SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Monday it launched its augmented reality (AR) app in the United States as it seeks widespread adoption of the immersive technology. The mobile carrier said it released its Jump AR app, previously only available in South Korea and Hong Kong, [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. had started running Galaxy Fan Classes that provide a variety of educational and experience programs, including how to use the latest Galaxy smartphones, at its Digital Plaza stores nationwide. The classes are designed to evolve the Digital Plaza from a simple shopping space into a space [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean wireless carriers are estimated to have logged robust earnings in the first quarter on the back of sharp growth in 5G users and their non-telecom businesses, a poll showed Sunday. The combined operating profits of the country’s three major mobile carriers — SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will offer extended software upgrades for its smartphones as the company is set to depart from the mobile business. LG’s mobile operating system (OS) update guarantee will be extended by one year. LG’s premium smartphone users can now get OS updates for three [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced its new Galaxy A series smartphone portfolio in the United States on Thursday, hoping it can take over market share of its South Korean rival LG Electronics Inc. that recently announced its departure from the mobile business. Starting with the Galaxy A42 5G on Thursday, [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Leaving its ill-fated mobile business behind, LG Electronics Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm, will zero in on bolstering promising sectors, like vehicle components, connected devices and artificial intelligence (AI), industry observers said Monday, hoping that the segments will fill the hole left by its money-losing unit. LG [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc.’s withdrawal from the mobile business is likely to help its bigger rivals such as Samsung Electronics Co. expand their presence in the sector at home and abroad, industry observers said Monday, as there are limited alternatives for local consumers. After years of money-losing performance, LG said [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it will withdraw from the mobile business after years of money-losing performance amid intensifying competition with bigger rivals. The South Korean tech powerhouse said in a regulatory filing that its mobile communications (MC) unit will no longer produce and sell handsets after July 31, [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — When 5G networks were first rolled out in South Korea in April 2019, telecom operators claimed that their ultrafast mobile speeds and low latency would usher in a new era for smartphone users and even power future technologies from autonomous vehicles to virtual reality (VR) content to cloud gaming. [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. has lowered the price of its latest foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold2, industry insiders said Thursday, in an effort to popularize the foldable smartphone category. The ex-factory price for the Galaxy Z Fold2 5G, which was launched last September, has been set at 1.892 million [...]