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ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces ROG Phone 5 Series

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Asus launched the latest ROG gaming phone, the Phone 5 Series. The phone uses a 144Hz Samsung AMOLED with 1080 x 2448 and 300Hz touch sampling as well as Delta-E <1 …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| OLEDs| Smartphones

Apple slashes planned iPhone 12 mini production for 1H

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Apple plans to ‘slash’ its production plans for iPhone 12 mini in the first half of 2012, although it still has an annual target of 230 million for …

Tags:5G| Apple| Smartphones

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Links for w/c 8th March 2021

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. Samsung Taiwan to provide commerical displays for …

Tags:Large LCD Supply| LFD - Large Format Display| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smartphones| sony| TVs (TV Sets)

Links for w/c 22nd March 2021

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. Hisense TVs Certified WiSA Ready, WiSA’s Interoperability …

Tags:5G| audio| Dolby Vision| OLEDs| Repair| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)| xBox

Oppo Rollable Concept Demonstrated

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The BBC had a look at a rollable smartphone concept developed by Oppo. The broadcaster said that there is a crease, but it’s not visible in use. The smartphone is said …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Smartphones

Global smartphone shipments to grow 50% in 1Q21

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Digitimes Research is forecasting that smartphone sales will be up 50% year on year to 340 million units in Q1 2021 with sales of Apple handsets going well (forecast at >60 …

Tags:Apple| Forecasts| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones

Red Magic 6’s screen to exceed 144Hz refresh rate

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GSMArena reports that smartphone maker, Nubia, plans to release a Red Magic smartphone with more than 144Hz refresh. The site said that the Red Magic 5 was the first to offer …

Tags:HFR - High Frame Rate| Smartphones

Huawei unveils new foldable phone despite US crackdown

by Bob Raikes

What They Say As expected, Huawei has launched its Mate X2 foldable smartphone which has an in-folding design using panels from BOE, according to Nikkei. The 8.01″ inside screen is backed up with a …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Huawei| Smartphones

Samsung Developing Foldable OLED Panels for Oppo, Xiaomi and Google

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec in Korea reports that Samsung Display is developing foldable OLED panels for new in-folding smartphones from Oppo, Xiaomi and Google. The report said that the Oppo is a 7.7″ …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Samsung Display| Smartphones