Samsung has registered a patent that points to a wearable featuring a camera with an optical zoom and a digital watch strap. Russian news outfit 3D News reports that the filing was made with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in ...
Not only did the firm deliver a massive punnet of member berries with the new Nokia 3310, it also launched a few attractive Android phones. However, there could be much more to come, judging by a video posted online and subsequently ...
Tags: Nokia, Android Phones
Earlier this year, reputed tipster Evan Blass gave us our first hint that HTC was working on a new upper mid-range counterpart to the HTC 10: the Desire 10. Now, according to a report from VentureBeat, it has emerged the company is ...
Tags: HTC 10, new phones, VentureBeat
While the iPhone 7 is largely expected to mimic the look and feel of the iPhone 6S range, new reports on Tuesday suggest their may be some extremely subtle changes to the body. Schematics published today by Dutch site techtastic.nl claim ...
Tags: iPhone 7, camera lens
The factory in Mesa, Arizona, had never been intended to house the manufacture of a gemstone. Ahead of the photovoltaics industry’s 2011-2012 meltdown, First Solar had built it with the aim of producing 280 MW worth of solar panels ...
Tags: Arizona, photovoltaics industry, Alchemy Turns Sapphire
HC Semitek board approved the acquisition of Chinese sapphire substrate manufacturer Crystaland during a recent shareholder meeting. The acquisition deal signals the company is extending its reach into the upstream LED market sector, and ...
Tags: M&A, HC Semitek, Cyrstaland
The LED market has shown mixed results in different global regions recently. Stagnant LED shipment growth, and plunging sapphire substrate prices have brought related manufacturers operations under the market lime light. Market sources ...
Tags: sapphire industry, restructure, LED market
Worldwide demand for camera lens shipments, including kit and standalone (aftermarket) lenses reached 22.2 million units in 2014, which represented an annual drop of 13%, according to Futuresource Consulting. The value performance was ...
Tags: Camera Lens, Camera
The Finance Ministry announced it would lower import tariffs on some goods including camera lens from January 1 to support industrial development and to refine the trade mix. The ministry said applocable imports included manufacturing ...
Tags: Import Tariffs, Camera Lenses
It’s late August, and joining Goodwood and the Notting Hill Carnival is the newest seasonal event on the calendar: speculation about new iPhones. One particular nugget lighting up fans’ eyes – and burning a hole in their ...
Tags: Notting Hill Carnival, iPhones, Electronics
There will be an estimated demand for 12.44 million mm of 2-inch-equivalent sapphires for optical purposes in 2014, mainly consisting of 54.3% for use in smartphone button covers, 24.1% iWatch covers and 17.4% smartphone camera lens covers, ...
Tags: Digitimes Research, Equivalents, Lighting
Out of sapphire substrate non-LED applications, mobile devices have shown the strongest demand. Sapphire substrate non-LED applications are projected to reach a 32% share in 2014, with mobile device applications taking a 21% share, ...
Tags: LED applications, mobile devices
The French consulting company Yole Développement releases this month its Sapphire Applications and Market: From LED to Consumer Electronics report. This technology & market report provides a detailed analysis of the status and ...
Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $41.5m for full-year 2013, down 38% on $67.2m for 2012. ...
Tags: optical products, increasing utilization, competitive landscape
A lot of attention and speculation has been brewing on GT Advanced Technologies' (GTAT) sapphire screens replacing Corning's (GLW) Gorilla Glass in the iPhone 6. Sapphire is one of the hardest materials on earth and is basically scratch ...
Tags: GT Advanced Technologies, sapphire screens, Corning, Gorilla Glass