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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Details Leaked

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Verge has collected together a number of tweets from ‘noted leaker’ Evan Blass that show gifs of the products that Samsung is expected to release in its next Galaxy Unpacked …

Tags:Samsung| Smartphones| Smartwatches

BoM Analysis: Apple Watch Series 6 Costs $136 to Produce

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research said that its estimate of the BoM cost of the Apple Watch Series 6 is around $136, putting the display subsystem at around $18. The display is an LTPO-based …

Tags:Apple Watch (iWatch)| Pricing| Smartwatches| Supply Chain| Teardowns

Global Smartwatch Shipments Jump 35% YoY in Q1 2021

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Counterpoint Research posted its result for Q1 2021 in the global smartwatch market. Apple grew its share by 3 points to 33.5% and although Samsung grew by 27% YoY, it lost …

Tags:Market Data| Smartwatches

Global Smartwatch Shipments Jump 35% YoY in Q1 2021

by Artem Alekseenko

Global smartwatch shipments in Q1 2021 grew 35% YoY, according to Counterpoint Research’s recently published Global Smartwatch Model Tracker. Apple maintained its leadership position, catalyzing the overall market growth by recording a 50% YoY …

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Android and Tizen Merge for Wearables

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Google said at the Google I/O conference that it had decided to merge the Samsung Tizen smartwatch platform with Google’s WearOS to create a unified platform. What We Think This makes …

Tags:Google| Operating Systems| Samsung| Smartwatches| Wearables

JNTC to begin wearable cover glass production in 1st half

by Bob Raikes

What They Say The Elec reports that JNTC will start making cover glass for wearables in the first half of this year, after it completes a new factory in Vietnam in Q2, delayed from …

Tags:Glass| Smartwatches| Wearables

Links Round-up Week Ending 12th Feb 2021

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Display causes fire in museum Samsung reveals …

Tags:Acer| Covid-19| E Ink| Events| Financial Data| LG Electronics (LGE)| Museums & Exhibitions| Pricing| Samsung| Smart TV| Smartwatches| Streaming Video| TVs (TV Sets)

KONKA Releases the APHAEA Watch, the World’s First Micro LED Watch

by Artem Alekseenko

KONKA, a leading technology company in China, has released the world’s first Micro LED watch, the APHAEA Watch, at KONKA’s Semiconductor Display Technology and New Product Launch Conference and 2020 Chongqing Micro LED Industry …

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KONKA Releases the APHAEA Watch, the World’s First Micro LED Watch

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Konka has announced a new smartwatch, the AphaeaWatch that uses a 2″ microdisplay with a pitch of 0.12mm (P0.12), which we calculate as giving 300 x 300 resolution (212ppi), although some …

Tags:Konka| MicroLED| Small Pixel Pitch LED SPP| Smartwatches

Here’s everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event

by Bob Raikes

What They Say Apple held its ‘traditional’ September event to release new products, but didn’t announce any new iPhones, apparently because of Covid-related development and supply chain delays. It announced a new Apple Watch, …

Tags:Apple| iPad| Smartwatches| tablets