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Samsung To Upgrade J3 Phone

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is widely reported to be about to release a new Galaxy J3 (2017) model with the number SM-J327P. Usually reliable sources report that the budget phone will have a 5″ HD/Full option AMOLED …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Samsung to Take Over QD Vision

by Bob Raikes

We reported rumours of a takeover by Samsung of QD Vision last week, (Samsung to Buy QDVision?) and now the ET Times in Korea has confirmed the news and the price of $70 million …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Quantum Dots| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Lumens Completes LED Factory in Vietnam

by Bob Raikes

Korean sources report that LED maker, Lumens, is boosting its LED production facilities in Vietnam to support growth in its supply to Samsung for LCD TV backlights. Samsung is reported to be shifting TV …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LCD Backlights| LED| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Qualcomm

Snapdragon to be Made on Samsung 10nm

by Bob Raikes

We recently reported that Samsung is switching to 10nm technology and now we hear that Qualcomm will have its Snapdragon 835 made with the process. The chip is in production now and sets with …

Tags:Chips| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 46

Will Samsung Offer Digital Signage in 110″?

by Bob Raikes

Sources in the supply chain suggest that Samsung may have a 110″ version of its Tizen-based digital signage monitors. We were unable to confirm at press time.

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LFD - Large Format Display| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Samsung to Buy QDVision?

by Bob Raikes

OLED Info has reported that Samsung may be about to acquire quantum dot supplier and developer, QD Vision for $70 million, although the site was unable to verify the rumour. QD Vision was one …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| QD Vision| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Road to Connected Car Runs Through Samsung

by Steve Sechrist

Samsung Electronics made an $8B (all cash) tender offer to acquire US based Harman International Industries, Inc., a leading auto system integrator with a heavy focus on business to business (B to B) IoT …

Tags:Automotive| Connected Car Consortium| Internet of Things IOT| Market| Mergers & Acquisitions| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Samsung Buys Harman for $8 bn

by Bob Raikes

Samsung bought Harman, which specialises in technology for connected cars. It is paying $8 billion in cash for the business. Analyst Comment Steve covered this story in a Display Daily Road to Connected Car …

Tags:Automotive| Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Apple

Has Apple Committed $4 billion for OLEDs?

by Bob Raikes

Apple Insider flagged up a report from JP Morgan that suggests that Apple’s financial filings suggest that it has placed a purchase order (an “off-balance sheet obligation”) for around $4 billion and the analyst …

Tags:AMOLED| Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Samsung Plans OLED Recipe Update

by Bob Raikes

ETNews in Korea has said that Samsung will adopt a new ‘recipe’ for OLED materials in 2017, moving to the ‘M8’ formulation. That will mean that Dow and Samsung SDI will be replaced by …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Materials| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 45

Samsung Electronics Raided by Police

by Bob Raikes

Prosecutors in Korea have raided the offices of Samsung Electronics in connection with an enquiry to into corruption that involves the Korean president, Park Geun-hye, whose friend, Choi Soon-sil is reported to have influenced …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 44

Tech Data to Distribute Samsung Mobile Solutions

by Isaac Oburu

During the Canalys Channel Forum Event, Tech Data through its country director in Norway announced that it will be distributing Samsung and Tech Data mobile solutions in Norway and Sweden.

Tags:Distribution| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| TechData| Vol 23 - Issue 44