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What comes after smartphones?

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The interesting Benedict Evans, who publishes a general technology email (freemium model) that included this week an interesting article that discusses ‘What comes after smartphones’. He takes a very generalised view …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Forecasts| Smartphones| Virtual Reality

Samsung Display to supply more OLED for iPhones in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that Apple is expected to ship 160 million to 180 million iPhones using OLED in 2021, quoting sources in Samsung Display (SD). Around 100 million will be iPhone …

Samsung Dominating Foldable Smartphone Market, Big Changes Coming in 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say DSCC put out its new forecast report that foldable panel shipments will hit 3.1 million units, with revenue rising 394% to $462 million, but below earlier expectations because Huawei could not …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphones

Oppo Shows Unusual Flexible Smartphone Concept

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has shown a concept phone based on a folding design, the Oppo X Nendo, a collaboration with the design company Nendo of Japan. There are three hinges and the device …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

Samsung Galaxy S21 cameras show up in first real world photo leak

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There are reports of the first leaked image, rather than renders, of the forthcoming S21 Ultra and S21 Plus. The Youtube video has details of the cameras, but sadly no image …

Tags:Cameras| Samsung| Smartphones

Links for the Week

by Bob Raikes

Here are some links for the week that might be interesting, but do not need much of a comment Global semiconductor sales grow in October, says SIA Smartphone OLED prices to drop from oversupply: …

Samsung Galaxy S21 screen leak says it’ll be remarkably different to the Galaxy S20

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung may move away from using curved edges to its displays in the Samsung Galaxy S21 smartphone, due early next year. There is a possibility according to the report that a …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones

Samsung’s free TV service is coming to more Galaxy phones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Samsung developed its TV Plus service to provide content to the brand’s smartTV systems. Now it has been rolled out to Galaxy Z Fold2, Z Flip, and original Galaxy Fold. The …

Tags:OTT Video| Samsung| Smartphones| Streaming Video

iPhone 12 teardown showcases South Korean parts makers

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei, in cooperation with Tokyo-based research specialist Fomalhaut Techno Solutions, stripped down an iPhone 12 and found that 26.8% of the value of the smartphone was accounted for by components from …

Tags:iPhone| Smartphones| Teardowns

iPhone 12 Pro Max OLED Display Technology Shoot-Out

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Ray Soneira has published his in-depth review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max display and found it to be at the leading edge of OLED (and other) smartphones. As usual, he …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Measurement| OLEDs| Smartphones

Oppo Will Have a Full CMS Next Year

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo said in its technical event this week that its Find X3 series would support the DCI P3 colour gamut with 10 bit colour and that it would have a managed …

Tags:China| Colour Management & Processing| Smartphones