SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it has decided to launch media advertisements to apologize for the ongoing global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. The world’s largest smartphone maker said it will soon run an advertisement in major media outlets to offer an apology for causing discomfort [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Three days after Samsung advised its customers to stop using their Galaxy Note 7s and exchange them for temporary Samsung smartphones until the issues with the Note 7 are addressed, not many were found to have followed the guidelines. The Korean tech giant posted an online notice to its [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The mass recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones over a battery problem has not largely affected foreign consumer loyalty to Samsung Electronics Co.’s brand, separate online surveys by Internet news websites showed Monday. According to an online survey of 11,621 Internet users by a U.S. technology news website, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Local industry leader Hyundai Motor Co. and two other carmakers will recall over 30,000 cars sold here for problems with various vehicle parts, the transportation ministry said Monday. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Hyundai Motor will recall 10,912 units of the Grandeur passenger cars for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Swedish furniture group IKEA on Friday said it will recall 15 dressers sold in South Korea over concerns they could pose a safety risk to children, months after similar products caused deaths in North America. IKEA recalled 36 million dressers in the U.S. and Canada in June after six [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release a deep black Galaxy Note 7 smartphone next month as scheduled, despite the current global recall over a battery problem, a company official said Wednesday. The Note 7 is available in four colors — Black Onyx, Silver Titanium, Gold Platinum and Blue Coral. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean consumers who already bought the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones are expected to prefer to replace their Note 7 devices with new ones rather than receive complete refunds because of a longer period for the replacement program, industry officials said Tuesday. Samsung announced a global recall of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The mass recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones over faulty batteries is expected to cut Samsung Electronics Co.’s second-half operating profit by about 820 billion won (US$738.2 million), an analyst said Monday. Samsung announced a global recall of the Note 7 smartphones on Friday after some of their [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Nissan Korea Co., the South Korean importer of Nissan cars, will recall over 7,500 vehicles sold here for a software defect that may lead to air bag failures, the transportation ministry said Monday. The recall affects 7,574 units of four vehicles models — the Nissan Q50 sedan, the QX60 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday announced an unprecedented global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 after several of the phablets caught fire while being charged, promising to offer new replacements to all of the buyers at home and abroad. Samsung apologized for the recall in a news conference in [...]