On CE - For Dealers, Distributors and OEMs of Consumer Electronics throughout EMEA

A Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst claims the iPhone of the near future will feature a radical redesign, CNBC reports-- Apple is supposedly  working with Asian partners on a foldable smartphone.

"We expect the iPhones this fall to be largely unchanged for the OLED versions although size changes have proved to be a catalyst in the past," analyst Wamsi Mohan  says. "Our checks also suggest that Apple is working with suppliers on a foldable phone (that potentially could double up as a tablet) for launch in 2020."

In other words, the iPhone for 2020 might be a device with a big iPad-style display one can fold into something iPhone-sized-- a "pholder," if one is up for unlikely device category names. Companies such as Lenovo and Samsung have worked on such devices, but so far none of them have made it further than the prototype stage.

Tivoli Audio announces a new colour collection for the popular PAL BT and PAL+ BT portable DAB radios just in time for the Spring, with Anise Flower, Lucite Green and Deep Oceal Teal options.

The colours have been chosen after careful consideration of global interior, fashion and product design trends-- or so the company claims, at any rate. This is not the first time Tivoli has presented special colours for its radios, since in the past it has partnered with brands such as Coach, Capallini, Anthropologie, Peter Max and Fiat to create limited edition products.

Vivitek announces an addition to the Qumi LED pocket projector series-- the Q38, a projector weighing just 750g able to project 1080p resolution images up to 130-inch in size.

The Q38 offers 600 lumens brightness as well as 10000:1 contrast ratio via LED light source promising 30000 hours of use. An internal battery provides up to 2 hours of use on a single charge. Audio is included through integrated dual 2W speakers, and customers can pair the projector to a compatible sound system via Bluetooth. Wireless connectivity also allows users to connect the projector to the internet and project HD digital content.

Logitech announces the G560 PC speaker system and G513 mechanical keyboard-- a pair of peripherals aimed at gamer customers featuring "intelligent" Lightsync RGB lighting technology.

According to the company, Lightsync automatically synchronises the lighting (thus the name) with a number of popular games, blasting lights to match in-game explosions, approaching enemies, damage taken, healing received, new worlds visited and more. Current games with Lightsync support include  Battlefield 1, Civilisation VI, Counter Strike: GO, Discord, Dota 2, Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood, Fortnite, Grand Theft Auto V, Killing Floor 2, Metronomicon, Tom Clancy’s: The Division and Total War: Warhammer II.