SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. tech giant Apple Inc. plans to start sales of the iPhone 8 in South Korea on Nov. 3, industry sources said Monday, with preorders kicking off later this month. According to the sources, South Korea’s three mobile carriers plan to start preorders for the iPhone 8 on Oct. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The eyes of the smartphone industry are trained on India with Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi all releasing their latest flagship products within weeks of each other. Though the Indian smartphone market has been predominantly composed of mid to lower-tier smartphones in the past, recent economic development has led to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Responses to Apple and Samsung Electronics’ latest flagship releases in the Chinese market have been lukewarm to downright disappointing. Domestically, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 8 has performed like a rock star, alleviating company insiders’ concerns that the Galaxy Note 7 exploding debacle would keep customers away. Over the pre-sales [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An online blogger became the first South Korean to get ahold of an iPhone 8, after traveling Japan to purchase the latest mobile device from Apple on Friday. Blogger Choi Pil-sik, who is also known as ‘Toothbrush’, made an announcement on Facebook in the morning, sharing the moment with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With new smartphone lineups set to be introduced later this year, many manufacturers are prioritizing improved cameras to attract consumers in an increasingly competitive industry. As the obsession with the number of pixels dies down, with more consumers becoming interested in other aspects of smartphone cameras, most of the [...]