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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% …

Tags:Automotive| Flexible Displays| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| SID Display Week 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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 …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| SID Display Week 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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 …

Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Small Medium LCDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

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

Newest Build Brings Improvements to Google Pixel XL 2 Display

by Andrew Fenn

LG and Google have improved upon the Pixel 2 XL’s OLED display, which has been marred with issues since its release last year, according to the OLED-A. The publication says that, as of the …

Tags:Google| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 21

HMD Announces Updated Nokia Smartphone Range

by Andrew Fenn

Nokia’s smartphone business HMD has announced updates to three of its models — Nokia 2.1, 3.1 and 5.1 — all running Android Oreo, with support for Google’s Android One programme and prices starting from …

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

Xiaomi Opens New Retail Store in Europe

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi has opened a bricks-and-mortar store in Paris, France. The store sells smartphones and accessories, including speakers, while an on-site showroom displays products that aren’t available yet, which isn’t just limited to smartphone products …

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

Report: Essential Has Cancelled New Smartphone and Is up for Sale

by Andrew Fenn

Essential Products, the smartphone startup headed up by Android founder Andy Rubin, has cancelled development of its next smartphone and is reportedly going up for sale. Rubin downplayed the reports in a tweet but …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 20

Taiwan Smartphone Sales Decline for Fifth Consecutive Month

by Andrew Fenn

Sales of smartphones in Taiwan have declined for the fifth consecutive month, Digitimes Research said, citing data from local retail channels. Smartphone sales apparently fell to 490,000 units in April 2018. In terms of …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Taiwan| Vol 25 - Issue 20