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by Bob Raikes
Oppo of China, owned by BBK) is planning to start to sell its phones without SIMs in Japan in the spring of 2018 according to Reuters. The company is reported to be planning to …
Tags:Japan| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 25 - Issue 01
by Andrew Fenn
Specifications for Nokia’s forthcoming smartphone, the Nokia 9, have been revealed via FCC documents. The Nokia 8 launched in August 2017. According to the documentation, the Nokia 9 will feature a 5.5″ OLED display …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Nokia| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
Samsung Electronics announced the latest additions to the Galaxy A series: the Galaxy A8 (2018) and A8+ (2018). The displays have an 18.5:9 aspect ratio with the A8 having a 5.6″ display and the …
Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
According to the ET News in Korea, LG will have a new low end smartphone at CES. The 2018 K10 will have a 5.3″ FullHD LCD display and 3GB of RAM and 32GB of …
Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
Africa’s smartphone market bounced back from two consecutive declines to post quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) growth of 4.4% in Q3 2017, according to IDC. Smartphone shipments for the quarter reached 21.7 million units, spurred by ongoing …
Tags:MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48
by Bob Raikes
The specification and design of the Samsung S9 has now been leaked via normally reliable including MobileFun (described as ‘ever reliable’) and SlashLeaks. The new phones will have displays that are very close to …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 48
by Norbert Hildebrand
After the investment into a Corning glass plant earlier in 2017, Apple announced the second recipient for a portion of its advanced manufacturing fund. The recipient of $390 million is Finisar Corporation, a US-based …
Tags:Apple| Laser| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 47
by Bob Raikes
Synaptics has launched a new optical fingerprint sensor that can be installed underneath an OLED to allow unlocking of mobile devices while also allowing full screen displays. The company said that the sensor can …
Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 47
by Bob Raikes
Qualcomm has released the next Snapdragon chip, the 845 that will be used in flagship phones in 2018, including the Samsung S9 family. The chip is said to be able to support up to …
Tags:CPUs| GPUs| HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| Qualcomm| Semiconductors| Smartphones| UltraHD| UltraHD Alliance| Vol 24 - Issue 46| WiGIG
by Bob Raikes
Huawei’s Honor sub-brand has released in the US the next in the Honor X smartphone series, the Honor 7X. The smartphone is an update to the Honor 6X and will sell at just $199.00. …
Tags:Android| Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 46
by Bob Raikes
Google has released Android Oreo (Go Edition), a ‘lightweight’ version of Android that is intended for lower cost smartphones and the announcement was made in India, which is likely to be one of the …
Tags:Android| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| | Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 46
by Andrew Fenn
Samsung has announced that it has begun mass production of the industry’s first 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) solution for use in next-generation mobile devices. Consisting of eight 64-layer V-NAND chips and a …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| storage| Vol 24 - Issue 46
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