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by Alan Spencer
Xiaomi is expected to launch its Mi 5C smartphone with own-developed Pinecone V670 CPU in China, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News report (via Digitimes). The new smartphone is expected to be released …
Tags:China| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductors| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 06| Xiaomi
by Bob Raikes
Kyocera has own an iF Design Award 2017 for its DuraForce Pro rugged smartphone which has a ‘military-grade’ (Military Standard 810G) rugged and waterproof (IP68 – 30 minutes at 2 metres) design, with a …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 05
by Milos Pavlovic
Samsung has released the 2017 versions of its mid-range A3, A5 and A7 smartphones around the world and the handsets have been made available immediately. The devices have an AP68 certification meaning that they …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 05
by Bob Raikes
TCL said that it would launch the new BlackBerry ‘flagship’ device just before the MWC event in Barcelona on the evening of 25th February. The company was not showing the phone officially at CES, …
Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| MWC 2017| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 05
by Bob Raikes
In a blog, David Hsieh of IHS Markit said that embedded (in-cell in LCD, on-cell in OLED) touch has now taken more than 50% of the mobile phone market for the first time and …
Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch Market| Vol 24 - Issue 04
by Alan Spencer
Apple’s iPhone 7 is only officially classified as surviving immersion at a depth of one metre (3.3 feet) for 30 minutes. However, an incident occured during an ice fishing trip in Russia that showed …
Tags:Apple| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 04| Waterproof Displays
by Bob Raikes
Display Daily’s good friend, Dr Ray Soneira of DisplayMate, has published his thoughts about the future of displays in mobile phones based on his experience of testing the best smartphone displays over the last …
Tags:AMOLED| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 04
by Bob Raikes
A well known, and sometimes accurate, commentator, Evleaks of VentureBeat has suggested that the Samsung S8 will be launched in New York on March 29th, and will ship on April 21st and will be …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 04
by Isaac Oburu
Over half of smartphone users spend no money on smartphone apps (paid-for downloads and in-app transactions), according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc. However, end-user spending on in-app transactions continues to rise. “Where …
Tags:Gartner| Smartphones
by Bob Raikes
Vertu specialises in luxury smartphones has a new model, the Constellation, with a 5.5″ 2560 x 1440 AMOLED display with a sapphire cover and a 12MP main camera that can support 2160P30 video. The …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 03
by Steve Sechrist
In the end it all came down to two unique flaws in two different sets of batteries, coupled with an overtaxed QA system constantly being pushed by the demands of high profile smartphone hardware …
Tags:Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 24 - Issue 03
by Bob Raikes
Sony is reported by Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun to be looking at switching to OLED displays for its high end smartphones in 2018 or 2019. Analyst Comment Frankly, given that the two brand leaders will …
Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| Vol 24 - Issue 03
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