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Pegatron Sales Rise 29% YoY

by Vanessa Browning

Pegatron Technology reported sales in January of NT$118 billion ($), 3.3% higher than the previous month and 29% up on January 2014, thanks primarily to orders for Apple’s iPhone 6. Shipments of iPhone 6 …

Tags:Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 08

TVs and Tablets to Dominate OLED Share

by Tom Allen

OLED panel revenue fell 4% YoY in 2014, says Korea’s UBI Research, due to low sales of the Galaxy S5. Additionally, many TV manufacturers -including Samsung – are now looking at quantum dot LCD …

Lenovo Announces New CIO

by Helen Vince

Lenovo has appointed Qingtong Zhou as the company’s new CIO. Zhou currently serves as Lenovo’s head of strategy and planning and is replacing Xiaoyan Wang, who becomes senior vice president of a newly created, …

Acer Reports 6% YoY January Sales Growth

by Helen Vince

Acer saw sales in January increase 5.8% year on year to NT$22.7 billion ($719.6 million). The company also announced the completion of its second public offering of 300 million common shares, raising a total …

Tags:Acer| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 07

Samsung to Invest $3.6 billion in New OLED Fab

by Norbert Hildebrand

According to an article published by Reuters, Samsung Display is planning to invest a substantial amount of money into building a new OLED fab for the production of small to medium sized display panels …

New Toshiba Portégé R30-A and Portégé Z30-A models

by Tom Allen

Extending its ultrabook range, Toshiba has announced three new Portégé models: the Z30-A-1CC, Z30-A-1CK and R30-A-191. Each uses a metal body and has up to 12 hours of battery life (nine hours on the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| toshiba| Vol 22 - Issue 08

UK Retail Sales in January Up 1.6%

by Helen Vince

Total UK retail sales rose 1.6% in January, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. This compares with a 5.4% rise in January 2014 but was above the 12 month average of 1.4%. …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Retail Data| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Upgrade Boosts Sony Battery to Two Days

by Tom Allen

Sony’s new Xperia E4 is an entry-level Android smartphone with a two-day battery life. A slight update from the Xperia E3 (Sony is Committed to ‘Kando’, Display Monitor Vol 21 No 36), the E4 …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Foxconn Sales Climb 26% YoY in January

by Helen Vince

Foxconn Electronics said that strong shipments of iPhone 6 smartphones helped the company to a 26% year on year increase in sales in January to NT$396 billion ($12.5 billion), though this was 23.3% lower …

Weak Smartphone Demand Hits Panel Makers

by Vanessa Browning

Weak smartphone demand in Q1 has caused panel makers to lower prices to compete for orders, say players in the Taiwanese supply chain. Samsung Display is said to have lowered the cost of a …

Chinese Smartphone Vendors want Full HD Panels

by Helen Vince

Sources in the Taiwan supply chain are expecting an increase in orders for FullHD panels from smartphone vendors in China, following the recent release of a 5.5″ FullHD equipped smartphone from Meizu costing $160. …

Tags:FullHD (1080P)| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 08

Asustek’s January Sales Down 17.6%

by Vanessa Browning

Asustek Computer saw sales fall 17.6% sequentially to NT$35 billion ($1.1 billion), as shipments to the US and Western Europe declined after the end of year holidays. However, the company said it still achieved …

Tags:Asus| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 07