SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said Friday it has opened an investigation into alleged patent violations by Samsung Electronics Co. over outdoor electronics displays. The formal investigation was initiated following a complaint on Aug. 19 by Manufacturing Resources International (MRI), an Atlanta-based manufacturer of outdoor and semi-outdoor digital [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 National Edition, which KT Corp. released as a special edition to celebrate the 2022 Qatar World Cup, enjoyed a strong pre-order response. The wireless carrier received pre-orders for 50 limited units through its official online mall on Monday and Tuesday. As many as [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — An influential American consumer magazine listed a number of TVs made by LG Electronics Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. on the Best Big-Screen TV list. U.S. Consumer Reports recommended 11 TVs with a 70-inch screen or larger, sorting them into categories of ‘top-performing’, ‘mid-priced’ and ‘lower-priced’ based on the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Inc.’s Pixel 1 smartphone, released back in 2016, is regaining market attention thanks to its free unlimited Google Photos storage function. It’s now easy to find a used Pixel 1 online at secondhand marketplace platforms like Joonggonara or Danggeun Market. Most of the phones put up for sale [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that the Fun Mode included on Galaxy A-series smartphones has been used more than 2.5 billion times worldwide since it was released a year ago. Fun Mode adds augmented reality (AR) lens technology developed by Snap, a camera application developer, to the Galaxy A [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it will soon release its 97-inch OLED EVO Gallery Edition, the world’s largest OLED television. The new 97G2 model comes with the largest OLED screen available in the current state of technology with a 4K resolution (3,840 x 2,160). It is also equipped with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it had installed its The Terrace outdoor TV at Postojna Cave, a major tourist attractions in Slovenia. Postojna Cave is famous as the habitat of olms, a kind of salamander often referred as ‘baby dragons.’ Samsung displayed the habitat space of olms taken by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Wednesday it plans to open its fourth retail store in South Korea later this month, expanding its presence in the country to compete with local rival Samsung Electronics Co. Named “Apple Jamsil,” the store will open at Lotte World Mall in Seoul’s southeastern [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Apple Inc.’s unveiling of the new iPhone 14 series on Wednesday, Samsung Electronics Co. posted a message online targeting Apple’s newest product. The South Korean tech giant’s U.S. branch said in a tweet to “Let us know when it folds”, hinting at Apple’s lack of innovation in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Display Co., a major display panel maker in South Korea, is visiting university campuses across the country using trucks loaded with next-generation foldable products. To attract distinguished university students, the company is hosting recruitment roadshows on a rotation basis at eight universities across the country. The company’s Display [...]