SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. is expected to make up one-third of global borderless PC monitor panel production next year, a report showed Friday, leading the fast-growing market. LG Display’s borderless monitor display production capacity is projected to increase from 33.06 million units this year to 34.2 million units in 2021, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday launched a comprehensive mobile device care service in South Korea as the company boosts its after-sales support for customers. Samsung Care+ is a monthly mobile care plan that offers extended warranty, damage coverage and repair services. Such a service has been already launched in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese phones are dominating the world market for smartphones after Chinese manufacturer Huawei Technologies Co. topped global charts for the second quarter this year. Nevertheless, Chinese smartphone makers are still being dwarfed in the South Korean market. Not even Huawei, or Xiaomi Corp., the world’s fourth largest smartphone manufacturer, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the second-largest smartphone vendor in Canada in the second quarter of the year, but its market share gap with Apple Inc. has widened, a report showed Tuesday. Samsung took a 34 percent market share in the April-June period in terms of smartphone shipments, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Sung-hwan has been an ARMY, a fan of K-pop sensation BTS, for only about seven months, and when Samsung Electronics Co. announced the launch of BTS-themed gadgets, he didn’t hesitate to buy one. Park, whose wife and daughter are also ARMYs, went to the Weverse Shop, the official [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s new flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 20, are likely to be lower than its predecessor, analysts here said Friday, with fierce competition with rivals expected in the second half of the year. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 20 series at the Galaxy Unpacked online [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to increase its presence in the wireless earphone market following its launch of a new hearable product, analysts said Thursday, as the South Korean tech giant tries to catch up with industry leader Apple Inc. The Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds were one of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled new wearable products and tablets as the company aims to expand its presence in the mobile device market. At its Galaxy Unpacked online event on Wednesday, the South Korean tech giant introduced the Galaxy Watch 3 smartwatch, the Galaxy Buds Live wireless earbuds, the Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced a new flagship phablet and foldable smartphone with larger screens as the company aims to boost its handset sales amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. At its Galaxy Unpacked online event on Wednesday, the South Korean tech giant unveiled the Galaxy Note 20 phablet and the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the world’s second-largest tablet vendor in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, as it eyes to expand its presence in the fast-growing market amid the pandemic. Samsung shipped 6.9 million tablets in the April-June period to take a 15.9 percent market [...]