SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to remain the world’s top smartphone producer this year, a report showed Tuesday, though its market share is likely to go down as other brands will ramp up production with the recovery of mobile demand. Global smartphone production was projected to increase 9 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two electronics giants, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., will highlight products with enhanced customized features at the world’s largest tech expo next week, industry insiders said Tuesday, signaling they will have a fierce competition in the home appliance market this year. Samsung announced Tuesday it [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two electronics giants — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. — on Monday vowed to foster their future growth engines in 2021 as they unveiled New Year’s goals amid the pandemic. Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone and TV vendor, said it aims to actively cope with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday confirmed that new models of its flagship smartphone lineup will be unveiled next week as the South Korean tech giant tries to fend off challenges from Apple Inc. and Chinese brands. Samsung’s Galaxy S21 smartphone series will be introduced at the Galaxy Unpacked online [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest memory chip maker, is expected to report a smaller-than-earlier operating income estimate due to the weakness of the U.S. dollar, industry sources said Sunday. According to the sources, Samsung, also the world’s largest smartphone vendor, is likely to report an operating income of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have loaded up on shares in top-cap Samsung Electronics Co. this year, reaping a huge return on their investments, data showed Monday. Local individual investors had bought a net 14.7 trillion won (US$13.3 billion) worth of common and preferred shares in the global tech giant [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to remain the world’s leading TV vendor for the 15th straight year in 2020 on brisk demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic, a report said Wednesday. The South Korean tech behemoth is forecast to sell 49.02 million TVs this year after shipping 33.92 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Tuesday it has partnered with Samsung Electronics Co. and Kakao Corp., the country’s top mobile messenger operator, to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The telecom operator said the three companies formed a joint [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. ranked second in the Indian smartphone market in October, a report showed Friday, as the world’s largest smartphone vendor led the midpriced segment. The South Korean tech giant accounted for a market share of 20.6 percent in India, the world’s second-largest smartphone market, in terms of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Friday introduced new models of its Galaxy Book laptop series as the South Korean tech aims to boost personal computer (PC) sales amid the stay-at-home trend driven by the pandemic. Samsung said the Galaxy Book Flex2, Galaxy Book Flex2 5G and Galaxy Book Ion2 will [...]