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Xiaomi Targets 30 Million Smartphone Shipments in Fourth Quarter

by Andrew Fenn

China’s second-largest smartphone vendor, Xiaomi, aims to ship 10 million smartphone units worldwide each month during the fourth quarter of 2017. CEO Lei Jun revealed that Xiaomi shipped 10 million smartphones in September, a …

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

Tech Insights Releases iPhone 8 Plus Teardown

by Andrew Fenn

It’s that time of year again! The wake of Apple’s live launch event and the inevitable iPhone release guarantees us one thing—teardowns. The latest comes from Tech Insights, who stripped the new iPhone 8 …

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

Gionee M7 Power Released in Thailand

by Bob Raikes

Gionee of China has announce the M7 Power in Thailand, as it moves out of its China base. The display has a 6″ IPS LCD display with 18:9 ratio and 1440 x 720 HD …

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

Analogix Has DP/USB Compatibility Checker

by Bob Raikes

Analogix has published an online matrix showing the features available and implemented in mobile devices that is intended to help with decisions about how to exploit connectivity via USB Type-C or Micro-USB.

Tags:Back Panel| DisplayPort| Mobile Display Monitor| Notebooks| Smartphones| tablets| USB| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Samsung to Switch to In-folding Devices

by Bob Raikes

Samsung Display has been showing design concepts of foldable phones and other devices for some years. Most of them had ‘fold in’ displays where the display surfaces are folded to face each other. However, …

Tags:Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 37

China MIIT Reveals 2017 Tech Production Figures

by Andrew Fenn

A new report released by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has revealed that Chinese manufacturers made over 1.1 billion handsets between January and July 2017, representing a growth of 4% year-on-year. …

Tags:China| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 36

A Sense of Exuberance at OLED World Summit

by Sweta Dash

There was a sense of exuberance at the OLED world Summit in San Francisco, which I attended last week. Suppliers of the OLED industry value-chain exhibited strong confidence about the future demand growth for …

Tags:OLED TVs| OLEDs| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 36

Strategy Analytics UX Expert Review: ZTE Nubia Z17

by Bob Raikes

Strategy Analytics has made a review of the latest premium flagship smartphone from ZTE, the Nubia Z17, which comes with fashionable bezel-less design and high-end specifications for its hardware. The Nubia has a 5.5″ …

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

Xiaomi Updates Mi Mix and Mi Note phablet

by Bob Raikes

Xiaomi has a new Mi Mix smartphone and a new Mi Note phablet. The new Mi Mix follows the same design concept as the previous version and uses an 18:9 display in a 6″ …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34| Xiaomi

Samsung Note 8 Pre-Sales Highest Ever for Product Line

by Andrew Fenn

Samsung’s forthcoming phablet, the Note 8, is enjoying the highest pre-order figures the product line has ever seen, achieving 650,000 sales in five days, according to Reuters. Ahead of its release this Friday, the …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34

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Chinese Handset Makers Look to LGD for OLEDs

by Bob Raikes

Business Korea reports that four Chinese smartphone makers are planning to adopt flexible OLEDs from LG Display in new smartphones in 2018. Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are all said to have confirmed plans …

Tags:Flexible Displays| LG Displays (LGD)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Moto Z2 Force: A Smartphone Without Gorilla Glass

by Ken Werner

Note: I am delighted to yield most of my space today to the distinguised technology journalist Barbara Krasnoff. I will return briefly after Barbara has had her say. — Ken Werner “Corning’s Gorilla Glass …

Tags:Glass| Motorola| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 34