SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. will simultaneously showcase two premium smartphones based on 5G and 4G to better cater to various consumer needs and improve profits, its mobile business chief has said. The South Korean electronics maker said it will unveil its V50 ThinQ, which runs on 5G, and its 4G-based [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. will release its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, on March 8 in the United States, its website said Friday. Samsung’s U.S. website opened a preorder page for the much-hyped premium phone ahead of an Unpacked event slated for Feb. 20 in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphone shipments sharply fell in Thailand in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, losing its top title to Chinese rival Oppo, an industry tracker said Thursday. The South Korean tech giant released just over 1 million smartphones in Thailand in the October-December period, taking up [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With Samsung Electronics Co. investing in QD-OLED technology, which will substitute large TV panels, there is a possibility that the company will reintroduce large OLED panels after a seven-year break. Even though company officials have confirmed that nothing has been decided yet, concern about profitability will eventually lead to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — China edged out South Korea in the global liquid crystal display (LCD) television sector last year to be the world’s top manufacturing country of the products, data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by industry tracker IHS Markit, China accounted for the largest share (31.9 percent) of the [...]
SUWON, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will release a full lineup of 8K QLED TVs with upscale features for the global market to expand its presence in the growing premium segment. QLED TVs are LED TVs that use quantum dots to enhance performance in key picture quality areas. Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new mid-level smartphone, tailored for the Indian market, sold out three minutes after going on sale on the country’s Amazon site, the tech giant said Wednesday. The South Korean company, citing the retailer, said the standard M10 and larger M20 phone sales in the first day [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans use a smartphone, marking the highest level of smartphone ownership in the world, a recent report showed. Ninety-five percent of the South Korean population used a smartphone last year, the highest rate among 27 countries surveyed, according to the report released by the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., said Wednesday that the tech giant will focus on nurturing the non-memory chip and foundry business as part of its new growth engine. Lee made the remark during his meeting with Hong Young-pyo, floor leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 19 TVs made by LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. have been chosen as the best for viewing this year’s Super Bowl by Consumer Reports, according to the magazine’s website on Tuesday. The LG and Samsung TV models are listed in the article “Best Super [...]