SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Friday its 48-inch OLED TV will hit store shelves in South Korea following the product’s successful overseas launch. LG’s 48CX OLED TV, which will become available Saturday, is priced at 1.89 million won (US$1,570). The 48-inch TV was released in European countries and Japan last [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — British home appliance maker Dyson Ltd. on Thursday launched its new vacuum cleaner with an omnidirectional head for the first time in the world in South Korea as it aims to boost sales here. The Omni-glide features an omnidirectional head that allows consumers to remove dust easily in tight [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new phablet, the Galaxy Note 20, may be its cheapest 5G flagship mobile device in recent years, industry sources here said Thursday, as the company tries to boost handset sales amid the pandemic. According to the sources, Samsung could release the Galaxy Note 20 with a [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has unveiled the 5G variant of its Galaxy Z Flip foldable smartphone ahead of its main launch event next month. The latest device — launched Wednesday night — is a 5G-capable model of the Galaxy Z Flip, Samsung’s vertically bending phone that was first introduced in [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s leading tech firm, is expected to rank third in terms of 5G smartphone production this year, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung’s 5G smartphone production for the year is estimated at 29 million units, placing the company in third place globally, according to market researcher [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will stage its own event to introduce the company’s new products in the upcoming months after it decided to skip the largest consumer electronics show in Europe. Samsung said it will host an online event, titled “Life Unstoppable,” on Sept. 2, to unveil its latest innovations [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday announced the global launch of a new gaming monitor that boasts fast response time and high picture quality. The South Korean tech firm said its new UltraGear gaming monitor, the 27GN950, features the world’s first 4K in-plane switching (IPS) display with 1 millisecond response [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will unveil five new products at its upcoming launch event, the company’s mobile business chief said, with a focus on delivering new experiences. In an editorial posted on the company’s website on Monday, Roh Tae-moon, who heads Samsung’s mobile communications business, said the South Korean tech [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prosecutors have decided to launch a new investigation into the allegation that the U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. deliberately slowed down old iPhones through its operating systems (OS) updates. According to prosecution sources on Monday, the Seoul High Prosecutors’ Office directed officials on July 15 to resume [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold 2, is likely to be unveiled next month, industry insiders said Monday, following the company’s latest teaser for the launch event. The world’s largest smartphone maker on Sunday released a 13-second video for its Aug. 5 Galaxy Unpacked event on [...]