Samsung gives up on LCD
Outpriced by the Chinese
Samsung Display has decided to close its liquid-crystal display (LCD) business in June, because the Chinese and Taiwanese can make them cheaper.
Xiaomi officially unveils the Mi Mix 4
Snapdragon 888+, AMOLED screen, under-display camera, and more
Xiaomi has now finally unveiled its next Mi Mix smartphone, the Mi Mix 4, which will sport some new features, like an under-display camera, as well as other high-end features, like AMOLED screen, Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 888+ SoC, fast battery charging, and more.
Meizu 16s leak shows no notch AMOLED screen
With a "quad bezel-less display"
Alleged photos of the Meizu 16s and 16s Plus have been spotted online showing a phone with no notches or punch holes for what the company calls a quad bezel-less display.
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 to have AMOLED display
Even thinner bezels
Xiaomi's Mi Mix was quite a game changer and brought plenty of novelties to rather bland smartphone designs but now it appears that the successor will be even more interesting.
China expands AMOLED production
Because you can never have enough moles
China seems to expanding its AMOLED capacity, according to Digitimes Research.
AMOLED getting second life in China
Not going away soon
While the big names of smartphones are less interested in AMOLED displays, it appears that the industry will continue to grow.
Galaxy S7 defaults to full HD after Android 7
Brings PC like resolution settings
Two days ago, we did an update on a Galaxy S7 to the magical Android 7.0. After the update, we noticed that the phone defaulted to 1920x1080 resolution giving us the option to change back to native 2560x1440 or even 1280x720.
OnePlus 3T with Snapdragon 821 is in the works
Not a phablet, the CEO kind of confirmed
OnePlus 3T might be the rumored phone powered by the Snapdragon 821 SoC but the company’s CEO Peter Lau last week in Hong Kong told Fudzilla and a few other people that it doesn't have any plans to make a phablet.
Samsung Display continues to dominate AMOLED
Will run things for years
Beancounters at Digitimes Research claim that Samsung Display will continue to be the king of AMOLED panels for smartphones for years.
China wants a slice of flexible AMOLED panel market
Competition hotting up
While Samsung and LG Display are into volume production of flexible AMOLED panels it looks like they could be facing competition from China-based panel makers.