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Google Struggling in the UK for Pixel Warranty

by Bob Raikes

The BBC ran an interview with an unhappy customer in the UK that was unhappy that when the display for his Pixel smartphone was broken, Google’s options were only to ship the phone to …

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HannStar Display Develops 0.25mm Glass

by Bob Raikes

At an investor’s conference, Hannstar said that it has strong orders for the first half of 2017 and it cannot meet all its demand. Panel sizes have increased, so effective capacity has reduced. In …

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New Smartphones to Launch at CES

by Bob Raikes

The Silicon Angle blog has highlighted the rumours about new smartphones at CES. As well as the four LG phones we reported on (LG Boosts Volume Phone Offerings) and the TCK Blackberry (Blackberry Confirms …

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Asustek, Gigabyte Re-structuring

by Bob Raikes

Digitimes of Taiwan said that Asustek is looking to get out of the tablet business by re-allocating R&D and sales staff to other business areas. Meanwhile, the blog said that Gigabyte is doing the …

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Huawei Looks to be Top Chinese Smartphone

by Bob Raikes

Taiwanese reports say that Huawei is expected to ship around 90% of its target of 140 million smartphones (126 million), as it has hit competition from vendors including Oppo and Vivo. The company has …

Chinese Panel Makers Top Over One Million Units in Quarterly Shipments for AMOLED Smartphone Displays, IHS Markit Says

by Isaac Oburu

Chinese panel manufacturers shipped more than one million AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) smartphone displays for the first time in the third quarter of 2016. While the Chinese makers only make up less than …

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LG Boosts Volume Phone Offerings

by Bob Raikes

LG announced a new range of mid-priced smartphones that will be officially launched at CES. The phones bring technology down from higher LG models including a 120º wide angle front camera lens and rear …

Tags:LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 50

LG To Unveil New Premium Level Mass-Tier Smartphones For 2017 At CES

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics (LG) will unveil four new mass-tier K Series smartphones and a new Stylus 3 at CES® 2017 in Las Vegas, as the mid-range segment continues its strong growth as the market matures. …

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IHS Markit Expects TDDI Boost

by Bob Raikes

IHS Markit has released information about developments in TDDI (Touch and Display Driver Integration LCD Makers Developing In-Cell Touch Based on TDDI) which integrates the circuitry to monitor touch and drive the display into …

Tags:IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Touch Controllers| Vol 23 - Issue 50

Over 100K Smartphones Get Damaged by Liquids Every Day in WE

by Bob Raikes

IDC said that as many as 100,000 smartphones get damaged by liquids every day in Western Europe and that is a factor in an increase in the sales volume of devices offering resistance against …

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Samsung Plans In-Cell Touch for S8

by Bob Raikes

The ETNews in Korea reports that Samsung will use Y-Octa ‘in-cell’ touch technology, previously used on the ill-fated Note 7, on its next flagship smartphone (‘S8’). However, the news source reports that the technology …

Samsung Bricks Remaining Note 7s

by Bob Raikes

To avoid potential legal issues, Samsung is to issue a software update that will stop Note 7 devices from charging so that the devices will become useless. Initially, Verizon said that it was not …

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