SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled two new foldable smartphones with upgraded features at cheaper prices as the South Korean tech giant tries to beef up its leading position in the handset market by mainstreaming the foldable category. The Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3, available in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its dominance in the domestic smartphone market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as its rivals struggled to gain presence. Samsung logged a share of 73 percent in the South Korean smartphone market in the April-June period, up 6 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday said it will expand its streaming service on smart TVs as the tech giant tries to increase its presence amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. The South Korean company said LG Channels will be launched in an additional 11 European countries, including Switzerland and the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s fourth-largest vendor of Android 5G smartphones in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as Chinese makers aggressively expanded their presence. Samsung had a market share of 16.5 percent in the April-June period after shipping 15.6 million units of 5G [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming wireless earbuds are likely to be cheaper than its previous model, a report showed Monday, as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the premium segment of wearables. Samsung is expected to unveil its new wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds 2, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. expanded its presence in the Chinese tablet market in the second quarter of the year despite an overall market decline, a report showed Friday. The South Korean tech giant registered a market share of 14 percent in the April-June period, up from 6 percent a year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to dominate the foldable smartphone market this year with an 88 percent share, a report showed Friday, as the tech giant prepares to unveil its new foldable devices next week. The global foldable market is estimated to triple from a year earlier to reach [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday released a brand-new ceiling-type air conditioner unit that boasts the highest cooling capacity available in the domestic market. The newly-released air conditioner called ‘Wind-Free System Air Conditioner 4-Way’ comes in two types – a 16-kilowatt (kW) model and 17 kW model that has the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. saw its smartphone market share in India decline in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, as the tech giant tries to fend off challenges from Chinese players. Samsung represented 17.7 percent of the smartphone shipments in India in the April-June period, down [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will expand overseas sales of its wind-free air conditioner after the product posted robust sales in the first half of the year amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. The tech giant said its wind-free air conditioner sales outside South Korea jumped 75 percent in [...]