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Samsung reportedly not the sole OLED supplier for iPhones any longer

iPhones went through a major redesign last year when Apple launched the iPhone X with a bezel-less display. The company had to swap the LCD for a flexible OLED panel to make the new design possible. Samsung benefitted from this move by emerging as the sole supplier of OLED panels for the iPhone X last […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung’s new ads target the ‘double dongle’ life and other iPhone limitations

Samsung is back with new advertisements that poke fun at the iPhone and arch-rival Apple as part of the Ingenius series. The name is a play on the Genius Bar found in Apple stores, where employees are tasked with providing support to consumers and also give them a reason to buy the iPhone. And the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Samsung may lose iPhone X OLED panel orders from Apple

The iPhone X is Apple's first smartphone with an OLED display. Since Samsung has a near monopoly in the smartphone OLED panel market, Apple had no choice but to source the display panel from its biggest rival. The company stood to gain billions of dollars by supplying Apple with OLED panels for the iPhone X […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Galaxy S9+ tops the global bestsellers list in April, Galaxy S8 takes 10th spot

According to the data from Counterpoint Research, Galaxy S9+ was the bestselling smartphone globally in April. Its smaller sibling, the Galaxy S9, came in second, pushing Apple’s iPhone X to the third spot. Strong sales in Asia Pacific and North American markets reportedly helped the Galaxy S9 series to snatch the top rankings. Since April marks […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Galaxy S9 LTE speed is 42% faster than iPhone X but you won’t really feel it

Samsung sent out a press release today boasting that the Galaxy S9 and the Galaxy S9+ are the fastest smartphones on the market today with download speeds that are up to 42 percent faster than its closest competitors. It has based this claim on data compiled by Ookla, a well-regarded data speed analysis company. The […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S9+ vs Apple iPhone X: Side-by-side pictures

As many had expected, both Samsung and Apple jumped on the all-screen design bandwagon in the same year. Samsung did it first as it launches its flagship at the beginning of the year, and Apple followed a few months later with the iPhone X. Only the iPhone X wasn't like other smartphones with bezel-less displays. […]

By Danny Dorresteijn
6 years ago

Apple is reportedly demanding better OLED prices from Samsung for the next iPhone

Samsung is the sole supplier of OLED panels for Apple’s iPhone X. The Korean giant was expected to make around $22 billion in revenue from supplying OLED panels to Apple in 2018. Since Samsung was the only supplier who could meet Apple’s demands in terms of quantity and quality, the company was able to command […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Samsung reportedly delays production at new OLED plant for up to 6 months

Samsung is the largest supplier of mobile OLED panels in the world. It is so far ahead of its competitors in both production capacity and quality that Apple chose them as the sole supplier of OLED panels for its iPhone X. Samsung Display was expected to earn around $22 billion in revenue from supplying OLED […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Galaxy S9+ is reportedly more expensive to make than the Galaxy Note 8

Calculating how much it costs precisely to make a smartphone is a tricky affair for third parties as companies don’t openly divulge component costs. Market analysts often rely on estimates from different sources to calculate the cost of popular smartphone models. Techinsights has compiled a cost analysis of popular smartphone models in the market. While […]

By Naresh
6 years ago

Check out these Galaxy S9 renders with an iPhone X-like notch

Rumors about Samsung majorly downsizing the bezels on the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ didn't pan out, and all we got were slightly narrower bezels above and below the Infinity display on the company's newest flagships compared to the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. That's not to say there aren't notable design improvements on-board. The […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
6 years ago

Why Samsung has nothing to gain from embracing an iPhone X-style notch

Samsung has worked diligently over the past few years to shed its reputation of being an Apple copycat and started blazing its own trail in smartphone design. It was far ahead of Apple in adopting edge-to-edge displays for smartphones and one can easily credit the company with popularizing the trend for the entire industry. Apple […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Samsung reportedly expects to make less money from OLED displays in 2018

Samsung's semiconductor and display divisions provided a significant chunk of the company's profits last year but according to a new report, Samsung expects to make less money from OLED panel sales in 2018. Apparently, that's because the OLED boom that the company was counting on hasn't really materialized. It has been reported multiple times over […]

By Adnan Farooqui
6 years ago

Samsung needs new OLED buyers as iPhone X production cut causes supply glut

The iPhone X is the first smartphone from Apple to feature an OLED display. Given Samsung's dominant position in the market, it's the only company that could provide Apple with OLED panels in the quality and quantity that the company desired, which is why it's the sole supplier of the iPhone X's OLED display. Analysts […]

By Adnan Farooqui
7 years ago

Apple reportedly cuts iPhone X display orders from Samsung Display

While Samsung and Apple continue to fight fiercely in the smartphone market, behind the curtains they share a supplier-customer relationship with Samsung being one of its largest component suppliers. Samsung’s display unit is the sole supplier of OLED displays for Apple’s iPhone X and is expected to make as much as $22 billion in revenue […]

By Naresh
7 years ago

Samsung downplays impact of weak iPhone X sales on its revenues

Yesterday Samsung released its Q4 2017 earnings, where the company posted a record high profit for the last quarter. Despite this performance, many people were skeptical if Samsung will be able to maintain this momentum due to various uncertainties in its components business. Less than expected sales of iPhone X is one such factor many […]

By Naresh
7 years ago

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