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by Andrew Fenn
Android Pie — the official name for the next major update to Google’s mobile operating system — is now rolling out to select devices. Among many new features, the status bar has been split, …
Tags:Android| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 30
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
by Andrew Fenn
Digitimes Research has released new data indicating that shipments of smartphones from China-based vendors increased by 20% year-on-year during the second quarter of 2018, up to 176 million units. The publication also surmises that …
Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 29
by Andrew Fenn
Samsung has teased the forthcoming reveal of its Galaxy Note 9 phablet, with a series of short videos highlighting the common struggles that smartphone users face every day, including short battery life, running out …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 29
by Andrew Fenn
DSCC has released its OLED Smartphone Cost Report for the second quarter of 2018, highlighting a number of issues in the market. The report illuminates the huge impact of fab utilisation on fixed costs …
Tags:Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 28
by Andrew Fenn
According to Digitimes, Xiaomi’s expansion into the South Korean smartphone market is “heaping pressure” on Samsung. The company recently launched its Redmi Note 5 handset in the region, priced at KRW 299,000 (about $265). …
Tags:Korea| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 28
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