SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The story of two youngsters in China who attempted to sell their kidneys in order to buy the new iPhone is the hottest thing on Chinese social media these days. The absurd story started when Apple started to accept pre-orders for the new iPhone 6s. Wu, a teenager who [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of the smartphones to be sold around the globe will boast near field communication (NFC), a key technology in mobile payment, in 2016, a report showed Tuesday, casting a cloud over Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest mobile payment tool, Samsung Pay. The portion of NFC-equipped smartphones will reach [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics showcased its latest smartwatch in Germany on Thursday, saying that the device will be available for sale early next month. Samsung said the Samsung Gear S2, the company’s first circular smartwatch unveiled at an annual trade show in Berlin, will hit the world [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Microsoft turns out to exert overwhelming influence in the PC browsing and OS(Operating System) market in Korea. According to a research, Microsoft was far ahead in the domestic PC web browser market, while Google and Apple secured their place in the mobile operating system (OS) market. The research titled “Internet [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The newly released phablets by South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics are expected to revitalize the company’s ailing handset returns, with more than 75,000 units being sold in the first three days of their debut, industry data showed Sunday. The Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, the larger edition [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean smartphone makers floundering between Apple and Xiaomi need to reinforce their premium phone line ups rather than pushing low-end phones, a report has recommended. According to a report released by the KT Economic Management Research Institute on August 18, titled “Strategies to Make Premium Smartphones,” Korean smartphone makers like Samsung [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Industry watchers are suggesting that Samsung Electronics might find itself stuck between the US and China in the home Internet of Things (IoT) business. A report issued by the KT economic research laboratory predicted that Apple and Google will dominate the platform, and Chinese companies will be a conspicuous entity in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics topped smartphone markets around the globe, except for in North America, in the second quarter on robust sales of low- to mid-end devices, data showed Monday. Samsung stood as the top seller of smartphones in the European, Latin American, Asia-Pacific, Middle East [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone users change their devices every 14 months, with teens changing their handsets in less than a year, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the survey conducted by the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI), South Koreans on average used their handsets for 19 months, but those [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it has begun receiving pre-orders for its latest tablet PCs at home which will boast a slimmer and lighter size compared to their predecessors. The Galaxy Tab S2, which will come in two screen sizes, 9.7 inches and 8 inches, [...]