SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s third-largest smartwatch vendor last year, a report showed Friday, as its rivals Apple Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. expanded their sales. Samsung’s smartwatch shipments suffered a 1 percent on-year drop to 9.1 million units in 2020, according to market researcher Counterpoint Research. Apple [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its fitness app with advanced health tracking features will soon be available in 31 new countries as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its health service amid the pandemic. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the Samsung Health Monitor app received a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday rolled out its new wireless earbuds boasting upgraded audio quality and sleek design as the South Korean tech giant eyes expansion of its presence in the fast-growing hearables market. The Galaxy Buds Pro debuted at the online Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event, alongside the company’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s share in the global wireless earphone market dropped slightly in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, as more consumers lean toward cheaper products amid the pandemic. Samsung accounted for 5 percent of the global truly wireless stereo (TWS) product shipments in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. moved up to the third spot in the global smartwatch market in the third quarter of the year thanks to brisk sales of the Galaxy Watch3, a report showed Thursday. Samsung accounted for 10 percent of the global smartwatch shipments in the July-September period, up 2 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the fourth-largest vendor of wearable devices in the third quarter of the year, a market report showed Wednesday, amid soaring global demand for wearables. Samsung shipped 11.2 million units of wearable devices in the July-September period, up 32.2 percent from a year earlier, for a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday introduced a new cinema projector in South Korea that boasts easy screen alignment amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The latest model of the LG CineBeam Laser 4K, the HU810PW, is equipped with a “triple image adjustment” feature that gives more installment options to users, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. said Monday its electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring app on Apple Watch is now available in South Korea as the U.S. tech giant tries to expand its presence in the wearables market here with upgraded health-related features. Apple said local consumers who have Apple Watch Series 4 or later [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. has announced a global recall of AirPods Pro wireless earbuds for faulty sound issues, such as crackling or static sounds. Apple said it has determined that a small percentage of AirPods Pro may experience sound issues, adding that affected units were manufactured before October 2020. The U.S. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday released premium wireless earbuds with an active noise cancellation (ANC) system in South Korea as the company seeks to expand its presence in the wearables market. The high-end model of the LG TONE Free wireless earbuds, the HBS-TFN7, was launched here for 219,000 won [...]