SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s new portable projector The Freestyle is enjoying significant popularity at an online shopping mall for employees only. The new portable projector for which reservation sales began at Samsung FamilyNet employee mall from Tuesday, is available at a price of 690,000 won (US$580), almost half-price compared to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The prolonged lockdown in the Chinese city of Xi’an will have minimal impact on the performance of Samsung Electronics Co., which has a chip fabrication complex there, analysts said Wednesday. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chip maker, temporarily adjusted operations at its NAND flash chips manufacturing base in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to expand the range of trade-in benefits (compensation for used products) from smartphones towards the entire spectrum of Galaxy products, including smartwatches and notebook PCs. The tech giant expanded the scope of the trade-in program that it has implemented for the Galaxy Book Pro laptop, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it is likely to post record quarterly sales in the fourth quarter of last year, boosted by its solid semiconductor business. The company expected the sales to hit 76 trillion won (US$63.1 billion) in the September-December period, up 23.5 percent from a year earlier, [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has been working hard on acquisition opportunities, a top executive said Wednesday as the tech giant seeks to provide differentiated products for its customers and further expand its business. “I cannot tell you in detail, but what I can say is that we are extensively reviewing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s foldable smartphones are struggling in the Japanese market, partly driven by Japan’s aversion to Korean products. Apple Inc.’s iPhone SE became the most sold phone in Japan last year, followed by the iPhone 12, Sharp Corp.’s Aquos Sense 5G and other iPhones and Japanese brand smartphones, [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A high-ranking executive of Samsung Electronics Co. underlined the importance of customized devices and personalized spaces, as well as sustainable technology, in his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Han Jong-hee, the tech company’s vice chairman and the head of the Device [...]
LAS VEGAS/ SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will unveil its Galaxy S21 FE 5G at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), set to open Wednesday in Las Vegas, one of the most anticipated phones among Samsung fans for its flagship performance and reasonable prices. It will be released in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will unveil its 2022 TV lineup at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, including Micro LED and Neo QLED TVs in various sizes and with advanced features aimed at improving life at home amid the raging pandemic. The introduction [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Can Samsung Electronics Co. live up to the expectations and hype that the company helped create in the days leading up to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next week? Earlier this week, the South Korean tech giant unveiled a teaser video featuring alien employees working hard [...]