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 [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s research and development (R&D) spending last year hit a record high, its report showed Wednesday, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Samsung invested 21.2 trillion won (US$18.6 billion) in R&D last year, up 1 trillion won from a year earlier, to mark its largest spending ever, according [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone vendor, was the dominant player in the global foldable smartphone market last year, a report showed Tuesday, with its leading status expected to continue through 2021. For the whole of 2020, Samsung logged an 87 percent share on a unit basis in [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to recapture the top spot in global smartphone production in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Tuesday, with the release of its new flagship smartphone. The South Korean tech giant is estimated to produce 62 million smartphones in the January-March period [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday said it will expand its lineup of customizable home appliances that allow consumers to better reflect their lifestyles as the South Korean tech giant aims to boost sales amid the pandemic-driven stay-at-home trend. Samsung said its concept of BESPOKE will be applied to all [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it will release a new 5G budget smartphone in South Korea this week to expand its dominant status on home turf. Samsung said the Galaxy A42 5G smartphone will be launched here Friday with a price tag of 449,900 won (US$400), the cheapest among [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s third-largest smartwatch vendor last year, a report showed Friday, as its rivals Apple Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. expanded their sales. Samsung’s smartwatch shipments suffered a 1 percent on-year drop to 9.1 million units in 2020, according to market researcher Counterpoint Research. Apple [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday introduced a new smartphone with high durability designed to meet the needs of those working outdoors or in factories. “The Galaxy XCover 5, designed to withstand “tough work environments, is a device that addresses the challenges employers in the field often face, from ensuring [...]