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EISA Mobile Winners are Varied

by Tom Allen

Winners of the 2015-2016 EISA awards, from the European Imaging and Sound Association, have been announced. In the mobile category, results were mixed, with no one company dominating. Huawei’s P8 took ‘European Consumer Smartphone’, …

Samsung Announces Launch Dates for Groundbreaking Mobile Payment Service: Samsung Pay

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., unveiled today that Samsung Pay, a secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service that can be used to make purchases nearly everywhere cards are accepted, will launch in Korea on August …

Tags:Payment Systems| Samsung| Smartphones

Samsung Beats Apple to Flagship Punch

by Tom Allen

Skipping its normal IFA unveiling, Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event in mid-August to show off its newest flagship smartphones. It is thought that the earlier announcement was to ‘steal a march’ on Apple’s …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 33

by Tom Allen

Xiaomi has shown a new 4G smartphone in China. The Hongmi Note 2 costs between CNY785 ($120) and CNY950 ($150). The product has an octa-core 64-bit processor from Mediatek, a 5.5″ display (1920 x …

UltraHD Screen for Sony’s Z5 Plus

by Milos Pavlovic

A user-agent profile for Sony’s upcoming Xperia Z5 Plus has been uncovered, which suggests that the smartphone will feature an UltraHD display. The profile, for all variants of the phone, lists a resolution of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| UltraHD| Vol 22 - Issue 33

Samsung Remains Ahead of the Curve with Bold, Big Screen Smartphones

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., announced today the global launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ and Galaxy Note5. Both devices represent Samsung’s commitment to the big screen smartphone market, which Samsung boldly pioneered in …

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Foxconn Set for Success in Emerging Markets

by Tom Allen

As more smartphone vendors look to Brazil and India, Foxconn will benefit, say sources from Asia. Vendors are seeking local production partners, as Brazilian and Indian governments are imposing high tariff rates on imported …

Smartphones Lose Ground in OLED Shipments

by Tom Allen

63.1 million OLED displays were shipped worldwide in Q2’15, according to The OLED Association (OLED-A), up 7% QoQ and 28% YoY. 91% of these shipments were for smartphones, followed by wearables (7%) and small …

Lenovo’s Z1 Features Full-Speed USB

by Tom Allen

Lenovo is the newest Chinese manufacturer to include USB-C on its smartphones: this time in the form of the ZUK (unfortunate branding – TA) Z1. Unlike rivals with USB-C, such as the OnePlus 2, …

Tags:Lenovo| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USB| Vol 22 - Issue 32

Mobiles and Monitors

by Tom Allen

We here at Meko publish two periodicals: Large Display Monitor, for anything larger than a notebook, and Mobile Display Monitor, for notebooks and anything smaller. Aside from these devices, there is little product crossover …

Smartphones Overtake Laptops in UK

by Tom Allen

Smartphones have overtaken laptops as the UK’s most popular device for accessing the internet, according to research by Ofcom. 66% of Brits now own a smartphone, using it for almost two hours every day …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UK (United Kingdom)| Vol 22 - Issue 32

In-House AP Use Rising in China

by Tom Allen

Huawei and Xiaomi will use more in-house developed application processors in their smartphones in the future, say Asian sources. Huawei’s subsidiairy, Hisilicon Technologies, has raised its technological capability, while Xiaomi has obtained licences from …