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50% of Consumers Will Use Mobile Payments by 2018

by Tom Allen

Mobile payments are gaining traction in developed countries, says Gartner; half of consumers in mature markets are expected to use smartphones or wearables for mobile payments by 2018. The trend is especially prominent in …

Tags:Gartner| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Netflix| Pay TV| Payment Systems| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables

Samsung Follows Apple

by Tom Allen

Apple’s iPhone 6S was the first phone with a pressure-sensitive screenAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Samsung will add a pressure-sensitive display to the Galaxy S7. Other new features will include a USB-C port …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Huawei Honours USA at CES

by Tom Allen

Honor, Huawei’s low-cost smartphone brand, has sent invitations out to a press event at CES. The brand is expected to launch its products in the USA at the time. President of Honor Global, George …

Tags:CES 2016| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Apple Successfully Transitioned to Smartphone Warranties

by Tom Allen

Warranty Week has examined Apple’s warranty business. As well as being one of the world’s largest product warranty providers, the company also runs one of the world’s largest extended warranty plans – largely due …

Tags:Apple| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 50| warranty

Blu Lowers Cost of Large Display

by Tom Allen

Blu Products’ first flagship smartphone for 2016 is the Life One X: a dual-SIM, metal-chassis model with a 5.2″ display. A mid-range 4G model, the Life One X is housed in aircraft-grade aluminium. It …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 50

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 49

by Tom Allen

Amazon has released a ‘Reader’s Edition’ of its Kindle Fire HD 8 tablet, which combines the device with a year-long subscription to Kindle Unlimited; a leather cover; and a new feature called Blue Shade. …

Tags:Amazon| AMOLED| Blue Light| Distribution| Germany| India| Japan| Kyocera| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Is the Time of Displays Driving Smartphone Sale Coming to an End?

by Norbert Hildebrand

A recent article published by Business Insider (‘A Google director explains how your smartphone will look in 5 years’) included an interview with Aparna Chennapragada, a Google director, at the Web Summit tech conference …

Tags:Apple| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Opinion| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Apple Scores $550m Payout From Samsung

by Tom Allen

Apple has won a patent dispute against Samsung in the USA. The Korean company will be forced to pay $548 million, as part of the $1 billion settlement in damages that Apple was awarded …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Patents| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 49

Samsung’s Payment System Arrives in UK Next Year

by Tom Allen

New phones have been announced in Samsung’s Galaxy A range, which will be launched in the UK next April, and then expanded to global markets. Three sizes will be available: a 5.5″ (A7), 5.2″ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Payment Systems| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 48

Rumours Abound About Nokia Return

by Tom Allen

An article on Mobile Choice UK claims that Nokia may be planning a return to the mobile market, with a mid-range phone called the C1. The phone would be available in two versions – …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 48