SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom watchdog said Thursday it will provide consumers with a means to compare local prices of smartphones with those sold abroad on its website starting in May, apparently aimed at lowering prices here. The move comes as local customers have been expressing criticism that smartphone makers tend [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday its new vacuum cleaner advertisement, which features the South Korean women’s curling team that won a surprise silver in the 2018 Winter Games, tallied more than 5 million views on video-sharing platform YouTube. The advertisement, first showcased on March 14, posted more than 350,000 [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A labor union has been created at internet giant Naver for the first time in the company’s history. The union, a subgroup operating under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, issued its official declaration on Tuesday, and received membership applications from 300 people within a couple of hours, according to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it clinched a contract with South Korea’s popular K-pop band BTS to promote its smartphones in the global market. Under the agreement, BTS will promote LG Electronics’ smartphones, including a new flagship model expected to be unveiled in June, through advertisements and various other [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The battery performance of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S9 smartphone trailed behind rival products, industry watchers said Monday, causing consumers to express discontent. According to a report released by industry tracker Strategy Analytics, the Galaxy S9 ranked sixth among the seven premium smartphones checked in terms of battery performance. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean law firm representing more than 60,000 consumers filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. and its local branch for intentionally slowing down older iPhones. Hannuri Law said it filed the suit at the Seoul Central District Court on behalf of 63,767 iPhone users. It [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Global tech manufactures have been cutting costs of premium televisions recently amid the escalating competition in the global market, industry watchers said Thursday. Samsung Electronics Co., which has been promoting QLED TVs, reduced the price of its 55-inch QLED TV, the QN55Q7FN, to US$1,900, down 24 percent from $2,500. [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., which enjoyed record earnings last year on the back of premium TVs and home appliance sales, is expected to post a robust performance in the first quarter of 2018. According to data compiled by market tracker FnGuide from local brokerage houses, the market’s first-quarter consensus for [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The quality of smartphone manufacturers’ warranty services provided in South Korea fall behind those of other countries despite the average sales prices being higher here, industry watchers said Tuesday. Samsung Electronics Co. is currently preparing the launch of the so-called Samsung Mobile Care service in South Korea, where users can [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean children aged between three and eight spend nearly three hours per day on smartphones, televisions and personal computers, a survey showed Friday. They spent an average of 177 minutes every day on watching television or playing with smartphones and personal computers, according to the survey of mothers [...]