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Chinese smartphone brands see shipments decline in 3Q22, says DIGITIMES Research

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research said that Chinese smartphone brands are likely to have shipped around 140 million units in Q3, down 5.5% sequentially and 18.2% YoY, quoting Digitimes Research as the source. The drop …

Tags:China| Smartphone Market| Smartphones

Samsung S23 Launch on Schedule

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea JoongAng Daily reported that Samsung is to launch the next Galaxy S23 smartphone in the US in February, which is in line with the ‘traditional’ timetable. The story puts …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones

Full Screen Security Using Organic Photo Diodes

by Ian Hendy

I almost dropped my spoon. I was watching the IMID Keynote from Samsung Display Corp (SDC) CEO JS Choi. He announced a new vision for the future of the industry’s number 2 (by revenue) …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| OLEDs| Sensors| Smartphones

Samsung may be readying a Self Repair Assistant app

by Bob Raikes

What They Say reports that Samsung has submitted a patent application in the US for a “Self Repair Assistant” that is described as a “computer application software for mobile phones” for self-repair, self-maintenance, and self-installation …

Tags:Repair| Right to Repair| Samsung| Smartphones

Samsung Sees Significant Adoption of Foldable Smartphones as Enterprise Demand Doubles

by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Electronics announced the number of Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip smartphones sold for enterprise use has more than doubled year on year. From January to October 2022, the number of foldable …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

DXOMark Rates the Google Pixel 7

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DXOMark had a good look at the Google Pixel 7. The site rated the display performance as ‘excellent… for its segment’ and an improvement from the Pixel 6. It was close …

Tags:Google| Smartphones| Testing

Too Late for Christmas iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Hat-tip to Macworld for pointing out that the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max supply issues mean that it’s now too late to get one of those models in time for …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Smartphones| Supply Chain

trinamiX Face Authentication Optimized for New Snapdragon Mobile Platform at Snapdragon Summit 2022

by Bob Raikes

What They Say BASF spin-off, Trinamix GmbH said at the Snapdragon Summit that it has certified face recognition technology for smartphones that can sit behind an OLED and is included in a Qualcomm reference …

Tags:face recognition| OLEDs| Qualcomm| Smartphones

Samsung’s Galaxy M54 OLED to be developed by BOE and CSOT

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that a new OLED display for a budget Samsung smartphone for the Southeast Asia market, the M54, is being developed by BOE and CSOT. It is unclear whether …

Tags:BOE| CSOT| OLEDs| Smartphones

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Supports 8K60p AV1 Decoding

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Qualcomm has announced its latest APU, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 which adds hardware support for decoding AV1 video at 8K60fps with HDR support for HDR10+, HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision. (Qualcomm is adding …

DSCC Webinar Updates on Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

Sweta recently gave a summary of the recent DSCC Global Display Supply Chain Dynamics and Technology Outlook Conference, which took place virtually last month. She covered the TV and IT segments (DSCC Supply Chain …

Links Week Starting 14th November 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Interested in VFX? – BorisFX held a …