SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday its exoskeleton has met the International Organization for Standardization’s safety requirements as the South Korean tech firm spurs to release home bots in the market. Samsung said the GEMS (Gait Enhancing and Motivating System) Hip exoskeleton received the ISO 13482 certification from the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major tech giants are anticipated to enjoy better-than-expected earnings during the third quarter, a poll showed Sunday, as they were able to save costs amid the global new coronavirus pandemic. Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to post an operating profit of 10.3 trillion won (US$8.85 billion) in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has officially launched its new foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, in global markets as the South Korean tech giant expects brisk sales of the device. The Galaxy Z Fold 2 is available in major markets in North America, Asia and Europe. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it will produce an 8K movie shot on Galaxy smartphones. The South Korean movie titled “Untact” will be filmed on its Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Note 20 devices in 8K resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio, according to Samsung, except scenes that need [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have snapped up Samsung Electronics Co. this year, sharply raising their stake in the global tech giant, industry sources said Thursday. Local retail investors had net bought 147 million shares in the world’s top smartphone and memory chip manufacturer this year as of Wednesday, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday launched new small-size laundry appliances with upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) features to target single-person households and small families. Samsung added a 10-kilogram front-load washer and a 9-kg dryer to its Grande AI laundry lineup in the South Korean market. This is the first time [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to dominate the global foldable smartphone market this year, a report showed Wednesday, as its Chinese rival Huawei Technologies Co. struggles to launch a new foldable handset. Samsung’s market share in the foldable smartphone market is projected to be more than 80 percent, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday that preorders for its latest foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, have topped 80,000 units in South Korea. Preorder numbers from local mobile carriers and consumers buying the unlocked Galaxy Z Fold 2 between Friday and Tuesday exceeded 80,000, according to Samsung. Industry [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday introduced four new image sensors with the industry’s smallest pixel size as the South Korean tech firm expands its ultra-high-resolution offerings to smartphones. Samsung’s four ISOCELL image sensors — 108-megapixel (Mp) HM2, 64Mp GW3, 48Mp GM5 and 32Mp JD1 — boast 0.7-micrometer pixel technology [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Preorder sales for Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Z Fold 2, are estimated to be around 60,000 units in South Korea, industry sources said Monday. So far, local mobile carriers have received 50,000 Galaxy Z Fold 2 preorders since they started early sales of the device [...]