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Samsung Showing Signs of Improvement

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics says it expects operating profit in the first quarter to be approximately KRW5.9 trillion ($5.4 billion), which would be an 11.3% improvement from Q4 but 30.6% down on the first quarter of …

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LG Gives Away 4,000 Smartphones

by Tom Allen

LG is to choose 4,000 consumers from 15 countries to receive a new G4 smartphone, weeks before its official launch. The lucky customers will help to test the handset before it goes on sale, …

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UltraHD Costs Keep Coming Down

by Tom Allen

Supply chain sources expect global UltraHD TV penetration to reach 20% this year. UltraHD models now cost just 15% more than FullHD TVs to produce, but about 50% more at retail. The increasing demand …

TPK Rebounds in March

by Helen Vince

TPK reported a 45.2% sequential increase in sales in March and 32.7% jump year on year to NT$10.6 billion ($340.6 million). Last month’s result brought sales in the first three months of 2015 to …

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Global Semiconductor Sales Increase in February 2015, says SIA

by Tom Allen

Both the Semiconductor Industry Association and Gartner have released their most recent semiconductor sales estimates – for February 2015 from the SIA, and the year 2014 from Gartner. Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $27.8 billion …

HTC’s March Sales Up 117% MoM

by Helen Vince

HTC says that thanks to strong demand for the new HTC One M9 smartphone, sales in March climbed 117% sequentially and 23.4% year on year to NT$20 billion ($642.8 million). In Q1 HTC posted …

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China’s MIIT Reveals Huawei Flagship

by Tom Allen

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has shared the specifications of Huawei’s upcoming Ascend P8 smartphone. The handset will have a 5.2″ display (1920 x 1080) and run on an octa-core Kirin 930 …

Inventec Eyes APAC Expansion

by Tom Allen

Inventec chairman Richard Lee has said that the company is considering establishing factories in Japan and Singapore this year. The depreciation of the yen against the dollar has led to requests for local assembly …

Kenya – Finally – Achieves ASO

by Tom Allen

Kenya has had its share of debates on the ASO issue, with consumer associations arguing against the move, and even postponements from a High Court (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 50 & Vol 20 …

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Touch Popular in Detachable Notebooks

by Tom Allen

Q4 is traditionally a strong period for notebook sales, and shipments of notebook touch panels in Q4’14 rose 9.4% YoY, to 5.6 million units. In area terms, shipments rose 7% QoQ and 15.6% YoY. …

Fujitsu Receives Award for Science and Technology for Wrap Around Imaging Technology

by Norbert Hildebrand

Fujitsu has received an award for a 360 degree wrap around video imaging technology aimed at the automotive market. With 360 degree cameras becoming more popular as a way to acquire content for virtual …

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Epson Has a Projector For Every School

by Tom Allen

Epson’s new 3LCD projectors, part of the EB series, are small, portable models with a range of resolutions. Consisting of seven models (EB-S27, EB-X27, EB-W29, EB-98H, EB-945H, EB-955WH and EB-965H), each projector is able …