SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) - In the face of sagging global smartphone sales, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are jostling to win back customers with new gadgets boasting much-upgraded cameras and the novel technology of virtual reality (VR). Samsung showed off its flat screen Galaxy S7 and curved screen Galaxy S7 Edge on Sunday [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has joined forces with a Danish-based audio firm to provide better sound-related features on its smartphones, including the upcoming flagship G5. The South Korean tech firm said the G5 smartphone will come with Bang & Olufsen’s stereo to provide premium sound on the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) - Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are likely to start domestic sales of their new flagship smartphones in March to meet soaring seasonal demand, heralding a fierce battle to win the hearts and minds of local users, industry sources said Friday. Industry leader Samsung’s presumed Galaxy S7 and LG’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Desperate to expand their global presence, South Korean and Chinese smartphone makers are likely to fight a pitched battle to steal the show at the world’s largest tech exhibition in Spain next week, industry watchers said Tuesday. The four-day Mobile World Congress (MWC) is slated to kick off in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. on Wednesday released another teaser for its upcoming flagship G5 smartphone, providing a glimpse of the design and features for the first time. The 10-second video showed an outline of the G5 smartphone, with the phrase “Always ON.” The company also wrote the phrase “Never go [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday released more teasers for its next flagship smartphone set to be released later this month, although it refrained from giving significant details about features or design. The G5 smartphone will be introduced on Feb. 21, a day before the opening of the Mobile World [...]
SEOUL, Feb.1 (Korea Bizwire) - LG Electronics Inc. was more profitable than Samsung Electronics Co. in the home appliance business in 2015 despite a huge gap in their overall revenue, industry data showed Sunday. According to the data, LG’s home entertainment and home appliance & air solution divisions chalked up an operating profit of 1.04 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Dec.23 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics has announced that it will launch its G Pad Ⅱ 8.3 LTE, a tablet capable of LTE data transfers, through LG U+. The product has an LTE communication module which makes it possible for it to connect to the internet if Wi-Fi is unavailable. Considering that consumers often [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics and LG Display announced that they have installed an OLED (organic light-emitting diode) structure on the first, second and fourth floors of Namsan’s N Tower. A total of 248 55-inch OLED panels were used in the installation. Taking advantage of their advanced OLED technology and light, thin high [...]
SEOUL, Nov.19 (Korea Bizwire) – The ‘original’ Black Friday is just 10 days away, drawing the attention of Korean ‘direct overseas shoppers’ as well as local consumers. After Black Friday, which falls on November 27, and Cyber Monday on November 30, huge sales will continue until the end of the year. During this period, consumers [...]