SEOUL, Jun. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is embroiled in a legal dispute over allegations that it failed to disclose a game optimization service (GOS) that could limit the performance of devices in the Galaxy S22 series. On June 20, the Seoul Central District Court held the first hearing in a damages lawsuit filed by [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is currently embroiled in a legal battle over allegations that the Game Optimizing Service (GOS) featured in its Galaxy S22 series has led to performance degradation. The controversy has sparked a collective lawsuit from consumers, who claim that Samsung’s lack of transparency regarding the GOS function misled them [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., South Korea’s third-largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it plans to release a limited Samsung Galaxy S22 smartphone model themed on the newly released “Diablo Immortal” mobile game by Blizzard Entertainment Inc. LG Uplus said it plans to exclusively sell 100 units of the Galaxy S22 Diablo [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of consumers are complaining about voice call dropping or sound quality issues with some of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S22 smartphones, as the tech giant recently found itself in hot water over the performance-throttling Game Optimization Service in the latest Galaxy S series. According to industry [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday the sales of its latest Galaxy S series are expected to surpass 1 million units in South Korea later this week, two weeks faster than its predecessor did. The Galaxy S22 series was launched on Feb. 25 with three models — the Galaxy S22, [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Owners of the Galaxy S22 series, the latest smartphones by Samsung Electronic Co., are gearing up to sue the company for the models’ built-in game optimizing service, which allegedly limits the phone performance, legal sources said Tuesday. The Galaxy S22 series released last month came under intense scrutiny at [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — To embrace user complaints over the slowdown in the performance of the Galaxy S22 smartphones series when game apps are running, Samsung Electronics Co. decided to give users a choice. The company issued a notice through the Samsung Members app that it will update its software to enable users [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is struggling to meet demand for its flagship Galaxy S22 smartphones after its release on Friday. 300,000 new Galaxy S22 phones were sold on the first day of the early-bird registrations on Wednesday, setting a new record, industry sources said. Many pre-order customers, however, have been [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has released its Galaxy S22 smartphones and Galaxy Tab S8 series in South Korea and some 40 other countries, including the United States. On Feb. 10, the world’s largest smartphone maker unveiled its flagship Galaxy S series fitted with stronger chips, eco-friendly features [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. reportedly decided to use a lower than expected quantity of its own mobile application processor (AP) for its new Galaxy S22 smartphones amid concerns about low production yields at its foundry division. Instead of using its new processor, the Exynos 2200, the tech giant decided to [...]