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Oppo’s X 2021 rollable concept phone expands in your hand

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Oppo has shown the Engadget blog a rollable smartphone that can change from a landscape 6.7″ size to a squarer ‘tablet-like’ 7.4″ diagonal, with the software automatically compensating. It’s still ‘a …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones

Specs and features of Samsung’s Galaxy S21 smartphones

by Bob Raikes

What They Say There has been a leak of information about Samsung’s Galaxy S21 phones which are expected to be launched in January, a but earlier in the year than usual. The displays are …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)

Touch or Touchless Touch?

by Bob Raikes

There is no question that, especially since the arrival of the iPhone and iPad, the use of touch displays as an interface has become ubiquitous. However, the technology is not without its drawbacks, especially …

Tags:Kiosks| Smartphones| Touch| Touchless Touch

Forget Galaxy S21 — Samsung’s ‘surround display’ phone looks incredible

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LetsgoDigital, the Dutch website, has done a good job again with making renders from patent submissions. This time, it has some great images of a new concept from Samsung with a …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Samsung| Smartphones

China’s Luxshare aims to begin iPhone assembly ahead of schedule

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Nikkei reported that Chinese supplier, Luxshare (What Bob Saw on the Net 25 08 2020), which is buying a factory from Wistron, has been allowed to see the production of the …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Production| Smartphones

LG Display to Expand OLED Supply to Apple

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec has said that LG Display is expanding its E6-1 and E6-2 lines to boost output by 25K/month additional substrates of LTPO (5K, then 10K in May 2021 and another …

MicroLED Technology in Pursuit of TV and Smartphone Displays; Aledia, Jade Bird Compared to OLEDs (Part 2)

by Barry Young

Yesterday, we looked at the way that Aledia is developing its Nanowire microLED technology. Today we look at the cost issues and practicalities. The next list shows the many approaches that have been proposed …

Tags:MicroLED| OLEDs| Smartphones| TVs (TV Sets)

LG rollable smartphone Explorer is ‘Project B’

by Bob Raikes

What They Say LetsGoDigital has produced some CAD renders of an LG rollable smartphone concept that was outlined by LG Electronics in a patent application for a smartphone using a rollable display. The device …

Global smartphone shipments improve in 3Q20

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Global smartphone shipments fell by slightly over 6% on year in the third quarter of 2020, improving significantly from the previous two quarters as demand for smartphones outside the China market …

Tags:5G| Smartphone Market| Smartphones

Video leak shows off TCL’s rollable smartphone screen tech

by Bob Raikes

What They Say GizChina spotted a video showing a rollable OLED prototype from TCL that rolls out from 4.5″ to 6.7″ and is said to be able to survive 200K operations. What We Think …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Smartphones| TCL

Huawei’s next foldable phone could have a clamshell design like the Galaxy Z Flip

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Huawei has filed for patents for a phone concept that folds from top to bottom, rather than from left to right. A secondary display allows checking of messages etc. What We …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Foldable Devices| Huawei| Patents| Smartphones

Huawei Mate 40 Pro Spec is Leaked

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The details of the new Huawei Mate 40 series have been leaked with the P40 Pro reported to be using a 2772 x 1344 ‘waterfall’ display and an in-display fingerprint sensor. …

Tags:Huawei| Smartphones| TSMC