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Mobile Gaming to Account for More Than 50% of the Global Market in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Newzoo forecasts that mobile gaming will continue to be the largest segment of the overall gaming market, following 10 years of double-digit growth since the first iPhone was launched in 2007. In total, mobile …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Cambridge University Makes “Commercially Groundbreaking” Battery Discovery

by Andrew Fenn

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK have discovered a method of making super-fast-charging lithium ion batteries using niobium tungsten oxides, hailing the development as “commercially groundbreaking”. Image: Pixabay …

Tags:Batteries| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Sprint and LG to Release First 5G Smartphone in the US

by Andrew Fenn

Sprint has announced it will collaborate with LG to deliver the first mobile 5G smartphone in the US in the first half of 2019. Sprint says its customers will be among the first in …

Tags:5G| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 31

Samsung Unpacked 2018: The Galaxy Note 9 is Here

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung took to the stage today to officially launch the Galaxy Note 9, alongside its new Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Home smart speaker and enhanced integration with Bixby voice control and Spotify music across the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smart Home & Home Networks| Smartphones| Smartwatches| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Image Reported to be of New LCD iPhone Leaked Online

by Andrew Fenn

An image said to be of the 6.1″ LCD iPhone due for release later this year has surfaced online. The picture is of the back of the device and, in line with other recent …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Motorola Z3 Smartphone is Forward-Compatible with 5G Networks

by Andrew Fenn

Motorola launched its Z3 Play smartphone in June and the standard Z3 will join the line-up later this month. Both handsets are the newest to support the company’s range of MotoMods attachments. Interestingly, the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30

The Best Smartphone Camera You May Never Use

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it we’ve been doing a lot of coverage on China-based Huawei’s rise to smartphone prominence and it recently edged out Apple as the number two selling brand worldwide. In Q2 …

Tags:Digital Photography| Huawei| iPhone| Market Data| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30

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Sharp OLED Business Ramping Up, Appliances Moving

by Bob Raikes

Unconfirmed reports from Asia suggest that Sharp will start to ship smartphones using the company’s own OLED panels in Q4, with EVP Katsuaki Nomura quoted as the source of the information. Separately, Sharp has …

Tags:Japan| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30

Huawei Launches the Honor Note 10 in China

by Andrew Fenn

Huawei has officially launched the Honor Note 10. The device features a 6.95″ AMOLED display, featuring a 1080 × 2220 resolution, 355 pixels per inch and a 18.5:9 aspect ratio, as well as HDR10 …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 29

IDC: Overall Smartphone Market Declines 1.8% in 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342 million units during the second quarter of 2018, resulting in a 1.8% decline when compared to the 348.2 million units shipped in the second …

Tags:Apple| Huawei| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 29

Xiaomi Smartphone Sales in Taiwan Up 150% During 2018 Q2

by Andrew Fenn

Digitimes reports that smartphone sales in Taiwan dropped down to 451,000 units in June 2018, from 520,000 in May and 490,000 in April. Citing data from PChome24h, the publication also revealed that, in spite …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 29