SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Details of LG Electronics Inc.’s soon-to-be released flagship smartphone were leaked through its official website Sunday apparently due to a mistake by its staff, industry sources said. The specifications of the G4, including its design, display and battery, were posted for about six hours early Sunday on its microsite [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The most popular size of full-automatic top-loading washing machines has increased to over 16kg thanks to their increased performance and enhanced space efficiency. According to Hi-Mart, an electronics retailer in Korea, sales of large washing machines with load capacities of more than 16kg have accounted for almost 50 percent [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics, South Korea’s leading home appliance maker, said Thursday it has rolled out its latest premium TV models in the United States, as part of efforts to grab a bigger share in the North America region. LG unveiled the Ultra OLED TV and Super Ultra HD TV before [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. has beaten its archrival U.S. Apple Inc. in customer loyalty, an online poll showed Wednesday. Samsung ranked first with 35 points, outpacing Apple’s 7, according to an online poll by U.S. corporate research site SurveyMonkey, based on the responses from 5,000 consumers [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korean smart home market increased by 24 percent last year. According to an announcement from the Korea Association of Smart Home (KASH) on April 5, the Korean smart home market reached 8.56 trillion won (US$ 7.85 billion) last year, which was an increase of 24.3 percent from 2013. [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics estimated its first-quarter operating profit at 5.9 trillion won (US$5.44 billion) on Tuesday, which beat a market consensus and pointed to a recovery in its earnings. The operating profit was up 11.53 percent from the 5.29 trillion won for the October-December period of 2014 [...]
BUSAN, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Unmanned aerial vehicles will be mobilized to crack down on ships illegally anchoring in sea lanes near the port of Busan. The Busan Port Authority announced that it would utilize drones in its crackdown on floating docks or ships berthed for long periods of time at the wharves in the port. [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s tech giant, has launched its quantum dot-based TV in the United States, the company said Friday, as it kicks off the global sale of its latest premium lineups. Samsung unveiled the quantum dot TV, also dubbed the SUHD TV, before the press at a launching [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung employees and the head of an LG Display subcontractor denied allegations that they illegally traded LG’s OLED technology behind its back. Four executives and employers of Samsung Display and the head of the subcontractor were indicted last month on charges of exchanging information related to LG’s secret technology through emails. [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A smart sensor that a drink bottle can ‘wear’ and a wristband device that wakes up sleepyheads are being presented to the public at the ‘Innovative & Creative Show,’ a convention for small digital companies held by Daehong Communications. Daehong Communications has helped several newly formed companies debut at [...]