Huawei's AMOLED watch to ship on September 17

Huawei's Watch, the company's first smart watch, is set to ship on September 17, for $349 to $799 (depends on the model). The Android Wear device sports a 1.4" 400x400 (286 PPI) circular AMOLED display. It features a heart rate monitor and fitness tracking, six-axis motion sensor and a barometric sensor.

We do not know yet the price of the Watch. The AMOLED display could be made by either AU Optronics,Everdisplay or Samsung Display. The most likely supplier is AU Optronics.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 03,2015

Barnes & Noble's latest tablet is a re-branded Samsung Galaxy Tab S2

Barnes & Noble's announced a new tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2 Nook - which is basically a re-branded Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 8-inch. It costs $400 but you get a 10% discount if you're a B&N member, and you get some free books and magazines as part of the deal. The tablet obviously comes with pre-installed Nook applications.

Barnes & Noble's Galaxy Tab S2 Nook photo

The Galaxy Tab S2 Nook sports a 8" QXGA (2048x1536, 320 PPI) "newly optimized" Super AMOLED display, an octa-core CPU, 3GB of RAM, 32/64 GB of internal storage, 8MP rear camera, LTE (on some models), Android 5.0 and a 4,070 mAh battery.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 03,2015

Panasonic announced the company's first OLED TV

As expected, Panasonic announced the company's first OLED TV, the TX-65CZ950. This is a curved 65" 4K OLED panel that features Panasonic's 4K Pro tech which includes advanced gradation controls and 3D color look tables. The TV supports HDR and is THX certified.

The OLED panel itself is produced by LG Display, and uses LGD's WOLED (WRGB) architecture. Panasonic used to co-develop OLED TVs together with Sony, but that OLED TV joint development project was canceled in December 2013. Panasonic (together with JDI, Sony and the INCJ) formed a new company (JOLED) to develop small/medium OLED panels. But the company OLED TV program is reportedly halted.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 03,2015

LG Display to construct a hybrid LCD/OLED 9.7-Gen fab?

LG Display recently announced a major focus shift to OLED displays, with plans to invest $8.5 billion in OLED expansion in the next three years. Reports from Korea suggest that LG Display considers constructing a new 9-Gen (or 9.7-Gen, really, 2,950 by 2,500 mm) fab that will produce both LCD and flexible OLED panels.

Different reports, however, say that LG is more likely to add 8-Gen production lines and perhaps construct a 10-Gen OLED TV fab.


Read the full story Posted: Sep 02,2015

Skyworth and Konka to soon launch 4K OLED TVs

Skyworth announced that it will soon launch its first 4K OLED TV in the Chinese market, with plans to sell 30,000 units by the end of the year. Skyworth introduced those TVs back in January so it's great to see them actually preparing to ship those soon.

Konka is also planning to launch their first 4K OLED - and they will start offering the first TV on October 1st. Konka says that their 4K OLEDs will only cost twice the price of 4K LCDs, so now is the time to start introducing those new OLED TV to the market.

Read the full story Posted: Sep 01,2015 - 2 comments