SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. started sales of the new iPhone 8 smartphones in South Korea on Friday, with the devices receiving a relatively tepid response from local users, industry watchers said. According to sources, the preorders for the iPhone 8 smartphones were only 60-70 percent of the iPhone [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The combined sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 8 smartphone in South Korea have reached 1 million units, industry data showed Thursday, a little over a month after the device hit local shelves. The South Korean tech giant started official sales of the 6.3-inch phablet on Sept. 21, [...]
UIJEONGBU, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gyeonggi Provincial Government announced today it will host the Pangyo Autonomous Motor Show 2017, the world’s very first motor show dedicated to autonomous cars. According to the government, the Pangyo Autonomous Motor Show (PAMS), which will be held from November 16 to 18 at Pangyo Zero City in Seongnam, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics America and co-working office space provider WeWork have joined hands to open customer service areas à la Apple ‘s Genius Bar, according to an October 30 report from American business magazine Fast Company. Genius Bars are customer service areas within Apple Stores that are staffed with employees [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Wednesday the iPhone X will be released in South Korea with a price tag of 1.42 million won (US$1,207), hovering far above that of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 8 released in September. Apple’s South Korean office said the 64GB iPhone X will [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers are scaling back promotional benefits for the launch of iPhone 8 smartphones later this week, industry sources said Tuesday, amid subdued interest for the handset. U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has said it will start sales of the iPhone 8 in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The adoption of the latest technology in home appliances – from artificial intelligence to the internet of things – is being well-received by consumers, as manufacturers increase their efforts to release a wider range of technology-based white goods. According to sources close to the South Korean electronics industry, international sales [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will release vacuum cleaners inspired by characters from “Star Wars” in cooperation with movie producer Lucasfilm Ltd. The South Korean tech giant said the new robot and wireless vacuum cleaners are modeled on characters from the movie series created by George Lucas. The [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. said Friday the first batch of iPhone 8s allocated for preorder was sold out in 30 minutes in the country. KT said 50,000 units of the new smartphone from U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. were sold, although the speed is slower [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday opened a research and development center in its production line located in the southern part of the country, which will accommodate 1,500 researchers. The opening came around two years after the South Korean tech giant started the construction of the facility in Changwon, 400 [...]