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Sony Supports HDR in XZ Phones

by Bob Raikes

Hideuki Furumi of Sony kicked off the press event on its booth before the start of the event by talking about the key concept of current president, Kaz Hirai, ‘Kando’ which is to say …

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

Nokia Has News at the Top and Bottom of its Range

by Bob Raikes

The Nokia brand always attracts attention at the show and is licensed by HMD Global for smartphones. The company captured a lot of attention last year with a new feature phone and it got …

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

Qualcomm Boosting Wireless and Shows VR Platform

by Bob Raikes

Qualcomm had a range of different demonstrations on its booth and also had an area with smartphones using its different processors. The first demonstration that we had a quick look at was a test …

Tags:Application Processors| Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Virtual Reality| Vol 25 - Issue 09| Wi-Fi

ZTE Pushes for 5G But Has 1.2Gbps

by Bob Raikes

ZTE was promoting a quick introduction of 5G at MWC. It also said that it is working with Velcom of Belarus to deploy the first commericial 5G-ready virtual core network in Belarus. The company …

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

Xiaomi Sets Its Sights on US Smartphone Market

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi chairman Lei Jun is reported to have stated that the company intends to enter the US smartphone market as early as this year, with plans to raise an initial public offering of at …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09| Xiaomi

Nuu Moves Slightly Up-Market

by Bob Raikes

Nuu is from Hong Kong (and emphasised, not mainland China!) where it has been making smartphones for the last seven years. It specialises in OEM and ODM supply and has successful business in the …

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

Goodix Extends its Touch Technology

by Bob Raikes

Goodix is a Chinese supplier of fingerprint and touch technology and was showing its modules for a range of smartphone applications. Wins have included: Xiaomi Mix2 – rear ceramic sensor Nokia 6 – front …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Touch Market| Vol 25 - Issue 09

Affordable All-Screen Smartphones Coming in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

The coveted screen-to-body ratio seen in flagship phones like the iPhone X will filter down to mid and entry-level devices in 2018, according to Digitimes. Citing data from Chinese market research company All View …

Tags:AUO| LCD Panels| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Tianma| Vol 25 - Issue 09

DisplayMate Tests the S9 Display

by Bob Raikes

Ray Soneira of DisplayMate got early access to the Samsung Galaxy S9 smartphone to run his comprehensive tests on the display and pronounced it “the best performing smartphone display ever’ and the first to …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| OLEDs| Samsung| Smartphones| Testing| Vol 25 - Issue 08

Light Phone 2 Plans to Use E Ink Display

by Bob Raikes

Light Phone 2 is a new project on Indiegogo intended to create a new simple phone, based on an E Ink display that can be used for text messages and notifications. The phone is …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09

IDC: Android to Increase Dominance

by Andrew Fenn

As we have previously reported, according to IDC, worldwide smartphone shipments declined 0.5% in 2017, the first year-on-year decline the market has experienced since the introduction of smartphones. Smartphone companies shipped a total of …

Tags:Forecasts| IDC| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09

New Galaxy Dominates the Samsung Booth

by Bob Raikes

Our main news on the S9 and S9+ was the report from the Samsung press event (Samsung’s S9 Launch Emphasis is on Camera), but, of course, we went to the booth. There were the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2018| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 09| Wireless Charging