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Lenovo showed off a laptop with an expanding display and a similar rollout smartphone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo and its Motorola brand both showed rollable OLEDs at its recent Tech World Event. There was a new rollable concept smartphone and also a rollable notebook that can expand to …

Samsung Display planning to apply transparent polyimide substrate to foldable OLED panel

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Samsung Display Corp (SDC) will use a very transparent polyimide substrate for its foldable OLED panels from 2024 to boost the transmission of light for under display …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartphones| Under-Display Cameras

Google makes AV1 codec support mandatory for Android 14

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google has said that it plans to require hardware makers to support the AV1 codec in tablets and smartphones to allow support for Android 14, which is due to be in …

EU Mandates USB Type-C

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The European Parliament passed the regulation, recommended by the EU Commission, that will mean that all new phones and tablets sold in the EU from the autumn of 2024 will have …

Tags:iOS (Apple)| Smartphones| USB

Apple Reportedly Slows Down iPhone 14 Series Production, But Still Well Ahead of 2021 per DSCC, Pro Max Up 18% Y/Y

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC added its views to the discussion about the adjustments in Apple’s iPhone 14 plans. The firm compared its survey on smartphone panels with the Bloomberg reports and currently sees iPhone 14 …

Tags:Apple| Smartphones| Supply Chain

Are Z Flip 4 and Z Fold 4 Volumes Coming Down vs. Expectations? Q4 Looks Soft

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC quotes a report from Hyundai Securities that suggests that Samsung’s sales of foldable smartphones may be just 10 million down from previous estimates of 15 million. DSCC said that Flip …

Links Week Starting 3rd October 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 – only a few as I have …

Ray Soneira Loves the iPhone 14 Pro Max

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ray Soneira of DisplayMate has put the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max through his barrage of tests and found it to be very good. It has exceptionally high peak brightness (low …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| OLEDs| Smartphones| Testing

Study: Screens help cognitive development in children

by Bob Raikes

What They Say We’ve all seen reports that too much screen time is bad for children, in particular. However in a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, a team from the UK and France …

Tags:Smartphones| tablets| TV Viewing

Links Week Ending 23rd September 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 end of this week. There are a lot again as I was …

iFixit tested Samsung’s new foldable smartphones and the Apple iPhone 14

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ifixit has torn down the iPhone 14 and was happy to find that the handset seems to be easier to repair and sees that as ‘a big deal’. It points out …

Tags:Apple| Repair| Smartphones| warranty

NYT Looks at Long Life Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The New York Times looked at the idea of getting smartphones to have an extended life. The main content is about the Fairphone company in Amsterdam. (Trends to Help Save the …

Tags:Environment| Smartphones