SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A patent suit by China’s Huawei Technologies Co. against Samsung Electronics Co. is part of a “deft and sophisticated” strategy to raise its image as a global firm, a Korean government minister said on Thursday. The Chinese tech giant has filed a suit against its Android smartphone rival Samsung with courts in [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean top tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. hinted Wednesday that it may take a counteraction against Huawei Technologies Co. after the Chinese company launched lawsuits claiming Samsung’s infringement of its patents. Earlier, the Chinese firm brought two suits against the world’s top smartphone maker in the U.S. state [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Taiwan-born singer Tzuyu, a member of the popular girl group TWICE under South Korea’s JYP Entertainment, promotes a Huawei smartphone in advertisements that local mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. has posted on YouTube and other online platforms. It’s no surprise that a foreigner appears on South Korean ads as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said Thursday its sales of the Huawei Y6 smartphone reached 20,000 units this week, reflecting the country’s rising demand for budget handsets. The better-than-expected sales came around a month after the mobile carrier released the smartphone made by China-based Huawei [...]
SEOUL, Jan.7 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese electronics, which have often been thought of as cheap in price, but also in quality, have moved into the spotlight. Sales of Chinese smartphones and small smart devices are on a rapid rise due to reasonable prices and decent performance. Two Chinese manufacturers, Xiaomi and Huawei, are leading the [...]
SEOUL, Jan.4 (Korea Bizwire) – Smartphones from China’s Huawei, exclusively sold in Korea by LG U+, are creating a craze after the launch of the company’s affordable Y6 model, with 10,000 devices sold in only 15 days. LG U+ announced that approximately 700 units of the Y6 are being sold every day, creating an unprecedented [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) - South Korea’s No. 3 mobile carrier LG Uplus Corp. said Tuesday that it will exclusively distribute a budget smartphone released by China-based Huawei, a move that may signal a further setback for local manufacturers already facing challenges from Chinese brands. The Y6 smartphone, which comes with a price tag [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Google Inc. introduced Tuesday the two latest smartphones in South Korea with improved camera and fingerprint functions, seeking to expand its Android ecosystem. The Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, each manufactured by South Korea’s LG Electronics Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. of China, were showcased at a media event [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The share of Samsung Electronics dropped to a one digit number, ranking fifth in the Chinese smartphone market. The Chinese brands Xiaomi and Huawei ranked first and second, with Apple coming in next. According to the Chinese branch of IHS Technology, a market research institution, the market share of Samsung Electronics decreased to 9 [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top tech giant Samsung Electronics managed to maintain its presence in the global smartphone market in the second quarter, but its archrival Apple suffered a setback in the face of growing demand for low- to mid-end devices, data showed Wednesday. Samsung took up 26.8 percent of the [...]