SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Tizen, a Linux-based operating system developed by Samsung Electronics Co., was the top smart TV streaming platform last year, a report showed Wednesday, thanks to its status as the world’s largest TV vendor. Tizen accounted for 12.7 percent of global connected TV devices in use in 2020, up from [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, said Wednesday it expects to see demand growth in various chip products with the economic recovery despite concerns over the novel coronavirus pandemic. Kim Ki-nam, who heads Samsung’s device solutions (DS) division, said that “uncertainties” will continue this year, but [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. may suffer around 400 billion won (US$353 million) in production losses due to a monthlong shutdown of its chip plant in the United States, analysts said Wednesday, amid growing concerns that the production halt could also undermine global smartphone production. Samsung’s plant in Austin, Texas, has [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. was the third-largest vendor of wearable devices in the fourth quarter of 2020, a market report showed Tuesday, amid soaring global demand for wearbles despite the pandemic. The South Korean tech giant shipped 13 million units of wearable devices in the October-December period, up 20.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will launch another budget smartphone model in South Korea this week as the global tech giant eyes beefing up its handset sales against rivals. The Galaxy A32 will be released in South Korea on Friday with a price tag of 374,000 won (US$330). [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s fourth-largest feature phone seller in the fourth quarter of 2020, a report showed Wednesday. The South Korean giant had an 8 percent share in the global feature phone market in the October-December period, down from 10 percent a quarter ago, according to market [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was relegated to the runner-up spot in the market for connected TV devices, which includes smart TVs, streamers and gaming consoles, in the fourth quarter of 2020, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung, the world’s largest TV maker, shipped 11.9 million units of connected TV devices in [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday said it has launched a 5G network in New Zealand with the country’s largest telecommunications service firm as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its presence in the network equipment market. In collaboration with Spark New Zealand Ltd., Samsung said its 5G [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip producer, on Wednesday released its first consumer solid state drive (SSD) without DRAM. The new 980 NVMe SSD delivers the top performance among DRAM-less SSDs, according to Samsung. The latest consumer SSD will be available in three models — 250GB, 500GB [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday announced it will introduce new mid-range smartphone models next week as the world’s largest smartphone vendor seeks to further boost its market presence. Samsung sent an invitation to the Galaxy Awesome Unpacked event where it is expected to unveil the Galaxy A52 and A72 [...]