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by Bob Raikes
ETNews of Korea reports that Samsung may be about to enter the market for fingerprint recognition chips, currently dominated, it said, by Synaptics and FPC of Sweden, who are rated to have more than …
Tags:Chips| Fingerprint Recognition| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 45
by Bob Raikes
There are rumours that Sony will have a new Z7 smartphone at CES that has an UltraHD display, as included on the Xperia Z5 Premium, although it might also appear at Mobile World Congress …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| sony| UltraHD| Vol 23 - Issue 45
by Bob Raikes
Digitimes Research believes that global shipments of small- to medium-size panels will decrease from 2.647 billion units in 2017 to 2.189 billion units in 2021 or a CAGR of negative 4.6%. This will be …
Tags:AMOLED| Mobile Display Monitor| Small Medium Panel Supply| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 44
by Bob Raikes
General Mobile, which is aiming at markets in 20 countries in MEA and West Asia, has released its third Android phone, the GM 5, which is an Android One phone. It has Android 7.0 …
Tags:Android| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 44
by Milos Pavlovic
Xiaomi has contracted ABC Data to be its official distributor for its tablets and smartphones in Poland, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia and Lituania, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia.
Tags:Distribution| Large Display Monitor| Smartphones| tablets| Vol 23 - Issue 44
by Bob Raikes
Strategy Analytics has reported that its analysis is that 375 million smartphones were shipped in Q3 2016, 6% from 354.2 million in Q3 2015, with 88% using the Android operating system. “Modest smartphone regrowth …
Tags:Android| iOS (Apple)| Mobile Display Monitor| | Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 44
by Bob Raikes
Google got a lot of praise for its Pixel phones and quoted DxOMark ratings as the highest ever received for the quality of the camera, but buyers have been complaining of lens flare seen …
Tags:Cameras| Google| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Xiaomi has launched the Mi Note 2 in China with a dual edge curved 5.7″ FullHD AMOLED display. The smartphone has a Snapdragon 821 with 4GB or 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB …
Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42| Xiaomi
by Bob Raikes
Blackberry has said that it will get out of design and manufacture of hardware (BlackBerry To Drop Smartphone Design and Build) and has now introduced a smartphone that is made by TCL. The DTEK60 …
Tags:BlackBerry| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
The cost to manufacture the Google Pixel phone closely matches that of its intended rivals—a logical and expected move, according to IHS Markit, especially since it’s aimed at the buyers of high end smartphone …
Tags:Google| IHS Markit| Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphones| Teardowns| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Bob Raikes
Nichia has taken legal action against HTC Nippon and its distributor in Japan over the use of white LEDs in the HTC smartphone Desire 626 which are said to have infringed Nichia’s patents, JP5177317 …
Tags:HTC| Japan| LCD Backlights| LED| Litigation| Mobile Display Monitor| Nichia| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 42
by Keith J Baker
For once, us high-end Samsung owners have a reason not to feel quite so smug, for even the biggest Samsung fans are now having to admit that the launch of the Galaxy Note 7 …
Tags:Batteries| Samsung| Smartphones| Vol 23 - Issue 45
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