LG Innotek has begun development of under panel camera, in which the camera lens is not visible on the screen of smartphones, TheElec has learned.The move is being made most certainly for its main customer Apple, which is expected to launch smartphones with the technology within the next few years.U

Samsung will be unveiling its Galaxy S24 smartphones on January 17 next year at San Jose, TheElec has learned.The date is two weeks earlier than its Unpacked for the Galaxy S23 smartphones held this year.It is also the first time that the South Korean company is holding its Unpacked event in San Jos

Samsung will be using a frame case made out of titanium in its upcoming Galaxy S24 Series, TheElec has learned.The Ultra model in the series will be the first to adopt the titanium material and the company plans to expand the application depending on reception, sources said.Apple was the first to ap

There was increasing interest within Samsung Display in technologies that can be applied to manufacture OLED panels without the use of fine metal masks (FMM), TheElec has learned.This interest was sparked after the Society of Information Display conference held in May this year where new production

Samsung Display is expected to start production of Gen 8 OLED panels aimed at IT devices in the first half of 2026, according to an analyst firm.The South Korean display maker earlier this year announced that it will start spending 4.1 trillion won to secure production lines for Gen 8 OLED panels.Ge

Samsung was considering applying the waterdrop hinge that it introduced with the Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Flip 5 on its foldable notebook launching next year, TheElec has learned.Waterdrop hinge allowed the company’s latest foldables to have the sides folded more tightly while reducing the crease in the

Samsung will use its own chip from its Exynos brand of application processors in its upcoming Galaxy S24 Series, TheElec has learned.The South Korean tech giant only used Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips for its Galaxy S23 Series unveiled earlier this year due to yield issues in Exynos.Samsung will use b

Samsung’s shipment rate for its latest foldable phones Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 were 10% higher than their predecessors, TheElec has learned.As of mid-September, the tech giant had over 8 weeks of inventory left for the two models, which means they are selling steadily.Samsung orders part

BOE is hoping to get Apple’s approval next month to supply OLED panels for the standard version of iPhone 15, TheElec has learned.The Chinese display giant had earlier in the year hoped to win orders for two models in the iPhone 15 series __ the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus, which have 6.1-inch and

LG Display has decided not to start investment and construction of a production line for OLED on silicon (OLEDoS) this year, TheElec has learned.OLEDoS deposits organic materials on silicon instead of glass and is a technology to make high-resolution microdisplays.LG Display plans to continue to foc

APS is reviewing a plan to develop a fine metal mask (FMM) based on a silicon substrate, TheElec has learned.FMM is used in the production of OLED panels. APS is currently developing an FMM made with laser patterning that it hopes will be used in the production of OLED on silicon (OLEDoS).However, d

Camera module maker MCNEX saw its revenue in auto components jump 43% in the first half of the year.On Monday, the company said it recorded 443.2 billion won in revenue and 500 million won in operating profit in the first half of 2023.Revenue increased by 24% year-on-year while operating profit dipp

3D cover glass maker JNTC said on Monday that it recorded 55.5 billion won in revenue and 4 billion won in operating profit in the second quarter.For the entire first half, it recorded 112.8 billion won in revenue and 6.2 billion won in operating profit.Revenue jumped 33% compared to a year ago whil

The CEO of South Korean display panel maker LG Display told reporters on Wednesday that the company’s earnings will gradually improve going forward in the second half of the year.LG Display CEO Jeong Ho-young was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the industry conference K-Display, hosted by

Samsung Display was planning to apply low refraction capping layer (CPL) on its smartphone OLED and was expected to apply them commercially in 2025 at the earliest, TheElec has learned.CPL is formed on top of the cathode and helps the light emitted from the emission layer towards the face of the dis

Samsung’s chip division recorded a steep operating loss of 4.36 trillion won in the second quarter due to the global economic downturn that is causing weak demand for IT products.However, inventory of chips peaked in May and is declining, the South Korean tech giant said, a sign that demand for chip

SK Hynix said on Wednesday that it has recorded 2.9 trillion won in operating loss in the second quarter this year.This means that the South Korean chip giant recorded 6.3 trillion won in operating loss in total for the first half of the year, as the down cycle of the global chip market continues.Ho

Apple has asked its display panel suppliers Samsung Display and LG Display to develop zero-bezel OLED panels, TheElec has learned.While most premium smartphones in the market right now offer screens with very thin bezels, completely removing them is no easy task.The bezel area of the screen houses c

Samsung has started the development of a new smart device that will come in the form of a ring, TheElec has learned.The so-called Galaxy Ring will use circuit boards made by Japan’s Meiko, sources said.Printed circuit boards are usually developed first for electronic devices, followed by the compone

Extended reality (XR) company Virnect is planning to expand from offering XR solutions to customers to launching XR platforms, the company CEO told TheElec.Virnect was founded in 2016 is a software company that offers XR solutions for industrial use.It offers a variety of solutions in a variety of d