SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it will start accepting preorders for a gold-colored edition of its latest foldable smartphone that hit shelves in February. The South Korean tech giant said it will receive preorders for the new vertically-folding smartphone starting Monday, ahead of the official release on Wednesday. The [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday delivered a solid first-quarter earnings performance on the back of its chip business despite the coronavirus outbreak, but the company expected its bottom line to go down in the current quarter as the pandemic will significantly affect demand for some of its key products. [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said a 5G version of its mid-range smartphone will be launched in South Korea next week as the company targets boosting its presence in the 5G handset market. Samsung said the Galaxy A51 5G will go on sale here on May 7, with online preorders starting [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As schools around the world are shutting down due to the coronavirus, Samsung Electronics Co. is stepping in to provide digital support for education. Samsung’s branch office in Spain and humanitarian organization Save The Children plan to give out 600 tablet PCs to children from impoverished families to support [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday its blood pressure monitoring mobile application has earned medical device approval in South Korea. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has granted the Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) license to its health monitoring app, according to Samsung. The software leverages a smartwatch’s [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is in talks with the Chinese government over sending semiconductor engineers to the company’s Chinese plants. Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus infection, COVID-19, China has not allowed foreigners to enter the country except in special cases. The world’s largest memory chip maker and the [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s latest flagship series Galaxy S20 are hovering below those of its predecessor as the global new coronavirus pandemic has led to a slump in demand for consumer products, industry sources said Sunday. The local sales of the Galaxy S20 series, which comes in three [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners began raking in Samsung Electronics shares, driven by the chipmaker’s better-than-expected earnings amid the coronavirus scare, data showed Monday. Offshore investors were net buyers of Samsung Electronics for four consecutive sessions from April 7-10, having purchased a net 179 billion won (US$145 million) worth of the company’s stocks [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. will allow its employees in South Korea to work four days a week amid concerns over the novel coronavirus, industry insiders said Thursday. Samsung will halt its minimum daily working hour system through next month and will allow its employees to take a day off if [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday unveiled 5G versions of its mid-range smartphones as the South Korean tech giant aims to boost handset sales amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The world’s largest smartphone vendor introduced the new Galaxy A71 5G and Galaxy A51 5G smartphones, expanding its smartphone lineup that [...]