SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its dominance in the domestic smartphone market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as its rivals struggled to gain presence. Samsung logged a share of 73 percent in the South Korean smartphone market in the April-June period, up 6 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Tuesday it will offer Spotify to its mobile users for up to six months in a move expected to expand the music streaming service’s presence in the country. The telecom operator said subscribers to its 4G LTE and 5G [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s fourth-largest vendor of Android 5G smartphones in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as Chinese makers aggressively expanded their presence. Samsung had a market share of 16.5 percent in the April-June period after shipping 15.6 million units of 5G [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to dominate the foldable smartphone market this year with an 88 percent share, a report showed Friday, as the tech giant prepares to unveil its new foldable devices next week. The global foldable market is estimated to triple from a year earlier to reach [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. saw its smartphone market share in India decline in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, as the tech giant tries to fend off challenges from Chinese players. Samsung represented 17.7 percent of the smartphone shipments in India in the April-June period, down [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks topped 16 million as of June, data showed Thursday, as subscriptions to the latest generation networks continued to grow despite a lack of new flagship 5G phones. The total number of 5G users reached 16.47 million in June, accounting for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S.-based group of companies that has voiced opposition to commissions major app stores collect from developers expressed support Tuesday for legislative movement in South Korea to pass a bill that seeks to curb the so-called app store taxes. Last month, the National Assembly’s Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. retained the top spot in the global smartphone market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, although its market share declined from the previous quarter due to fewer shipments. The South Korean giant had a market share of 18 percent in the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone vendor, said Tuesday that its S-Pen stylus will be coming to its foldable smartphones as the tech giant prepares to unveil the new devices next month. Samsung is scheduled to introduce its new Galaxy Z foldable devices — the Galaxy Z Fold3 [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone maker, is running a special trade-in program in the United States for its upcoming new foldable smartphones, industry insiders said Friday, amid its push to expand its customer base of foldable handsets. Samsung’s U.S. unit recently opened a reservation page that allows [...]