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Phone Makers Under Price Pressure

by Bob Raikes

Trendforce of Taiwan has pointed to issues of component shortage that will cause trouble for smartphone suppliers with displays among the problem components, especially AMOLED. Other components in trouble include DRAM and NAND Flash. …

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Pricing| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 08

Sony XZ Premium Phone has 4K HDR Display & 960fps Camera

by Bob Raikes

Sony had one of the most impressive new phones at the event with the new Xperia XZ Premium phone which has an UltraHD display and support for HDR. The phone has a very high …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| sony| UltraHD| Vol 24 - Issue 08

The Samsung Galaxy S8 to be compatible with the Mirabook

by Bob Raikes

After its success at the CES in Las Vegas, Miraxess will be present at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona from February 27th until March 2nd 2017. The French start-up releases its new partnership …

Tags:MWC 2017| Samsung| Smartphones

LG G6 Emphasises Display and HDR

by Bob Raikes

LG’s G6 Phone has an 18:9 format and Dolby Vision/HDR content. Image:MekoNearly all of LG’s booth at Mobile World was devoted to the new G6 ‘flagship’ smartphone that was launched at the show. The …

Tags:Dolby Vision| HDR - High Dynamic Range| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 08

LG X Power2 Has High Capacity Battery

by Bob Raikes

LG has announced a new mainstream mobile phone that will be shown at MWC. The LG X Power2 is aimed at those that want big battery capacity combined with a large screen (a 5.5″ …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 07

ZTE Cancels Smartphone Crowd-Funding Campaign

by Alan Spencer

ZTE has cancelled the crowd-funding campaign for a smartphone design that was to be based on ideas submitted by the public. In order to go into production, the Chinese phone manufacturer needed $500,000 in …

Tags:Gaze Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 07

LG G6 Adopts 2:1 Aspect Display

by Bob Raikes

LG said that its new G6 smartphone will have a 5.7″ 2880 x 1440 (which it calls QHD+ FullVision) with a 2:1 aspect ratio (described as 18:9) and the display will be driven by …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Samsung To Continue to Dominate OLED Market

by Bob Raikes

UBI Research of Korea said that it values the OLED market for smartphones as $57 billion by 2020, with 72% of the market being taken by Samsung at that time. The combination of Apple’s …

Tags:AMOLED| Flexible Displays| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung Display| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06

Samsung Buying to Boost Taiwan Suppliers

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese sources report that Mediatek will supply chips for the Samsung Galaxy A and K series phones, which will help to boost the firm’s revenues. Egistec, which already supplys some sensors to Samsung is …

Tags:Mediatek| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06