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IHS: iPhone X Led Global Smartphone Unit Shipments in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

As global smartphone shipments reached 345.5 million units in the first quarter of 2018, Apple iPhone X was the leading model, with 12.7 million units shipped. According to IHS Markit, iPhone 8 ranked second, …

Xiaomi Mi 8 Sells Out in Under Two Minutes

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 8, went on sale in China yesterday — and sold out in a little over a minute-and-a-half. How many units this equates to is as yet unknown but …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22| Xiaomi

Rumoured LCD Notch Design iPhone Delayed Until November?

by Andrew Fenn

The 6.1″ LCD iPhone rumoured for release later this year could miss Apple’s usual September launch window, instead releasing two months later in November, according to a report from Korean publication “The Bell”. It …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

New Oppo Smartphone to Make Its Debut in France

by Andrew Fenn

Oppo has officially announced Oppo Find X. The new flagship smartphone will be unveiled at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France on June 19th. The surprise reboot was first teased on June 1st with …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Republic of Gamers Announces Gaming Smartphone and Two New Notebooks

by Andrew Fenn

Asus’ sub-brand Republic of Gamers (ROG) recently hosted a press event at Computex 2018, unveiling a new line-up of gaming products, including the first ROG gaming smartphone. The ROG Phone features a GameCool 3D …

Tags:Asus| Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

KN01 Press Breakfast and Keynote

by Bob Raikes

Sri Peruvemba is the head of marketing for SID and he presented the annual press breakfast event. We were up early to get there for you. Pre-registration was looking very good and up 15% …

BC16 Visionox Optimistic about OLED

by Bob Raikes

Terry Yu is Marketing Director for Visionox although at one time he was an analyst at DisplaySearch and IHS. He looked at the development of OLED. Quoting data from GfK, Yu showed how the …

Gigaset Reveals First Smartphone Produced in Germany

by Andrew Fenn

Gigaset is the first manufacturer to move a proportion of its smartphone production to Germany — and its new GS185 model is the first smartphone to be produced in the country. The Gigaset GS185 …

Tags:Germany| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Galaxy Note 9 To be Delayed?

by Bob Raikes

Samsung is reported to have decided to reduce the thickness of the cover glass on the expected Galaxy Note 9 by 0.5mm after a senior executive compared the phone to others based on OLEDs …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

Supply Tightening for Smartphone Panels

by Bob Raikes

China-based research company, Sigmaintell Research has forecast that supply demand balance for smartphone displays will get closer to equilibrium in the third quarter of 2018, as seasonal demand patterns drive volume growth to around …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 22

Analysts Cast Doubts on All-OLED iPhone Line-up in 2019

by Andrew Fenn

Earlier this week, a report from Korea’s ET Times indicated that a source from Apple had revealed that the company’s 2019 iPhone line-up will feature another three models, all with OLED panels, as opposed …

Galaxy X Foldable Smartphone to Launch at MWC 2019?

by Andrew Fenn

The OLED-A reported earlier this week that Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy X foldable OLED smartphone could launch as early as February 2019, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Samsung Foldable Still On for …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21