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Creator of Jelly Phone Acknowledges Its Shortcomings

by Andrew Fenn

Unihertz, the company behind the Jelly phone, claimed to be “the world’s smallest 4G phone”, has gone on record, talking to the BBC about the smartphone’s failings. The Jelly device has been criticised for …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Vivo X20 Handsets Use OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Vivo has released two new handset, the X20, that uses a 6.01″ 1080 x 2160 (18:9 aspect ratio) Super AMOLED that covers 79.5% of the front of the phone and the X20 Plus that …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

$200 Price Drop for Essential Smartphone

by Andrew Fenn

Essential has dropped the price of its first smartphone by $200, bringing it down to $499 off-contract. The price drop has been implemented by the company to improve consumer word-of-mouth and perceived value, and …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Google Investigating Pixel 2 XL OLED Burn-In Issues

by Andrew Fenn

Google’s newest smartphones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, are still hot off the assembly line, but early adopters of the Pixel 2 XL are already reporting issues of burn-in and image retention …

Tags:Google| Mobile Display Monitor| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Foxconnto Ship 2-3 Million iPhone X Handsets Ahead of Release

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn will ship 2-3 million iPhone X handsets ahead of the smartphone’s official release on November 3rd, according to Economic Daily Report. EDR states that analyst Ming-chi Kuo of KGI Securities has predicted that …

Tags:Apple| iPhone| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Supply Chain| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Vivo Releases X20 in Hong Kong, Announces Further Expansion

by Andrew Fenn

Vivo has entered the Hong Kong smartphone market for the first time, with the launch of its new X20 handset. (Vivo to Lead With Qualcomm Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor) The company has also announced its …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10 to Release in November

by Andrew Fenn

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei has teamed up with Porsche Design to create a new high-end smartphone, the Porsche Design Huawei Mate 10. (Huawei Mate 10 Uses LCD, Mate 10 Pro uses OLED) The Porsche …

Tags:Huawei| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Is a Wide Color Gamut the Wrong Thing?

by Norbert Hildebrand

In a recent press release Corning and Healthe announced their collaboration on protecting eyes against damage from digital device blue light exposure. This collaboration is based on Healthe offering Eysafe covers for smartphones, tablets, …

Tags:Blue Light| Glass| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 40| Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

The MovieMask Portable Cinema HMD

by Arthur Berman

MovieMask (Oslo, Norway) is developing the next offerings in the company’s “portable cinema” line of HMD products. The original idea behind the MovieMask was the thought that “today’s media consumption is more and more …

Tags:Crowdfunding (Kickstarter etc)| HMDs (Head Mounted Displays)| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 40

Android Oreo has Colour Profile Support

by Bob Raikes

Android 8.0 (Oreo) has been released on the Pixel 2 (and will come on other devices). There has been a big change ‘behind the scenes’ to the architecture to use the same version across …

Tags:Android| Colour Management & Processing| Mobile Display Monitor| Operating Systems| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 24 - Issue 39

ZTE Adds Dual Screen Phone

by Bob Raikes

ZTE has launched an unusual device, the Axon M which has dual 5.2″ IPS LCDs, each with FullHD, making an overall 6.9″ 1920 x 2160 resolution display. The screens are protected by Gorilla Glass …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 39| ZTE

Xiaomi Aiming for 90 Million Smartphone Shipments in 2017

by Andrew Fenn

Xiaomi has another target that it wants to achieve before the year is out. Following a statement earlier this month that Xiaomi is aiming to ship 30 million smartphones in the fourth quarter, CEO …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 39| Xiaomi