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LG Enables VR Through SlimPort

by Tom Allen

Analogix Semiconductor has announced LG’s G5 smartphone and LG 360 VR headset both feature SlimPort connectivity. The technology provides DisplayPort over USB-C, and is used to enable VR in the headset. The phone uses …

Tags:Analogix| Back Panel| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Interfaces| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Virtual Reality| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Samsung’s Foldable Phone Coming in 2017

by Tom Allen

ET News claims that Samsung will release a foldable smartphone next year. The device will act as a 5″ phone when closed, and a 7″ tablet when unfolded.

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 13

Why Nintendo Changed its Tune

by Tom Allen

Nintendo’s first smartphone game, Miitomo, has been released in the US and Europe, following its Japanese launch in March. Nintendo games like Pokémon have seemed ideally suited to the smartphone environment, but the company …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Game Playing| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Nintendo| Nintendo Consoles| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 13

LG Taps Popular Jason Statham to Star in First TV commercial for G5

by Isaac Oburu

Jason Statham, the popular high-flying, high-octane star of action movies such The Transporter and The Expendables series, will star in LG Electronics’ latest TV spot for its revolutionary G5 modular smartphone. Fredrik Bond, the …

Tags:Advertising| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Phones| Smartphones

Ingram Micro Calls Lumigon

by Isaac Oburu

Ingram Micro has begun to distribute smartphones from Danish vendor Lumigon in the Netherlands.

Tags:Distribution| Ingram Micro| Mobile Display Monitor| Netherlands| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Apple

AMOLED Screen, Glass Chassis for iPhone Redesign

by Tom Allen

Ming Chi Kuo, a prominent Apple analyst at KGI Securities, has said in a note to investors that the company will ‘radically’ redesign the iPhone 7. As previously reported (iPhone 7 Case Suggests No …

Tags:AMOLED| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 12

Big Battery Expected for HTC 10

by Tom Allen

Notorious tipster Evan Blass has tweeted (@EVLeaks) that the upcoming HTC 10 smartphone will have what he terms a ‘Super LCD 5’ display, rather than AMOLED. The phone will also feature a 3,000mAh battery. …

Tags:Batteries| HTC| LCD displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Microsoft Widens Windows 10 Availability

by Tom Allen

Windows 10 Mobile is now available for older Lumia phones. Only phones that will receive an upgrade to the user experience – i.e., installing Windows 10 will not slow them down – are eligible. …

Tags:Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Software| Vol 23 - Issue 11| Windows

The Air A01 Mates with a Smartphone to Form a Unique Camera

by Arthur Berman

The Olympus Air A01 looks like it is just a lens but it is actually an add-on camera for Android or iOS smartphones. The camera does not have its own display but, rather, uses …

Tags:Cameras| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 11

Mobile World Round-Up Part 1

by Bob Raikes

We show some highlights from MWC – with Samsung, LG, Sony, Lenovo and Dell. More in our part 2 video. For details on these stories, subscribe to our newsletter at displaydaily.com

Tags:Dell| Embedded Pico Projectors| Lenovo| LG Electronics (LGE)| MWC 2016| Pico Projectors| Projectors| Samsung| Smartphones| sony| Virtual Reality

Galaxy S7 Features ‘No Ground Breakers’

by Tom Allen

IHS has called the Galaxy S7 a ‘ho-hum refresh’ to Samsung’s smartphone lineup, with some evolutionary improvements, but ‘no ground breakers’. In a teardown, the firm calculated that the 32GB version carries a BOM …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 10