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Component Leak Shows Xperia Z4 Size

by Raverstead

The Xperia Z4 is widely expected to be Sony’s next smartphone, and now a website called Future Supplier claims to have seen the touch digitiser for the device. A 5.5″ display with 2560 x …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 21 - Issue 46

QR COdes Used for 3D Image Transfer

by Raverstead

A team of optical engineers at the the University of Connecticut has developed a way to securely display 3D images by scanning a QR code. The QR codes store compressed, encrypted images that can …

Tags:3D| 3D (Three Dimensions)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 46

Samsung Supplies AMOLED to New Customers

by Raverstead

AMOLED panels are being supplied to Russia’s Yotaphone by Samsung Display, industry sources have said. The move is part of a bid to compensate for lost business from SDC’s main buyer, Samsung Electronics. The …

Tags:AMOLED| E Ink| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Sharp to Raise Chinese Supply

by Raverstead

Sharp will supply LCD panels to as many as 25 Chinese smartphone manufacturers from spring 2015, says The Nikkei newspaper. That is 10 more than the company supplies today.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| sharp| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Microsoft Goes to Rock- Bottom Price on First Lumia

by Raverstead

The first smartphone with ‘Microsoft Lumia’ branding has been revealed. The Lumia 535 sports mid-range specifications but an aggressive price: it will cost just €110 ex VAT, when it is launched this month (a …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Samsung to Invest $3 Billion More in Vietnam

by Raverstead

Samsung has announced plans to invest up to $3 billion in a new smartphone factory in Vietnam, to operate alongside its existing facility in Thai Nguyen, close to the capital Hanoi, which was opened …

Tags:Investment| Large Display Monitor| LCD Module Assembly| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Huawei Plans R&D in Korea

by Raverstead

Kevin Ho, president of Huawei’s handset product line, has said that the company is planning to build a new R&D smartphone facility in Korea. Ho did not provide any more information, saying, “we have …

Tags:Huawei| Investment| Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| R&D (Research & Development)| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Tamagotchis Arrive in the 21st Century, Thanks to LG

by Raverstead

Well, this is new. LG is really pursuing the idea that the smartphone is the most personal device that people own, with its new lineup of ‘Aka’ (pronounced Aw-kuh) handsets. Each of the four …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Blackberry’s New Strategy is Bold Move

by Raverstead

John Chen, CEO of Blackberry, has told Reuters that the company may not launch any devices in 2015. Instead, the focus will be on a select few models and ensuring that they remain successful …

Tags:BlackBerry| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 45

Leak Shows ‘Microsoft Lumia’ RM-1090

by Raverstead

Microsoft has dropped the Nokia branding from its Lumia smartphones, and now images of the first ‘Microsoft Lumia’ handset have appeared online. Posted on Chinese social network Weibo, the images show a device referred …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Microsoft| Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 44

SGP Chooses Extenso

by Raverstead

SGP Technologies has chosen Extenso Telecom to distribute its Blackphone Android smartphone in France.

Tags:France| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 21 - Issue 49

Leaks Point to New Thin Phone

by Raverstead

News of a new Samsung phone, the Galaxy A7, has been leaked after being approved by China’s Telecommunication Equipment Certification Centre. According to the leak, the A7 – code-named the SM-A7009 – will have …

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