SEOUL, Jul. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Global smartphone giants are expected to compete fiercely in the second half of 2017, industry watchers said Friday, as South Korea’s top two players are fixing the release dates of their latest flagship smartphones next month. Samsung Electronics Co. said it will showcase the presumed Galaxy Note 8 in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study revealed Wednesday that Pokémon GO, launched in Korea last month, has been more popular on iPhones than on Samsung or LG smartphones. According to Gallup Korea, which surveyed 1,007 local adults from February 7 to 9, 36 percent (156) of iPhone users said they had tried [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industrial standardization bureau said Wednesday it is mulling over an investigation into Apple Inc.’s iPhone handsets, which randomly shut down despite battery remaining. The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) said it is looking into the matter as the iPhone 6S battery problem could potentially be [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Only one out of ten adults in Korea makes do without a smartphone these days. Based on market research from Gallup Korea, the penetration rate of smartphones in Korea has reached 89 percent. Starting with the iPhone 3Gs in November 2009, the first smartphone launched in Korea, the percentage of [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top automotive group Hyundai Motor Group is beginning to offer Apple’s CarPlay system in its vehicles sold here, market observers said Sunday. Hyundai Motor Co., the bigger of the two automakers that make up the world’s fifth-largest automotive group, began incorporating CarPlay into the infotainment system of [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest outlook anticipates that the iPhone 7, which is expected to be released in September, may not have a big impact in developed markets like North America and Europe. Experts say that high levels of technological innovation have already provided features and specifications that meet the needs of [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, smartphone manufacturers are obliged to make camera shutter sounds audible even when the phone is set to silent mode. But more and more domestic consumers are seeking iPhones from abroad for their ‘quietness’, despite higher prices. When purchased directly from Hong Kong, an iPhone SE costs approximately [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.‘s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7, costs more to produce than the top handset made by its archrival, Apple Inc., data showed Tuesday. According to the data compiled by industry tracker IHS, the combined price of parts used in the 32-gigabyte Galaxy S7 is estimated at [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S7, may come without mobile carriers’ logos inscribed on the back, industry sources said Tuesday, reflecting the firm’s efforts to improve the aesthetics of its smartphones. According to the sources, the Galaxy S7 to be released in South Korea will not [...]
CHANGWON, Dec.7 (Korea Bizwire) – The final ruling in a damage suit domestic users filed against Apple for collecting GPS information without their consent will be decided by the Supreme Court. Mirero, the law firm working for the plaintiffs, announced that 298 iPhone users filed an appeal protesting against the results of the appellate judgment. [...]