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IDC: One-Third of Feature Phone Users in India Want to Upgrade to a Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

According to IDC’s Smartphone Consumer Pulse research study on mobile phone consumer trends in India, one out of three feature phone users would like to buy a data-enabled phone in the next year. With …

Tags:India| Market Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Unconfirmed Sources Tease Vivo’s Next Flagship Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Unconfirmed reports coming out of China have teased what could be Vivo’s 2018 flagship smartphone, the Xplay 7. According to various rumours, the new handset will have 10GB RAM and an Ultra HD display, …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| UltraHD| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Apple Cuts iPhone X Production by 50% Due to Low Sales

by Andrew Fenn

Apple will halve its iPhone X production output, due to lower-than-expected sales in key markets during the 2017 holiday season according to Nikkei and Bloomberg. The company has informed its suppliers that it will …

Honor 7X Tops Amazon Best Seller List in Three Days

by Andrew Fenn

Honor has announced that its two flagship smartphones are off to a successful start in the US. The company’s 7X smartphone became a bestseller on Amazon, while its View10 handset won industry-wide recognition at …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 03

UXS: Edge-to-Edge Smartphone Displays Compromise User Experience

by Damir Lokas

Bezel-less and edge-to-edge designs are rapidly becoming the norm, allowing OEMs to squeeze larger displays into a more compact form factor. However, optimising one-handed usability and adding value through smart implementations of edge interactions …

Tags:HMI| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch| Vol 25 - Issue 03

NRF: Mobile Computing for Retail

by Matthew Brennesholtz

Panasonic Toughbook FZ-G1 in a mobile POS cradle with a credit card reader. (Credit: M. Brennesholtz) Panasonic was at NRF showing its Toughbook mobile computers and tablets. Jeffery Pinc, the Panasonic rep I talked …

Qualcomm Smartphone AP Shipments Predicted to Decline in 2018

by Andrew Fenn

Qualcomm’s smartphone application processor (AP) shipments will decline slightly in 2018, according to Digitimes Research. The decline is attributed to the increased adoption of smartphone vendors’ own in-house developed APs. These chips are expected …

Tags:Application Processors| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 03

More Rumours of iPhone Plans

by Bob Raikes

The China Times has reported that Apple will add a 6.5″ version of the 5.8″ iPhone X and possibly with a 6.1″ LCD version in between, with the smallest and biggest using OLED displays. …

Smartphone Round Up – CES 2018

by Bob Raikes

Alcatel (the brand used by TCL for its smartphones) used CES to launch three new devices, the 5, 3 and 1 series in the premium, mid-range and entry level segments, respectively, all use 18:9 …

Tags:CES 2018| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 02

Gionee Hits Financial Troubles

by Bob Raikes

The Nikkei has reported that following on from the problems at LeEco (LeEco Still Struggling to Survive), smaller smartphone suppliers in China are also in some trouble and has highlighted Gionee as being in …

Tags:China| Financial Data| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 04

Google Nexus Phone Defect Lawsuit “Not Going to Go Away”

by Andrew Fenn

US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman advised Google and fellow defendant, Huawei, last Thursday that a putative class action brought over alleged battery-draining defects with its Google Nexus 6P smartphone is “not going to …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 03| warranty

Google Pixel 2 XL Displays Show Variations

by Bob Raikes

The 6″ LG flexible AMOLED used in the Pixel 2 XL smartphone has received some critical reviews because of the quality of the display (see this example at ArsTechnica). The LG V30 which also …