SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. defended its leading status in the global smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, as the South Korean giant saw solid growth in its mobile sales. Samsung’s smartphone shipments jumped 32 percent on-year to 77 million units in the January-March [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it plans to produce home appliances from its smartphone manufacturing line in northern Vietnam, as the company earlier decided to fully withdraw from the mobile business. Under the plan, the company will complete the transformation within this year while reallocating [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., the maker of the Tromm Styler steam closet, will be introducing a next-generation shoe styler. The South Korean home appliances giant recently submitted patents for a so-called ‘shoe styler’ to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, and unveiled new information about the shoe styler on Sunday. The [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday said it has joined hands with Italian jewelry and luxury goods brand Bvlgari to promote its rollable TV to European customers. The world’s second-largest TV maker said it recently held events for high-end customers at Bvlgari shops in Switzerland to introduce the SIGNATURE OLED [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will invest US$20.5 million to expand its washing machine factory in the United States in a move to meet growing demand in the country. The home appliance maker said the investment will create 334 new jobs at the plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, bringing [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two major electronics firms — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. — were among the top five players in the European smart home market in the fourth quarter of last year, a report showed Tuesday, as they push to increase connected devices amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. had started running Galaxy Fan Classes that provide a variety of educational and experience programs, including how to use the latest Galaxy smartphones, at its Digital Plaza stores nationwide. The classes are designed to evolve the Digital Plaza from a simple shopping space into a space [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday unveiled its upgraded smart tracking tag leveraging advanced wireless communication technologies that can locate people’s lost items with better accuracy. The Galaxy SmartTag+ uses both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and ultra-wideband (UWB) solutions, according to Samsung. The latest product will be available beginning next [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will offer extended software upgrades for its smartphones as the company is set to depart from the mobile business. LG’s mobile operating system (OS) update guarantee will be extended by one year. LG’s premium smartphone users can now get OS updates for three [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced its new Galaxy A series smartphone portfolio in the United States on Thursday, hoping it can take over market share of its South Korean rival LG Electronics Inc. that recently announced its departure from the mobile business. Starting with the Galaxy A42 5G on Thursday, [...]