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, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Display Co., a flat panel maker under Samsung Group, will supply its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panels to Apple Inc. starting next year, industry sources said Friday. Under the deal, Samsung Display will supply around 100 million units of 5.5-inch panels annually, with the value being estimated at 3 [...]
SEJONG, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Asking consumers to pay over 300,000 won before repairs of broken iPhones had been completed has been judged to be unjustified. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) advised six Apple service centers to change their policies, which were said to be unfair to consumers. As a result, the service centers must [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics‘ handsets emit less electromagnetic waves than Apple‘s iPhones, a research report showed Sunday, with the low-end Galaxy Mega smartphone being the No. 1 radiowave-safe product. According to the research conducted by market tracker Cnet in France, the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), a measure of emission of electromagnetic fields, came [...]