SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung has impressed consumers with iris-scanning technology and dust and water-proof enclosures in its premium phones, and LG, with its dual camera and improved audio capabilities (in the new V20). But how long will these latest technologies remain as signature features exclusive to individual models of premium smartphones? Thinking [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics (LG) today unveiled the V20, the latest in its V series of smartphones, delivering the highest multimedia capabilities available in a mobile device. The V20 boasts new features including Steady Record 2.0, Hi-Fi Quad DAC, HD Audio Recorder and front and rear wide-angle lens cameras to deliver best-in-class performance. It [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, South Korea’s two top tech firms competing in the global market, will have to wait until next quarter to see who the winner is in the home appliances sector after their latest operating profit rates showed a tie, industry watchers said Friday. Samsung announced [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. posted its biggest quarterly operating profit in two years for the second quarter of this year, backed by strong sales of its home appliances and televisions. LG Electronics reported an operating profit of 584.6 billion won (US$519.6 million) in the April-June period, up 139.5 percent from [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. has unveiled two new X series budget smartphones – the X Power and X5. The company first unveiled its X series budget smartphones – the X Cam and X Screen – at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The X5 is equipped with 13-megapixel rear and [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean home appliance maker LG Electronics Co. introduced a set of brand new devices Monday that are able to transform conventional household appliances into smart and connected devices which can interact with the latest mobile communication devices. They are SmartThinQ sensors and SmartThinQ Hub. The smart sensor is [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The first Korean radio, which was manufactured 57 years ago, is heading to auction. Kobay, an auction company for cultural arts, revealed Thursday that a 1959 radio, model A-501 developed by Goldstar, was submitted for an upcoming auction on June 22, which will take place at 3 p.m. at [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics unveiled Thursday a new television called the Mosquito Away TV, targeting 1.2 billion Indian consumers. The Mosquito Away TV repels mosquitos by emitting ultrasonic waves that mosquitos are known to find intolerable. LG took into account India’s concerns over mosquito-related diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, and [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The names of the major smartphones that will be released later this year are stirring up interest in IT circles. Phone Arena, an IT website, announced that Samsung may name its next Note generation “7” for a synergy effect with its Galaxy S7, the best-selling smartphone of the year. A [...]
SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – According to representatives from the home appliance industry, the market for electric vacuum cleaners is rapidly declining, to the tune of 2 million units annually. But amidst the decline, sales of robot and stick vacuum cleaners are on the rise. Since 2014, cordless vacuums have accounted for half of [...]