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IoT Will Outgrow Mobile Phones

by Tom Allen

According to Ericsson’s Mobility Report, the IoT will overtake mobile phones as the world’s largest category of connected device by 2018. Ericsson defines a connected device as a physical object with an IP stack …

Tags:Ericsson| Internet of Things IOT| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 22

USA is Sony’s First Xperia X Market

by Tom Allen

Sony has said that the Xperia X smartphones, which it announced at MWC 2016 (Sony Focuses on Iteration, Not innovation), will be launched in the USA this summer. The Xperia X is available to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| USA| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Pixelworks Wins With Asus

by Tom Allen

Pixelworks has claimed a design win with Asus. The company provided its Iris video display processor, for use in the Zenfone 3 Ultra smartphone.

Tags:Asus| Back Panel| Mobile Display Monitor| Pixelworks| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Exertis Extends With Medion

by Tom Allen

Exertis is now distributing smartphones, tablets and notebooks from Germany’s Medion in the UK.

Tags:Distribution| Exertis| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Atmos Boosts ZTE Audio

by Tom Allen

ZTE’s new smartphone, the Axon 7, will be a premium model with a focus on audio quality – although the display will still be a high-end AMOLED device. The Axon 7 is a 5.5″ …

Tags:audio| Dolby Atmos| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 21| ZTE

Asus is Firmly in Phablets

by Tom Allen

Asus used its press conference to introduce several new products, including a robot called ‘Zenbo’. Set to be launched at the end of September for $600, the robot is a home service unit that …

Tags:21:9| Asus| Computex 2016| Convertible PCs| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 21

Project Ara is Coming This Year

by Tom Allen

Google has announced that its Project Ara modular phone will become a reality this year. Developers will be able to buy a phone with six module slots in the autumn, with a consumer model …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Compal Linked to Project Tango

by Tom Allen

Asian sources say that Compal Electronics will produce a Project Tango (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 9) smartphone for Lenovo. Lenovo is expected to launch the phone on the 9th June (Lenovo Second Tech …

Tags:Compal| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Coolpad Officially Unveils Coolpad Max

by Isaac Oburu

After weeks of speculation, Coolpad, a global smartphone brand with more than 20 years’ experience, today officially launched the Coolpad Max smartphone in Indonesia. The launch event was held at the Grand Ballroom, Ritz-Carlton …

Tags:Android| Smartphones

Motorola is Dead, Long Live Moto!

by Tom Allen

Lenovo has revealed its first phones under the ‘Lenovo Moto’ brand, which will take over where the Moto G (third-generation) left off. Perhaps the most significant difference in the new Moto G4 and G4 …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 23 - Issue 19