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Another Analyst Predicts Three New iPhones for 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Investment firm RBC Capital has corroborated predictions from analysts including Forbes and KGI Securities that Apple will release three new iPhone models later this year. (Apple to Release Three New iPhones in 2018?) The …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 to Release Earlier Than Usual?

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung may be gearing up to launch the Galaxy Note 9 ahead of its usual schedule, according to a report from The Investor. The publication has reason to believe that the company will begin …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 14

OnePlus 6 Uses the Same Processor as the Samsung Galaxy S9

by Andrew Fenn

OnePlus has confirmed that its next flagship smartphone, OnePlus 6, will feature the same Snapdragon 845 processor as the Samsung Galaxy S9. Rumoured to have a price point around half that of the iPhone …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 14

HTC Records Lowest Quarterly Revenue for 16 Years in 2018 Q1

by Andrew Fenn

HTC has reported revenues of $94.8 million for last month, a month-on-month growth of 6.1% but a year-on-year decline of 46.7%. This means that the company ended the first quarter of 2018 with revenues …

Tags:HTC| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Strategy Analytics: iPhone X Impresses Former Samsung Owners

by Andrew Fenn

Analysing early adopter reviews of Apple’s iPhone X from major online retailers, a new report from Strategy Analytics has found that more than four out of five iPhone X buyers who were previously Samsung …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 14

Samsung Receives Environmental Product Declaration for Galaxy S8 Panel

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung Display has announced that the OLED display featuring in its Galaxy S8 smartphone recently obtained an Environmental Product Declaration for the use of carbon, water, acidification and eutrophication. The declaration is part of …

Tags:Environment| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13

LG G7 to Come in OLED and LCD Versions?

by Andrew Fenn

The LG G7, the company’s next flagship smartphone, will apparently come in two different models when it launches later this year according to Korean sources —one featuring an OLED screen and one with a …

Tags:LCD Panels| LG Displays (LGD)| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Oppo Phones Use OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Oppo has released two new phones in China which both have 6.28″ FullHD+ OLEDs with full screens. The R15 has a MediaTek Helio P60 processor while the R15 Dream Mirror Edition uses a Snapdragon …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Apple

GS Reduces iPhone Forecast

by Bob Raikes

Goldman Sachs has downgraded its forecast for iPhone sales and expects 53 million sales in Q1 (down 1.7 million) and 40.3 million in Q2, down 3.2 million from its previous forecast. Over the whole …

Tags:Apple| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| OLED Fabs| OLEDs| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13

Huawei Mate RS Flexible OLED Display Came from LG

by Andrew Fenn

Huawei has switched ithe supply of flexible OLED panels to LG Display for its new Porsche Design Mate RS smartphone, according to ET News of Korea. The new device runs Android 8.1 and features …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Huawei| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 13

US Consumers Deprived of Best Smartphone?

by Bob Raikes

We’ve published a day early this week as we have a public holiday on Friday in most of Europe. This week, there wasn’t one big story that dominated the news. Still, we managed to …

Tags:Editorial| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Security| Smartphones| USA| Vol 25 - Issue 12

LeEco Failure Hits Truly Profit

by Bob Raikes

We have reported on the struggles of LeEco to survive (LeEco Still Struggling to Survive) and now Truly Semiconductor has said that it will have to right off $71 million because of a doubtful …

Tags:Financial Data| LeEco (formerly LeTV)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 12