SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s mobile business chief said Wednesday that the world’s largest smartphone maker would not discard its Galaxy Note smartphone series, although new models may not be released this year. Rumors have arisen in recent months that Samsung may reconfigure its premium smartphone lineup with Galaxy Z foldables [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is taking steps to strengthen its online sales presence in the critical Indian market as it strives to stay ahead of its main Chinese rival, industry sources said Sunday. Market watchers said that the South Korean tech giant is taking steps to become more localized in [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics revealed plans to sell 4 million refurbished Galaxy Note 7 phablets in the near future in a statement from its global site newsroom yesterday. Refurbished phones will be reintroduced in the market for purchase or rental services, with plans to use and sell components from severely damaged devices, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Galaxy Note 7, a phablet made by Samsung Electronics Co., has received more preorders in South Korea than expected, driven by its advanced features and aggressive promotions, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the preorders for the phablet on Aug. 7-8 exceeded 200,000. Preorders will be [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With the launch of the Galaxy Note 7 imminent, a recent Gallup Korea study revealed that the Galaxy Note series is least preferred by housewives and older men and women in Korea. Phones in Samsung’s Galaxy Note series are distinguished from the Galaxy S series by larger displays and [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it will launch a mobile payment platform in South Korea and the United States around September. Samsung Pay will be available upon the release of Samsung’s next flagship model around September, and the company will gradually expand sales to China, Europe, Australia [...]
SANTA CLARA, CA, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Sensory Inc., the industry leader in speech and vision technologies for consumer products, is pleased to announce that its pioneering TrulyHandsfree(tm) voice technology is deployed across an array of Samsung’s iconic Galaxy products including smartphones, tablets, cameras, and wearables. TrulyHandsfree(tm) is the leading always-on, always-listening voice control [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is trying to tap a niche market with Galaxy W phablet, an oversized smartphone which, according to industry sources, might be able to replace the share of the formidable tablet market. But Samsung used a newly coined word of ‘phoneblet’ when launching this huge 7-inch “mini” tablet, [...]