Samsung Electronics won’t be unveiling a new Galaxy Z Flip smartphone at its upcoming Unpacked event expected in early 2021, TheElec has learned.The new model of the foldable smartphone will be unveiled after the first quarter, people familiar with the matter said. For smartphones, only the Galaxy S

Samsung Electronics has reduced the number of home appliances launching next year that it will apply ultraviolet (UV) LED on from its initial target, TheElec has learned.In September, the company had planned to install UV LED on up to 20 to 30% of new home appliances launching in 2021. The move was

Apple is preparing to adopt OLED screens for its iPad Pro tablets launching next year, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display and LG Display, which currently supplies OLED panels for iPhones, were currently developing the new OLED panel for the new tablets that will likely launch in the second half of

Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei was planning to launch a 2021 model of its strategic smartphone brand the P series sometime in the first half of next year, people with direct knowledge of the matter told TheElec.The company had traditionally launched the flagship P series of smartphones in the f

Chinese display giant BOE has yet again failed to clinch a supply order from Apple for OLED panels, TheElec has learned.The display maker will now have to try again in the first half of 2021 __ which means next year’s iPhone series will likely use panels made by Samsung Display and LG Display again.

Component suppliers for Samsung Electronics are looking to reduce their reliance of smartphones.The smartphone market has matured while competition between the suppliers are intensifying, forcing them to look for new revenue stream elsewhere.Mcnex is looking to camera modules for automobiles. It cur

Powerlogics has received Hyundai Motor Group’s standard quality (SQ) certification through car component maker SL Mirrortech.It will allow Powerlogics to supply car components for the automobile maker.Powerlogics is better known as a camera module supplier for smartphones to Samsung Electronics.The

South Korean semiconductor and display equipment maker saw their earnings recover in the third quarter.Semiconductor kit maker were helped by investments from Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. Display equipment companies benefited from Chinese panel makers such as BOE and HKC increasing investments

South Korean component makers for 5G telecom kits have saw their earnings plummet in the third quarter due to slowdown in investment into 5G networks by telcos in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.KMW saw its sales drop 72% from a year ago in the third quarter. OE Solution saw sales halved in the same

Chinese smartphone giant Huawei will sell its sub-brand Honor to a consortium formed by the Shenzhen local government.Honor accounts for around 30% of Huawei’s smartphone shipment, or around 70 million units a year, and the move will dent the Chinese tech giant’s hope of surpassing Samsung Electroni

Lightron has supplied its optical transceivers for South Korean telco KT’s 5G telecom equipment, TheElec has learned.Lightron was initially omitted from KT’s selection of transceiver suppliers earlier this year. The telco had chosen OE Solution, Intec E&C and Zaram Technology __ however, OE Solution

Jahwa Electronics’ negotiations to sell its Vietnam camera module factory with Sunny Optical has fallen through, TheElec has learned.The talks between the pair fell through around the end of September, people familiar with the matter said.Sunny Optical has purchased another camera module factory in

Printed circuit board (PCB) maker TLB is aiming to be listed on KOSDAQ.The company split-off from Daeduck Electronics back in 2011. It was originally the thin lamination board business of Daeduck.It has turned in its security report to financial authorities on Monday. Its IPO is expected next month.

Samsung Electronics has topped Apple in smartphone sales in the US in the third quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.It is the first in three years __ the Korean tech giant previously beat Cupertino for the top spot in the second quarter of 2017.Samsung sold 10.4 billion smartphones in the quart

LG Display will expand the production rate of its organic light emitting diode (OLED) panel factory lines dedicated to Apple, TheElec has learned.The company will expand its E6-1 and E6-2 factory lines at Paju, South Korea. LG Display is planning to put in low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LPTO

China’s SmartSens has secured US$225 million in investment in its latest funding round, the company said on Friday.The firm will focus on developing chip architecture for CMOS image sensors (CIS) with the latest funds.State-owned China Integrated Circuit Investment Fund, Xiaomi Changing Industrial F

Samsung Electro-Mechanics has narrowed its candidates to buy its wireless communication module business, which includes W-Fi modules, to two companies, TheElec has learned.There were nine companies that showed interest in buying the businesses initially, but this was first narrowed down to four and

Samsung Display said on Thursday that it was sending a hundred employees to India to wrap up construction of its organic light emitting diode (OLED) module factory there.The staff, numbering a hundred people of its own and suppliers’, will visit its OLED factory under construction at Noida city of t

Semes, the semiconductor and display equipment making subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, is expected to post over 2 trillion won in full year sales for 2020, the company CEO told TheElec.Semes CEO Kang Chang-jin said the company has already surpassed the 2 trillion won mark as of end of October.This

Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other major TV vendors are planning to launch miniLED TVs in 2021.MiniLED TVs will likely makeup the premium segment of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, which is still the dominant technology in the global TV market.MiniLED is being touted as the next-generat