SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The combined sales of high-end smartphones in South Korea hit record-high levels in November, industry data showed Thursday, following the popularity of the Galaxy Note 8 and new iPhones. According to the data, South Korea’s three mobile carriers sold 1.4 million units of smartphones priced 700,000 won (US$648) and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – What a difference a few weeks make. Earlier in the month, the iPhone 8′s launch event via mobile carrier KT brought out a grand total of one person who waited overnight for the release. With consumer sentiment towards the eighth iteration of the smartphone lukewarm for a number of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean smartphone retailer on Thursday reported that a new iPhone 8 smartphone produced by U.S.tech giant Apple Inc. was found to have a seemingly swollen battery, causing concerns about safety. There have been a number of reports related to battery-swelling problems surrounding Apple’s new flagship smartphone since its global release in September. The iPhone 8 was launched in the South Korean market earlier this [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. said Wednesday it will begin sales of the iPhone X smartphone in South Korea on Nov. 24 — earlier than expected — apparently due to the sluggish performance of the iPhone 8 here. The release came as a surprise, as industry watchers expected the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Only one person has turned up to wait overnight for mobile carrier KT’s special launch event of the iPhone 8 in South Korea, in contrast with its predecessors. A 27-year-old man Lee Gyu-min is the only person that has been waiting in line for KT’s iPhone 8 launch event [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s three major mobile carriers are scaling back promotional benefits for the launch of iPhone 8 smartphones later this week, industry sources said Tuesday, amid subdued interest for the handset. U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. has said it will start sales of the iPhone 8 in South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Three major South Korean mobile carriers, SK, KT, and LG Uplus, began preorders for the iPhone 8 on Friday ahead of the official release date next month. With some branding the sales performance in countries where the new iPhone was already released as ‘below expectations’, industry experts believe the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 mobile carrier KT Corp. said Friday the first batch of iPhone 8s allocated for preorder was sold out in 30 minutes in the country. KT said 50,000 units of the new smartphone from U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. were sold, although the speed is slower [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – With the South Korean launch of the iPhone 8 looming, much attention is being paid to how Apple’s latest phone will affect the domestic mobile communication market in Korea. Some anticipate that cutthroat competition will come about surrounding the abolishment of upper limits on subsidies and the newly instituted 25 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S8 topped the list of the best-performing smartphones reviewed by a U.S. consumer magazine, beating the rival iPhone 8, industry sources said Tuesday. According to the report released by Consumer Reports, the Galaxy S8 and the Galaxy S8 Plus released early this year took the [...]