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Sony to use OLED displays in its 2018 flagship phones
Jan 21st
According to reports in Japan, Sony is set to return to the mobile phone market. The Japanese company is apparently planning to use AMOLED displays in its flagship phones that will be launched in 2018 or 2019. In the past Sony used AMOLED displays in many of its products – including digital cameras , PDAs (remember those?), MP3 players , VR headsets – and its 2007 11″ XEL-1 OLED TV , its PSP Vita mobile gaming console, its latest 2017 A1E 4K OLED TV and its high-end professional monitors . But Sony never actually used an OLED in a mobile phone. Ten year ago, Sony Ericsson did release some phones with PMOLED displays , though – for example the Z610 with its 128×36 PMOLED that was not visible when off. Read more about Sony to use OLED displays in its 2018 flagship phones
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Idemitsu Kosan to establish an OLED R&D company in Switzerland
Jan 21st
Last month Japan-based OLED material maker Idemitsu Kosan announced that it has decided to expand the OLED material production capacity at it’s Korean subsidiary Idemitsu Electronic Materials Korea . Idemitsu now announced that it plans to establish a new OLED materials development company in Switzerland. Idemitsu says the new company will be established “in order to enhance its development structure in preparation for future growth in demand for OLED materials”. Idemitsu has been collaborating with BASF’s Switzerland’s branch “for some time”, and now Idemitsu will hire OLED researchers from BASF (this probably follows Universal Display’s acquisition of BASF’s OLED IP in June 2016). Read more about Idemitsu Kosan to establish an OLED R&D company in Switzerland
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New OLED gadget: Fujifilm GFX 50S
Jan 21st
Fujifilm’s GFX-50S is a high-end medium-format digital mirror-less camera, that sports a 51.4mp sensor (43.8×32.9 mm), Fujifilm’s latest X-Processor Pro and a new GF lens mount. The GFX-50S has a 3.2″ tilting LCD and a 1280×960 OLED microdisplay based EVF (probably MicroOLED’s MDP-02 ). The GXF-50S will ship towards the end of February 2017 for $6,499 (body only).
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Did Samsung leaked a bezel-less AMOLED Galaxy S8?
Jan 21st
Last week Samsung released several videos that showcase its latest Super AMOLED displays. The videos shows what looks to be an actual upcoming phone with almost no bezels on the sides and no physical buttons on the front: This design has been suggested (leaked?) before for Samsung’s upcoming flagship, the Galaxy S8. Samsung is expected to reveal the S8 soon, at the MWC 2017 event (February 27th). Of course this could just be a concept handset created for the AMOLED video, but it could also be Samsung’s actual new phone that was added to the video by mistake (or not by mistake). Read more about Did Samsung leaked a bezel-less AMOLED Galaxy S8?
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Tag Heuer sold more $1,500 smartwatches than it expected
Jan 20th
I'm not much of a smartwatch guy, but I like my LG R Android Wear watch and its bright OLED screen. An acquaintance recently expressed admiration for it, and to my surprise, came back the next day with a $1,500 Tag Heuer Connected. ("Must be nice to…
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Tag Heuer sold more $1,500 smartwatches than it expected
Reports from Japan state that Sharp aims to build a $865 million OLED fab in China by 2019
Jan 19th
According to a report from Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review, Sharp will build an OLED production line at Foxconn’s factory in Zhengzhou (northern China). The investment in this new fab will total around 100 billion yen (about $865 million) and production will begin in 2019. Sharp is specifically aiming to supply screens for Apple’s future iPhones. In October 2016 Sharp announced that it will invest $570 million to build OLED pilot lines in Osaka and in the Mie Prefecture. The pilot lines will begin OLED production in the summer of 2018. It was later reported that Sharp is considering to establish those lines in China instead – so it may be that this new Zhengzhou fab is actually the one reported in October. Read more about Reports from Japan state that Sharp aims to build a $865 million OLED fab in China by 2019
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Dell cancels its 2016 30" OLED monitor
Jan 19th
According to reports, Dell canceled its high-end 30″ 4K OLED monitor , the Ultrasharp 30 OLED . Dell announced the monitor at CES 2016 (one year ago, exactly) and promised it will ship by the end of March 2016 for $4,999. Apparently Dell were unhappy with the image quality of that OLED panel – especially the amount of color drift that it displayed when you viewed the monitor from the sides – which is surprising because OLED’s viewing angles are excellent. Read more about Dell cancels its 2016 30" OLED monitor
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OLED impressions from China, 2017
Jan 19th
We spent last week visiting China – mostly around Shanghai. We attended the Printed & Flexible Electronics China 2017 conference, visited both EverDisplay and Visionox to learn more about their OLED products and plans, and also went to Wuxi to see the interesting and quite impressive graphene center over there. Samsung Display and LG Display are the clear leaders in AMOLED production – for almost 10 years now. But the market is now changing as several new players, mostly in China, are starting to commercially produce AMOLED displays – mostly for mobile phones, wearables and VR headsets. Read more about OLED impressions from China, 2017
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OLED TVs will finally take off in 2017
Jan 9th
After years of taunting consumers with incredible picture quality, but insanely high prices, OLED TVs are finally coming down to Earth. Prices are falling, there will be even more models to choose from and, at least based on what we've seen from CES…
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UBI sees OLED’s share in the automotive display market reaching 22% by 2020
Jan 8th
UBI Research says that automobiles will start adopting OLED displays “in earnest” starting in 2018 – for instrument cluster and infotainment displays. The automotive display market itself is expected to grow quickly (CAGR of about 17% from 2017-2022) as new technologies mean that displays in cars are getting more and more important. UBI estimates the total automotive display market at $25 billion by 2022 – out of which OLEDs will account for about 20%, or $5 billion. The main challenge still facing massive OLED adoption, according to UBI, is the lifetime of AMOLED panels. Read more about UBI sees OLED's share in the automotive display market reaching 22% by 2020
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