SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 10 will be only available in 5G models in South Korea, despite the government’s pressure to add a long-term evolution (LTE) network version to expand options for local consumers, industry sources said Thursday. The Korean tech giant last week launched the Note 10 only [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s presence in the Japanese smartphone market rose to the highest level in six years in the second quarter thanks to robust sales of new models, industry data showed Monday. The Korean tech giant shipped about 600,000 smartphones in Japan in the April-June period to take up [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc.’s Smart Fridge has gained worldwide attention after a desperate young American girl used the refrigerator to post a tweet. Dorothy, a big fan of Arianna Grande, used to post pictures of her everyday life on social networks using her smartphone until her concerned mother took away [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean unit of Apple Inc. employs 500 workers and has helped create more than 300,000 jobs here over the past 20 years, according to its website Monday. It marks the first time since the U.S. tech giant’s entry into South Korea in 1998 that the company has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. introduced its latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 10, with an enhanced stylus and simplified design, hoping for the new premium device to invigorate the flattening smartphone market. The South Korean tech giant showed off its premium large-screen smartphone sporting an S-pen stylus during an Unpacked event [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. saw its share in China’s smartphone market fall back below 1 percent in the second quarter as Chinese consumers bought more domestic brands, industry data showed Tuesday. Samsung Electronics shipped 700,000 smartphones to China in the April-June period, accounting for a mere 0.7 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 10 phablet, which will be showcased later this week, is expected to post sales similar to that of its predecessor, industry watchers said Sunday. The combined sales of the Galaxy Note 10 will reach 9.7 million units this year, similar to that of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of smartphones are being introduced with more than one camera. According to Counterpoint Research, a market research agency, 36 percent of the world’s smartphone sales in May were devices with single cameras, 44 percent with dual cameras, and 18 percent with triple cameras. While the proportion [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will release its long-delayed Galaxy Fold in select markets in September, after fixing durability issues and improving the design of the foldable device. The South Korean tech giant had initially planned to launch the US$1,980 foldable device in the United States on April [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is exploring all possible means to secure stock piles of Japanese materials in preparation for Tokyo expanding its export restrictions, company sources said Thursday. The tech giant has sent letters to its local partners in the production of televisions, consumer electronics and smartphones, urging them to [...]