SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it has joined hands with a local fashion accessory brand to conduct various marketing activities for the Galaxy Note 20 phablet as the tech company tries to boost sales of the flagship mobile device. Samsung will collaborate with Joseph&Stacey, a Seoul-based handbag and wallet [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the top smartphone vendor in the second quarter of the year despite suffering a sharp decline in sales, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung sold 54.75 million smartphones in the April-June period to take a 18.6 percent market share, according to market researcher Gartner Inc. Its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest smartwatch and wireless earbuds have been robust, industry insiders said Tuesday, despite the resurgence of virus cases here. Samsung has sold 60,000 units of the Galaxy Watch 3 smartwatch since its launch on Aug. 6. The figure is triple of the sales of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major South Korean home appliance maker, said Tuesday its latest washer-dryer combo product will be launched in global markets starting next month. LG Wash Tower will hit the shelves in the United States next month and be sold in 10 countries, including China, France and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean unit of U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. offered 100 billion won (US$84 million) worth of programs for consumers and mobile phone carriers, in a move to address concerns about the company’s alleged violation of competition law, the nation’s antitrust regulator said Monday. Apple Korea has been [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Sunday introduced a new midrange 5G smartphone as the South Korean tech firm seeks to overcome a long slump in its mobile business with price-competitive devices. LG said the Q92 will go on sale in South Korea on Wednesday with a price tag of 499,400 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its new flagship phablet has been officially launched globally as the South Korean tech giant pins hopes on its latest device to drive the company’s mobile business amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. The Galaxy Note 20 series has hit shelves in some 70 countries, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the top TV vendor in the first half of the year, a report showed Wednesday, despite a contraction of the global TV market due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung accounted for 31.3 percent of the world TV market in terms of value in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will offer extended software upgrades for its Galaxy smartphones for up to three device generations as the company vows to improve its after-sales support. Samsung will guarantee three generations of Android operating system (OS) updates for Galaxy smartphones. It will cover Galaxy S10 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the top TV vendor in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, while its local rival LG Electronics Inc. fell to the fourth spot in global TV shipments. Samsung shipped 8.5 million TVs in the April-June period, down 6 percent from a [...]