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First Shipment of iPhone X Leaves Foxconn Factories

by Andrew Fenn

Foxconn is reported to have begun shipping the iPhone X. Chinese publication Xinhuanet.com reported that the first batch of 46,500 units is now en route to the Netherlands and United Arab Emirates. However, another …

Tags:Apple| Foxconn (Honhai)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 39

Huawei Mate 10 Uses LCD, Mate 10 Pro uses OLED

by Bob Raikes

Huawei showed the Kirin 970 processor at the recent IFA show (IFA 2017: Huawei unveils Kirin 970) and has now released its first phones based on the chip, the Mate 10 and Mate 10 …

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TCL Communications Sells Off Half of Its Business

by Andrew Fenn

A year after its privatisation and less than a year after its manufacturing deal with BlackBerry, TCL Corp has announced it will sell 49% of its smartphone unit shares to three strategic investors for …

Tags:Investment| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| TCL| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Apple Investigating Swollen Battery Issue on iPhone 8 Plus

by Andrew Fenn

Early adopters of Apple’s new iPhone 8 Plus have reported an issue involving the smartphone’s battery. Batteries are apparently swelling, causing the handset to split apart after a short period of use. The first …

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Microsoft Gives Up Windows Mobile

by Bob Raikes

Microsoft has effectively abandoned the Windows Mobile operating system, with Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft executive responsible for Windows 10, has joined Bill Gates in adopting a phone with an Android operating system, citing the …

Falling Asleep by Reading Books or Watching Videos?

by Kenneth Li

You might have heard many times from many people that reading a book is the best way to fall asleep. I am not a consistent book reader and I fall asleep quite easily with …

Tags:Blue Light| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Asus Signs Excusive with Verizon

by Bob Raikes

Verizon in the US has done a deal with Asus to exclusively offer a new smartphone that has a dual curved edge 2.5D Gorilla glass design and features a 23 MP rear camera. The …

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Google Has a Busy Week

by Bob Raikes

Google had a busy week with the release of the new Pixel 2, new members of the Google Home voice systems and a new Google Pixelbook. Both models have OLED displays with the 6″ …

Vivo to Lead With Qualcomm Ultrasonic Fingerprint Sensor

by Andrew Fenn

Chinese smartphone vendor, Vivo, has announced that it will be the first in the industry to implement Qualcomm Fingerprint Sensors, a new ultrasonic under-display authentication solution capable of detecting fingerprints through OLED panels up …

Tags:Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 37

LG V30 P-OLED Display Underwhelms in South Korea

by Andrew Fenn

LG announced its brand new premium smartphone, the V30, back in August, and is currently in the process of rolling it out to various regions. (LG Short on New TVs, but Plenty to Show!) …

Doogee Uses 18:9 OLED

by Damir Lokas

Doogee of China has added a new smartphone, the Mix 2 which has a 5.99″ 18:9 full-display OLED screen with 1080 x 2160 resolution with curves on the sides like the Samsung Galaxy Edge. …

Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 37

LG Signs New Distribution Deal with Westcoast

by Andrew Fenn

Westcoast has added another string to its ever-growing bow of mobile vendors and is now authorised to distribute LG mobile devices in the UK and Ireland. The deal will focus on LG’s range of …