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UploadVR’s Ian Hamilton was on the scene, and managed to get a pretty good capture of both Samsung’s and JDI’s panels with his iPhone 8 camera. Samsung showed off their 2.43-inch, Japan Display Inc. As opposed to Samsung’s display, attendees were treated to a moving scene.
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