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Samsung Starts to ship Galaxy S9 and S9+

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Electronics has officially launched the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ in markets around the world. The company’s latest flagship smartphones are now available in stores in approximately 70 countries, including Korea, the U.S., …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 11

Foxconn Was the Top Smartphone Manufacturer in 2017 Q4

by Andrew Fenn

According to Digitimes, IDC Taiwan has reported that Foxconn beat Samsung to the number-one spot in the smartphone manufacture race during the fourth quarter of 2017, thanks to the release of the iPhone 8 …

IDC: Africa Smartphone Market Declines Despite Strong Performance of Region’s Biggest Markets

by Andrew Fenn

Africa’s smartphone market experienced a quarter-on-quarter decline of 6.4% during the fourth quarter of 2017, according to the latest insights from IDC. The new data shows smartphone shipments were down to 20.3 million units …

Tags:Market Data| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 10

California State Assembly Introduces Right to Repair Act

by Andrew Fenn

California State Assembly member Susan Eggman has announced that she will be introducing the California Right to Repair Act. The legislation would require manufacturers of electronics to make diagnostic and repair information, as well …

TechInsights Launches Samsung Galaxy S9 Teardown Blog

by Andrew Fenn

Following the device’s official reveal at this year’s Mobile World Congress, which took place last month, TechInsights’ long-awaited Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphone teardown analysis blog has arrived. Interested parties can click here to visit …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Teardowns| Vol 25 - Issue 10

MWC 2018 Roundup Part 1

by Bob Raikes

Abenecel was at the 4YFN event and is based in Korea. The company is a technology licensing company that has a patented compression pre-processing system that can be used for graphics files and can …

Haier Projects a Positive Image

by Bob Raikes

Haier was showing its smartphones, of course, but the first product that caught our eye was a projector that is designed to shine onto a surface and supports touch on that surface. The unit …

Nubia Aims at Gamers

by Bob Raikes

Nubia Smartphone was showing a new prototype phone for gaming use. The phone uses a 6″ FullHD+ 18:9 display and is based on a Snapdragon 645 processor with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of …

Tags:Game Playing| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Asus Has Big Launch for ZenFone 5

by Bob Raikes

In the last couple of years, Asus has had less of a presence at MWC than in previous years. However, this year it came back with a ‘bang’, hosting an event in Barcelona on …

HTC’s Emphasis is on Vive Products

by Bob Raikes

HTC’s booth was mainly devoted to the various Vive products although there were also still some smartphones. That reduction in emphasis on smartphones is not surprising as the company has moved most of its …

Lenovo Promotes Moto Mods & New Yogas

by Bob Raikes

Lenovo was promoting its consumer PCs and also, of course, the Motorola range. As we covered Lenovo quite a lot at CES, we focused mainly on the phones at MWC. Lots of the time …

Hisense Adds Dual Display Option

by Bob Raikes

Hisense had a number of new smartphones at the show, but the one that caught our attention was the A2 Pro which is available now in Asia and is expected to be around €349 …