SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. launched its new iPhone 12 in South Korea on Friday, joining the fierce competition for the local 5G phone market. The country’s 5G phone market has so far been dominated by local tech giants, such as Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., but the newest iPhone [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s top smartphone vendor in the third quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, as the South Korean tech giant racked up modest sales gains in major markets amid the pandemic. Samsung shipped 80.4 million smartphones in the July-September period, up 2.9 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S20 Plus was the world’s best-selling 5G smartphone model by revenue in the first half of the year, a report showed Thursday, although its dominance is likely to end in the second half with the release of Apple Inc.’s iPhone 12. The Galaxy S20 Plus, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of air purifiers and other home cleaning appliances spiked in the first nine months of the year amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday. Outbound shipments of air purifiers shot up nearly 60 percent on-year to US$157 million in the January-September period, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Monday it has signed a patent licensing deal with Sweden-based home appliance maker Electrolux AB that covers ice-making technologies for French-door refrigerators. Under the agreement, Electrolux will be able to produce and sell French-door refrigerators using patented technologies developed by LG. The value of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday released premium wireless earbuds with an active noise cancellation (ANC) system in South Korea as the company seeks to expand its presence in the wearables market. The high-end model of the LG TONE Free wireless earbuds, the HBS-TFN7, was launched here for 219,000 won [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday introduced a new budget smartphone as the South Korean tech firm seeks to boost its presence in the mobile market with price-competitive devices. LG said the Q52 will go on sale in South Korea on Wednesday with a price tag of 333,000 won (US$290). [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has opened a showroom for its luxury built-in kitchen appliance brand in Europe to better expand its presence there. The first European showroom of LG’s Signature Kitchen Suite was opened in Milan, Italy, according to the company. The 1,100-square-meter facility is near the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc.’s new iPhone 12 is expected to boost South Korea’s number of 5G users to over 10 million by the end of this year, local analysts said Thursday, as the country looks to lead the global race to deploy the latest-generation network. The first 5G phone from Apple, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday launched a new home appliance line with enhanced customization options as the South Korean tech firm targets more consumers who seek their own home interior styling. LG Objet Collection allows consumers to select their own colors and materials for home appliances so that they [...]