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HiSense Reveals Another Dual-Screen Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

HiSense has officially revealed its next dual-screen smartphone, the A6. The device incorporates a 6.01″ AMOLED display with a resolution of 2160 × 1080 and 402 ppi but, similar to the company’s A2 handset …

Tags:Hisense| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Silead Bringing New Under-Display Fingerprint Sensor to Market

by Andrew Fenn

China’s Silead has informed Digitimes that it has begun developing a new under-display fingerprint sensor. The new module is based on the company’s MEMS-CMOS platform and uses piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers. The company expects …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Global Small-to-Medium LCD Panel Shipments to Fall from 2018 – 2023

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes Research predicts that annual worldwide shipments of small-to-medium-size TFT LCD panels will decline at a CAGR of 3.5% between 2018 and 2023, falling to 2.02 billion units. The decline of TFT LCD will …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

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Samsung Sheds More Light on Galaxy Note 9 S Pen Development

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has released more information about its new S Pen device, its development and its features. The Galaxy Note 9 S Pen incorporates Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) technology, turning the stylus into a remote control. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pen Input| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

LG Officially Launches V40 ThinQ — It’s Got Five Cameras

by Andrew Fenn

LG has officially launched its next flagship smartphone, the V40 ThinQ, which packs in five camera modules and a few other upgrades into a glass and aluminium body. The device features a 6.4″ OLED …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Qualcomm Loses Ground in Patent Infringement Battle with Apple

by Andrew Fenn

The patent and royalty-related legal battle between Apple and Qualcomm rumbles on. Most recently, a California judge ruled that hundreds of millions of smartphone buyers have paid over the odds for their devices as …

Tags:Apple| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

Samsung Galaxy P30 Images Appear on TENAA Website

by Andrew Fenn

Images of Samsung’s China-exclusive P30 smartphone have appeared on the website of TENAA, otherwise known as The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China — let’s stick with TENAA, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

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IDC Philippines: Smartphone Shipments Bounce Back

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, smartphone shipments in the Philippines reached 7.8 million units during the first half of 2018, a 5.6% growth year-on-year, allowing the market to bounce back from the -6.6% decline experienced in …

Tags:IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 38

DisplayMate Makes XS Test

by Bob Raikes

DisplayMate’s Ray Soneira has published its review of the display on the new iPhone XS Max. The new phone has more brightness, better accuracy and 22% more display area. As usual with Apple displays, …

Tags:iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 37

Apple’s New iPhones Will Give OLED a Boost

by Sweta Dash

Apple introduced three new models of iPhones on September 12, 2018. Two of those models came with OLED displays and one with LCD. Apple’s star power has been setting smart phone display industry trends …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| iPhone| LCD Panels| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 37

LG to Announce V35 ThinQ Successor Next Month

by Andrew Fenn

LG will officially launch its next flagship smartphone at an event in New York on October 3rd. The V40 ThinQ is the successor to the V35, which launched in June. According to GSMArena, it …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 36

Samsung Launches Galaxy A7 with Triple-Lens Primary Camera

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung has launched its new Galaxy A7 smartphone. The device features a 6″ Super AMOLED display, with a resolution of 1080 × 2220, 441ppi and a 18.5:9 aspect ratio. It runs Android 8, powered …

Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 36