SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two electronics giants, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., are seeking bigger roles in the local market as the global personal computer (PC) market is mired in a slump. In the laptop category, which is one of the main drivers of the PC market, Samsung and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Personal computers made by Samsung Electronics Co. have dominated the South Korean market for close to an entire generation, data showed Sunday. Market researcher IDC Korea reported that Samsung computers have retained first place in the domestic market for a period of 27 years and six months dating back [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The penetration rate of personal computers in South Korea fell to its lowest level in 15 years as more people use smartphones and tablet computers, data showed Tuesday. The nation’s penetration rate of personal computers was 75.3 percent last year, marking the lowest rate since 2001, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s domestic sales of personal computers inched up in 2016 from a year earlier, marking the first such growth in five years, industry data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by market researcher IDC Korea, South Korea’s sales of PCs came to 4.62 million units last year, [...]
DAEJEON, Sept.12 (Korea Bizwire) – PC sales have continued to plummet, with major tech corporations like Intel announcing layoffs (a planned 12,000 by 2017). Desktop and laptop computers are increasingly being replaced by more portable but equally functional smartphones and tablets. Despite the trend however, Korea continues to generate a constant supply of patent applications [...]
SEOUL, Feb.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Even though we are living in a ‘mobile first’ era, when most of the tasks we used to do on a PC are now easily completed on mobile phones, it turns out that PC usage still outpaces mobile usage in certain areas. Although mobile use is increasing, this doesn’t mean [...]