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Hisense Makes AMOLED Move

by Tom Allen

Hisense was showing several new smartphones, two of which – in the company’s quest to become a premium international brand – featured AMOLED displays: the C1 and A1. The Hisense C1 is the first …

Tags:AMOLED| Hisense| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

MWC Hits Six Figures

by Tom Allen

The organisers of Mobile World Congress, MWC, said that it saw 101,000 attendees this year, the first time the number has got into six digits and 6% up on 2015. Visitors were from 204 …

Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

LG, Alcatel, Canon Shine at the iF Design Awards 2016

by Isaac Oburu

LG Electronics received a total of 28 awards at the iF Design Awards 2016, setting a new record for a Korean company. Three products from LG took home iF Gold Awards: the Gram 15 …

Tags:21:9| Awards| Back Panel| Cameras| Canon| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED TVs| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 23 - Issue 08

MWC Round-Up

by Bob Raikes

France’s Archos was showing two new smartphones: the Diamond 2+ and Diamond 2 Note. The former has a 5.5″ (1920 x 1080) display, while the latter is 6″ (2560 x 1440). The 2+ has …

Tags:Android| Collaboration| Fingerprint Recognition| HP Inc| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Wearables

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Plenty to See at MobileFocus

by Bob Raikes

On the evening before the main exhibition start, Pepcom held its MobileFocus event. The big attraction for the press that evening in Barcelona was the Samsung press event and that meant a relatively low …

Tags:3D Acquisition| Eyewear| Gaze Recognition| Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Press Events| Smartphones| tablets| USB| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Showstoppers Reveals Projection Tablet and Phones

by Bob Raikes

On the Sunday before the official start of the MWC show, Showstoppers held its annual “meet the vendors” event and we went along. We didn’t think that there were as many companies of interest …

Tags:Embedded Pico Projectors| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Press Events| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Wearables

Xiaomi Takes to Global Stage

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has a reputation as ‘The Apple of the East’, but its prices are far below the Cupertino-based company. Although it had no stand at the show, the firm used MWC to launch its …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08| Xiaomi

Verge-Accommodation Conflict ‘Solved’

by Tom Allen

Chinese researchers have developed a new display with ‘comfortable’ 3D effects, which is claimed to eliminate the sensation of nausea that some people suffer from when using 3D displays. The technology can be used …

Tags:Autostereo 3D| China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 07

Haier Builds on MWC ’15

by Tom Allen

Haier was presenting four new smartphones, two in the existing Voyage series, which debuted at last year’s show, and two in the new Leisure series. The Voyage V6 is Haier’s flagship: a 7.6mm-thick model …

Tags:Europe| Haier| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Nokia Will Re-Enter Smartphone Market

by Tom Allen

Rajeev Suri, CEO of Nokia, confirmed the company’s plans to re-enter the smartphone market at MWC. This did not come as a huge shock, of course – we have been reporting on rumours to …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 3G & 4G| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2016| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 08

Samsung S7 Display Shoot-Out

by Steve Sechrist

Samsung mobile, famous for its AMOLED displays has targeted high brightness and daylight readability in their newest Galaxy S7 flagship offerings. The S7 and Edge achieved an almost 25% brightness increase over last year’s …

Tags:AMOLED| Samsung| Shoot Outs| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 07