SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming foldable smartphone — the Galaxy Z Fold 2 — is expected to sell around 500,000 units this year, larger than its predecessor, a report showed Wednesday. The South Korean tech giant will introduce the latest handset, which folds horizontally like a book, at the Galaxy [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Unlike previous weather forecasts that predicted a record hot summer this year, South Korea is now in the midst of a record-breaking rainy season, dealing a blow to some domestic electronics companies. Based on the Korea Meteorological Administration’ previous forecasts that this year would have a record hot summer, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled a second teaser for its new mobile devices launch event featuring K-pop group BTS, as the tech titan seeks to boost gadget sales amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The teaser, released Monday, features BTS, online video game Fortnite streamer Myth and American singer Khalid and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has increased its smartphone market share in North America in the second quarter of the year amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Monday, boding well for the company’s effort to end a slump in its mobile business. South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm accounted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will introduce five new mobile devices later this week as the company aims to boost its gadget sales amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung will hold the Galaxy Unpacked event on Wednesday to unveil its latest mobile devices. It will broadcast live starting at 11 p.m. [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has dropped to the second spot in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter of the year, with China’s Huawei Technologies Co. taking the top spot, a report showed Friday. Samsung shipped 54.2 million smartphones in the April-June period to take a market share of 19.5 [...]
DAEJEON, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a bracelet-shaped wearable device by using a sound augmented technology, a national research university said Wednesday. The device named ‘Sound Wear’ is a wearable device for play that allows children not only to detect and choose sounds but also make them and exchange them [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean firms on Wednesday lamented the world’s largest tech expo’s decision to hold the event online next year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic as they seek ways to better promote their new technology and products. The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has announced that the Consumer Electronics Show [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the increase in sales of dehumidifiers in recent days thanks to the prolonged rainy season, Samsung Electronics Co. remains unwilling to resume the production of dehumidifiers, raising curiosity about why. In 2017, Samsung stopped the sales of dehumidifiers, which it sold on an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) basis. [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has recaptured the second spot in the Indian smartphone market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, apparently riding on growing anti-China sentiment in the South Asian nation. The South Korean tech giant accounted for 26 percent of the Indian market in [...]