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Hinges for Z Flip2 and Z Fold3 in Planning

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GSMArena reported that S-Connect – identified as the maker of hinges for Samsung’s foldable phones – has said that it will start mass producing the hinges for the Galaxy Z Flip2 …

Tags:Foldable Devices| Samsung| Smartphones

Top Phone Makers’ Foldable Smartphone Plans

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Korea Herald said that ‘according to industry sources’, Samsung, Apple and Huawei are planning new foldable devices. The Mate X2 from Huawei is due to be launched at MWC Shanghai, …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Huawei| Samsung| Smartphones

More Than 75% of All Streaming Time in Q4 Was on Big Screens

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Despite the long term trend towards consumption of video on mobile devices, Conviva’s State of Streaming Q4 2020 report shows 75% of all viewing time via connected devices was watched on …

Tags:Consoles| PCs| Smart TV| Smartphones| Streaming Dongles| Streaming Video| tablets

Flexible OLED Display Driving Next Generation Smartphones

by Sweta Dash

The smartphone market has slowed down considerably in recent years. It was expected to recover in 2020 with 5G product introductions but the pandemic impacted both supply and demand side in the first half …

Tags:5G| Flexible Displays| LTPO TFT| Market Data| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Touch

Anandtech Finds New Samsung OLED is Remarkably Efficient

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Anandtech has got its hands on a new Samsung S21 Ultra and had a deep dive into the power consumption in various modes, compared to previous Samsung devices. The blog found …

Tags:OLED Materials| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones

Report: Apple Testing In-Display Fingerprint Sensor for iPhone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say PC Magazine, quoting the WSJ, reports that Apple is looking closely at using an under display fingerprint sensor that uses optical technology, rather than the ultrasonic technology used in the Galaxy …

Tags:Apple| Fingerprint Recognition| Qualcomm| Smartphones

Sony Introduces The Xperia PRO 5G Smartphone; More Info at B&H

by Artem Alekseenko

B&H is excited to announce the Sony Xperia PRO, a new device in the ultra-high-end smartphone category that is solidly positioned to appeal to mobile content creators who are eager to leverage burgeoning 5G …

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Sony Introduces The Xperia PRO 5G Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Sony has announced the Xperia Pro 5G smartphone for professional content creators. Unusually, it has an UltraHD 6.5″ HDR OLED display that can be driven from an external HDMI source. That …

Tags:HDMI| HDR - High Dynamic Range| OLEDs| Smartphones| sony

More on Samsung’ S21 OLED Materials

by Bob Raikes

What They Say In digging around about the new Samsung Display OLED materials (Samsung Display Unveils New Low-power OLED Display for Smartphones), reported to be an M11 OLED materials set by The Elec, we …

Tags:OLED Materials| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| UDC

Samsung Display Unveils New Low-power OLED Display for Smartphones

by Artem Alekseenko

Samsung Display Company announced a new low-power OLED display for smartphones that reduces power consumption up to 16 percent. Samsung Display, the world’s largest OLED producer, developed the new OLED smartphone display after commercializing …

Tags:OLED Materials| OLEDs| Samsung Display| Smartphones

LG Mulls Exit from Smartphone Market

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LG Electronics told the Korea Herald that after losing $4.5 billion over recent years, it is considering dropping out of the smartphone business. CEO Kwon Bong-seok said “Regardless of any change …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Reorganisation & Restructuring| Smartphones