Analytics: Global Smart Home Market to Hit $155 Billion by 2023

by Andrew Fenn

The global smart home market ended on an upbeat note in 2017 reaching $84 billion, up 16% from $72 billion in 2016 according to a new report from Strategy Analytics. According to the report, …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smart Home & Home Networks| Vol 25 - Issue 21

HMD Announces Updated Nokia Smartphone Range

by Andrew Fenn

Nokia’s smartphone business HMD has announced updates to three of its models — Nokia 2.1, 3.1 and 5.1 — all running Android Oreo, with support for Google’s Android One programme and prices starting from …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Gartner: Worldwide Sales of Smartphones Returned to Growth in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

Global sales of smartphones to end users returned to growth in the first quarter of 2018, with a 1.3% increase over the same period in 2017, according to Gartner. Compared to the first quarter …

Tags:Gartner| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 21