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Meizu Slants to High-End in Low-Cost M Series

by Tom Allen

China’s Meizu has launched a new device in its M series targeting young professionals. Because of this, the M3E is geared more towards the high end than other products in the range. The focus …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 31

LG’s V20 Will be First Smartphone With Quad DAC

by Tom Allen

LG has shared more information about its upcoming Android 7.0 smartphone, the V20. It will, says LG, be the first smartphone to feature 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC (digital to analogue converter). A Quad DAC …

Tags:audio| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Samsung Needs “More Time” for Foldable Phone

by Tom Allen

At the launch of the Galaxy Note 7 in New York this month, Samsung Mobile business president Koh Dong-jin said that the company “needs more time” to develop a foldable smartphone. “We really want …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Micro-LEDs on Wearables by 2018

by Tom Allen

Interest in micro-LED as a display technology is rising, helped – at least in part – by interest from Sony (Cledis screens) and Apple (through its LuxVue acquisition). LEDinside, a division of TrendForce, has …

Tags:Apple| DOOH| Large Display Monitor| MicroLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 23 - Issue 31| Wearables

Galaxy Note 7’s OLED Claims New “Best Ever” Mobile Display

by Steve Sechrist

In the Olympics of smartphone displays, the Samsung mobile Galaxy Note 7 with its flexible QHD OLED technology is well poised to claim the gold medal. Simply put, the latest display industry shoot-out from …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| phablets| Samsung Display| Shoot Outs| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Samsung Brings Tizen to Africa

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Z-series of Tizen-based smartphones has so far seen two models launched: the Z1 and Z3. A third model, the Z2, has been spotted at the launch of the Galaxy Note 7. Designed for …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Tizen| Vol 23 - Issue 30

Parents Share Concerns with Buying Laptops and Smartphones for Kids This Year

by Isaac Oburu

FatWallet.com, the savings resource for millions of online deal hunters, announced results of its Back to School Tech Survey (*Survata), which revealed 28% of parents plan to purchase student laptops and/or smartphones during back …

Tags:PC Market (Personal Computers - PCs)| Smartphone Market| Smartphones

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 30

by Tom Allen

The Superbook (LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 19) by Andromium, a laptop ‘shell’ for a smartphone, reached Kickstarter last month. It has now passed several goals, one of which means that users …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Pricing| Resolution| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 30

LG V20 to be Launched With Android Nougat

by Isaac Oburu

LG is planning to launch a new smartphone, the V20, with Android 7.0 – aka ‘Nougat’. It is officially the first phone to be announced with v7.0 of Google’s software. The new smartphone is …

Tags:Android| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 30