SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc.’s organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TV has received the best response from a U.S. consumer review magazine, industry sources said Monday. In the recent review by Consumer Reports, the 55-inch LG OLED TV, dubbed the 55EG9100, has received the top grade among other rival models surveyed in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – After the performance of LG Electronics during the second quarter was announced (200 million won in business profits), company officials anticipated that profitability would improve as the new G4 smartphone launched worldwide. However, their dreams were shattered as concerns expressed by analysts became reality. The performance of LG Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Dozens of Korean cultural properties preserved outside South Korea will be displayed in the form of 3-D videos in Seoul starting Wednesday, the cultural agency said. The exhibit at the National Palace Museum of Korea running until Dec. 27 has recreated 20 cultural properties in the virtual format, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Yonhap) - LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday it has begun selling its latest Bluetooth-powered keyboard that works on tablet PCs with excellent power efficiency. The Rolly Keyboard, which boasts improved portability compared to other Bluetooth keyboards in the market as it can be “rolled up” on a rectangular stick, will come with a price tag of 129,000 won (US$113.10). LG said users [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a never-ending influx of high-end handsets armed with such features as DSLR-like cameras and wireless charging, Yi Nari says she is satisfied with her Galaxy A5, a low-cost smartphone made by Samsung Electronics Co. “The device has a fine selfie camera, so I chose the model over other [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 smartphone maker LG Electronics Monday it has launched a new flip smartphone amid the rising popularity of budget models among senior customers. The LG Wine Smart Jazz is an upgrade from the LG Wine Smart released in September last year, which was the first flip smartphone [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – As budget smartphones with metal enclosures like SK Telecom’s LUNA and Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy A series gain popularity, LG Electronics is expected to join the market of low-cost smartphones with a metal body. The company posted a photo on its Facebook page hinting that it would introduce a new [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 tech giant LG Electronics Inc. said Wednesday it plans to roll out a new tablet PC this week, in line with its latest efforts to shore up its mobile device business facing a slump. The 10.1-inch G Pad II, first introduced at the Internationale Funkausstellung [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s No. 2 handset maker LG Electronics said Tuesday it will unveil a new smartphone with improved video and camera features next month amid weak sales of its flagship smartphone G lineup. Market rumor had it that LG might roll out a new Nexus smartphone made together with Google, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to succeed in the IoT (Internet of Things) market, which is the blue chip of the ICT (Information and Communications Technology) industry, many companies are seeking a symbiotic relationship instead of a competitive one. Home electronics companies and telecommunications companies that provide a formless platform are entering the [...]