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Global smartphone shipments reach 650 million units in 1H21, says Digitimes Research

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research reports that 650 million smartphones will be sold in the first half of 2021, with Samsung Electronics, Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo the top five brands and all up …

Tags:5G| Forecasts| Market Data| Smartphones

Samsung Display to begin foldable OLED panel production for Google in October

by Milos Pavlovic

What They Say Samsung Display is to start supplying foldable OLED panels to Google, Vivo and Xiaomi in October according to TheElec. Google will use a 7.6″ display, while Vivo’s is expected to have …

LTPO is a Hot Technology – but What Is It?

by Bob Raikes

For some time, I have been looking for a good explanation of the LTPO technology that is increasingly being used in display backplanes. I’m grateful to Ross Young for looking at this as part …

Huawei Brings HarmonyOS to is Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei has rolled out its HarmonyOS V2.0 on its smartphones after it was barred by the US government from using Google’s software and a range of semiconductors. AP reports that about …

Tags:Huawei| Operating Systems| Smartphones

HTC Publishes Repair Manuals on iFixit

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The WSJ reported that HTC Corp has started started publishing repair manuals for its consoles and selling some replacement parts through the community repair site iFixit. “If you can design to …

Tags:HTC| Notebooks| Right to Repair| Smartphones

Lenovo Making Hay – even in Smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lenovo had a great year in 20/21 and reported fourth quarter financial year revenue up 48% to $15.6 billion with net income of $260 million, up 512%. For the year, the …

Tags:Financial Data| Lenovo| Smartphones

The Pixel 6 Pro Renders Leaked

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Leaked alleged renders of the Google Pixel 6 Pro suggest that the device will have a 6.67″ OLED display, which GSMArena reports as having 1080×2400 resolution and 120Hz refresh, although that …

Tags:Google| OLEDs| Smartphones

Global smartphone shipments to decline in 2Q21, says Digitimes Research

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes said that it expects Q2 to see smartphone shipments decline because of chip shortages. Overall the firm saw 47% year on year growth in Q1. Samsung was up 15.9% to …

Tags:Forecasts| Market Data| SID Display Week 2021| Smartphones

Sharp Has a Phone with an IGZO OLED and 1″ Camera Sensor

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sharpo announced a new Aquos R6 smartphone in the Japanese market. It has only a single back camera, but it has a 1″ sensor, the biggest ever on a smartphone and …

Tags:IGZO| OLEDs| sharp| Smartphones

Google Pixel 6 might not have under-display camera, but Pixel 7 might

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Lets Go Digital has spotted a patent application from Google for an under-display camera. The site said (in translation): The camera sensor and lens are placed under the screen. The second …

Tags:Cameras| Google| Smartphones

Letsgodigital Creates Renders of Flip 3/Fold 3

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Letsgodigital has shown some product renders of the anticipated Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 which were created by designer, Giuseppe Spinelli. The new model is expected to have a larger 1.83″ …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co. is mulling multiple new smartphone launches in August

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Yonhap in Korea reports that because it is not expected to launch new Galaxy Note models this August, Samsung may bring forward the timings for its next set of smartphones. The …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones