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BC08 Tianma Looking for Full Screen Takeover

by Bob Raikes

Charles Peng is from Tianma and he talked about the new era of mobile phone displays. 5G will soon be available with high speed and low latency enabling new AI applications. The smartphone will …

IDC: India Smartphone Market Starts 2018 with Strongest Ever Q1 Shipments

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, the India smartphone market saw shipments of 30 million units in the first quarter of 2018 — the market’s strongest start to a year — maintaining a healthy year-on-year growth of …

Tags:IDC| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 19

IDC: Global Smartphone Shipments Decline 2.9% Year-on-Year in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

According to preliminary data from IDC, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.3 million units during the first quarter of 2018, resulting in a 2.9% decline when compared to the 344.4 million units shipped …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 17

T-Mobile US and Sprint Announce Merger

by Andrew Fenn

T-Mobile US and Sprint have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction. Based on closing share prices on April 27th, this represents a total implied enterprise value …

Tags:Mergers & Acquisitions| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 17

DSCC Launches Smartphone Display Cost and Forecast Report

by Andrew Fenn

DSCC has launched its latest quarterly smartphone display cost report, covering the most critical variables in smartphone panel cost including screen size, resolution and substrate type. Discussing the report, co-founder and president Bob O’Brien …

Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 16

IDC: EMEA Smartphone Market Was Tougher in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

The EMEA mobile phone market saw smartphone volumes fall for a second year in 2017, while there was a relative boom in shipments of feature phones, a reversal of the previous trend according to …

Tags:Europe| IDC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| Vol 25 - Issue 15

Flexible Displays are Here So Why Can’t They Fold?

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, the latest numbers from display market research firm, Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC) is reporting that 2019 is the year that foldable (not just flexible) OLED displays will begin …

CCS Insight: Europe Still in the 5G Starting Blocks

by Andrew Fenn

CCS Insight has raised its near-term forecast for global 5G connections following impressive progress made by the industry over the past six months. This headway has been accelerated by agreement on standards, trials, deployment …

Gartner: Global End-User Device Spending Set to Increase in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

After a decline of 3% in 2017, worldwide shipments of devices are forecast to grow 1.3% in 2018 and will total 2.3 billion units, according to Gartner. While device shipments fluctuate year-on-year, end-user device …

IDC: Device Usage Habits are Changing in the Philippines

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, device usage habits of Filipinos are rapidly changing and it is reshaping connected device trends in the country. Its smartphone shipments declined 7% to approximately 15 million units in 2017, while …

Qualcomm and the Advent of 5G Cell Networks

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, 5G is at the root of the recent headlines of the US Treasury Dept. scuttling a “$121B hostile Chinese takeover bid” (to the Singapore-based Broadcom) of mobile chip maker, …

Smartphone Market: New Opportunities for LTPS LCD?

by Sweta Dash

Just one year back, the outlook for LTPS LCD (Low Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon Liquid Crystal Display) was filled with fear and uncertainties as smartphone brands such as Samsung, Apple and top China brands shifted …