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Asus Expects Shipment Growth

by Tom Allen

Asus has said that it shipped 5.5 million smartphones in Q3, and expects this to rise to 7 million units in Q4. Such a result would put annual shipments at 20 million units. Asus …

Tags:Asus| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Philips Puts SoftBlue in Smartphones

by Tom Allen

Philips has differentiated its newest smartphones – the Sapphire S616 and Sapphire Life V787 – by incorporating its SoftBlue technology in the displays. SoftBlue lowers the blue light output of a screen – by …

Tags:Blue Light| China| Mobile Display Monitor| Philips| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 45

Rufus Labs Wants to Replace Smartphones – and Might

by Tom Allen

The Rufus Cuff, from Rufus Labs, was funded on Indiegogo last year, and is almost ready to start shipping. Set to reach customers early next year, the wearable is designed to be the first …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 22 - Issue 50| Wearables

Apple

Hon Hai May be Only 4″ iPhone Maker

by Milos Pavlovic

A client note from KGI Securities, quoted in the Taipei Times, said that Hon Hai is likely to be the only maker of Apple’s 4″ iPhone next year. The spec is likely to be …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 44

OnePlus Designs Budget Flagship – With AMOLED

by Tom Allen

China’s OnePlus is back, with a new round of invitations to sell its newest smartphone: the OnePlus X. Designed as a ‘flagship on a budget’, the OnePlus X will cost $250 – although there …

Tags:Europe| India| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 44

LeTV Le1S smartphone

LeTV Has Ambitious Smartphone Plans

by Tom Allen

LeTV has set a shipment goal of 10 million units for its new smartphone, the Le1S (Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV).

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 44

Motorola Confident in ‘Shatterproof’ Display

by Tom Allen

The stand-out feature of Motorola’s new Droid phone – the brand name for phones produced with Verizon – is its ‘shatterproof’ display. The company is so confident that the display cannot be damaged, in …

Tags:Glass| Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| USA| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Samsung Adopts Corning

by Tom Allen

Samsung Display has chosen to use Corning Lotus NXT Glass as a backplane substrate for its LTPS OLED panels. These panels are used in the Galaxy Note 5.

Tags:AMOLED| Corning| Glass| Large Display Monitor| LTPS TFT| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Sharp Supplies Panel for 120″ TV

by Tom Allen

China’s LeTV has produced new products in the largest and smallest ends of the consumer display market. The uMax Super TV was unveiled at an event in Beijing, and is a 120″ LCD TV, …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 43

Hudway develops low cost HUD based on your phone

by Norbert Hildebrand

There are several smartphone apps that can turn your handheld phone into a head up display by inverting the displayed image, so that after reflecting off the windshield, the driver will see the displayed …

Tags:Automotive| Head Up Displays HUDs| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones

Tech Data Mobile Takes BQ

by Tom Allen

Tech Data Mobile is now distributing tablets, smartphones, 3D printers and related accessories from BQ in France.

Tags:Distribution| France| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| TechData| Vol 22 - Issue 43

One A9 Launch Price is Limited Offer

by Tom Allen

HTC has said that the $400 price point for the HTC One A9 (HTC is First Outside Google With Android 6.0) is a limited special offer for the US only. The phone’s actual retail …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Smartphones| Vol 22 - Issue 43