SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s No. 1 tech giant, uploaded a poster of a seemingly round watch screen on its website on Friday implying that its next smartwatch’s shape will be circular. The poster, which reads “Get Ready For The Next Gear,” shows what appears to be a round smartwatch, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s newest high-end smartphones – the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge — are seen drawing less than expected attention from consumers, industry data showed Wednesday, casting clouds over the market’s upbeat sales estimate of over 50 million units for 2015. South Korea’s No. 1 tech [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Yonhap) — South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. outpaced its competitors in global smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2015, widening its market share lead over its closest rival Apple Inc., data showed Friday. In terms of sales volume, Samsung took up 27.8 percent of the global smartphone market in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A video clip featuring attempts to damage Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge with a knife and hammer is drawing a lot of attention on YouTube. The clip was uploaded on the TechRax channel, which specializes in testing the durability of the latest smartphones. The clip first shows human hands hitting [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge have been enticing Korean customers to get rid of their old phones, the number of subscribers changing carriers was 63 percent higher than usual last weekend. According to mobile industry sources, the number of subscriber switches for the major carriers on April [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s tech powerhouse, on Friday started shipment of its much-awaited high-end smartphones — Galaxy S6 and its offbeat sister Galaxy S6 Edge — in 20 countries, on the hope that brisk sales will help revitalize its ailing mobile business and take on Apple Inc.’s iPhone [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Before the anticipated release of Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, research firm DOOIT published a survey involving 4,808 Koreans about their interest in Samsung’s new devices. In terms of the most appealing feature of the two devices, 23.2 percent of the respondents picked the devices’ wireless charging system, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics estimated its first-quarter operating profit at 5.9 trillion won (US$5.44 billion) on Tuesday, which beat a market consensus and pointed to a recovery in its earnings. The operating profit was up 11.53 percent from the 5.29 trillion won for the October-December period of 2014 [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s mobile carriers said Monday they will accept preorders for Samsung Electronics‘ latest high-end smartphone models — the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – this week, adding that the models will be available for use on April 10. SK Telecom, the country’s leading mobile carrier, said subscribers can make orders [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tech giant Samsung Electronics said Tuesday it plans to pre-install applications and services provided by Microsoft on the soon-to-be-released Galaxy S6, as well as other Android-powered mobile devices. Under the plan, Samsung said it will “bring Microsoft mobile productivity services to more consumers and business customers” by installing [...]