SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphone sales in the United States rose in the fourth quarter of 2020 on the back of its budget flagship model, a report showed Thursday, despite overall market decline. Samsung and Apple Inc. were the only smartphone makers to post sales growth in the United States [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Spot market prices for DRAM chips are on a rising course, industry data showed Thursday, boding well for South Korean chipmakers that dominate the memory market. The spot price of 8-gigabit DDR4 DRAM, a benchmark price for the category, reached as high as US$3.93 as of Wednesday, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s foundry capacity share in legacy nodes is estimated to rank fourth in 2021, a report showed Wednesday, amid its push to increase its presence in the contract chipmaking sector with advanced fabrication processes. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, was projected to account for 10 percent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its status as the world’s second-largest tablet vendor last year, a report showed Wednesday, though the South Korean tech giant saw a significant improvement in sales to catch up with industry leader Apple Inc. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, had a 19.1 percent share [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its new flagship smartphone line has been officially launched globally as the South Korean tech giant hopes its latest handsets can drive the company’s mobile business amid fierce challenges from its rivals. Sales of the Galaxy S21 series have started in 60 countries, including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. dropped to the second spot in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2020, a report showed Thursday, as Apple Inc. outshined other companies on the back of its new iPhone 12 series. Samsung shipped 73.9 million smartphones in the October-December period, up 6.2 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it expects downbeat first-quarter results on the weak U.S. dollar and uncertainties over the novel coronavirus pandemic after announcing a solid fourth-quarter performance, although demand for chips and smartphones will remain strong. The company presented a conservative view on a so-called “super cycle” [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will pay record dividends to shareholders later this year and more through 2023 to improve its shareholder value, a move that is also seen to smooth out leadership succession for Samsung Group heirs. Samsung will pay a total of a record 13.12 trillion [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it aims to clinch merger and acquisition (M&A) deals and expand investments in the upcoming years as the South Korean tech giant eyes to fend off challenges from its rivals amid global uncertainties In its conference call, Samsung’s chief finance officer Choi Yoon-ho [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday its fitness app with advanced health tracking features will soon be available in 31 new countries as the South Korean tech giant tries to expand its health service amid the pandemic. The world’s largest smartphone maker said the Samsung Health Monitor app received a [...]