SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two electronics giants — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. — are intensifying their competition in the beam projector market. LG on Wednesday signed an agreement with Kim Caddie, a golf booking service platform. Based on the agreement, LG expects to supply LG ProBeam laser projectors [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. announced that it will add a pet care cycle to its washers and dryers for customers with pets of their own. The upgrade will be applied to TROMM washer, dryer, mini washer and wash tower in the tech giant’s UP appliances, which can have new functions [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will launch a limited edition of the Galaxy Z Fold3 handset in collaboration with homegrown design brand Muziktiger. The Muziktiger edition, to go on sale from Monday, is priced at 1,280,400 won (US$997). The new edition comes with the [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. retook the top spot in the global smartphone market from Apple Inc. in the first quarter of 2022, data showed Friday. The South Korean tech giant shipped 74 million units of smartphones over the January-March period, up 7 percent from the previous quarter and down 3 [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co., a major display panel maker, said Wednesday its first-quarter net income fell nearly 80 percent from a year ago, driven by lower demand for IT products and falling TV panel prices. Its net for the three months ending in March came to 54.3 billion won (US$43 [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Last year, the visual display businesses at Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. saw drops in the capacity utilization rate from the previous year, but the average sales price per device sold increased, largely thanks to premium TVs, data showed Tuesday. Leaders Index studied the business reports of [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Z Flip3 Pokemon Edition sold out within minutes of its release in South Korea, tracking the recent runaway success of the Pokemon sticker-bread duo on the company’s home turf, the company’s website has showed. The special edition of Samsung’s popular foldable phone comes with Pokemon [...]
DAEJEON, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean companies are leading international patent applications in the fast-growing area of clothing care systems designed to make it simple to keep clothes clean, hygienic and ready to wear, the country’s patent office said Sunday. The number of patent applications related to clothing care systems in five major [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that plastic parts that the company has recycled from discarded ocean-bound fishing nets, which are used to make Galaxy smartphones, tablet PCs and laptops, are more effective in cutting back on carbon emissions than other kinds of plastic. The life cycle assessment (LCA) results [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to expand its eco-friendly project by using recycled parts for maintenance, as the company decided to use recycled materials for the production of smartphones. The tech giant plans to introduce a new “manufacturer-certified recycled materials program” early this year for all smartphone repairs and provide [...]