SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. saw its share in China’s smartphone market fall back below 1 percent in the second quarter as Chinese consumers bought more domestic brands, industry data showed Tuesday. Samsung Electronics shipped 700,000 smartphones to China in the April-June period, accounting for a mere 0.7 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Top executives of Samsung Electronics Co. and its affiliates held an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss measures to guard against risks related to Japan’s tighter export regulations, company officials said. Lee Jae-yong, the de-facto leader of the South Korean tech giant, convened the gathering with chiefs of semiconductor [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 10 phablet, which will be showcased later this week, is expected to post sales similar to that of its predecessor, industry watchers said Sunday. The combined sales of the Galaxy Note 10 will reach 9.7 million units this year, similar to that of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will release its long-delayed Galaxy Fold in select markets in September, after fixing durability issues and improving the design of the foldable device. The South Korean tech giant had initially planned to launch the US$1,980 foldable device in the United States on April [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is exploring all possible means to secure stock piles of Japanese materials in preparation for Tokyo expanding its export restrictions, company sources said Thursday. The tech giant has sent letters to its local partners in the production of televisions, consumer electronics and smartphones, urging them to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has begun testing etching gas critical for the production of semiconductors, a source familiar with the issue said Wednesday, as South Korea is struggling to cope with Japan’s export restrictions. Since July 4, Japan tightened regulations on exports to South Korea of resist, etching gas and [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has convened a meeting with top executives to discuss countermeasures against Japan’s export restrictions of key materials and possibilities of expanding the measures to other areas, company officials said Sunday. On Saturday, Lee met with Kim Ki-nam, head of the company’s device solution [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release its latest phablet, the Galaxy Note 10, in South Korea in late August following a showcase event earlier in the month, industry sources said Friday. With an Unpacked event slated for Aug. 7 in New York, Samsung plans to accept pre-orders for the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The first quarter sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S10 series smartphones were 12 percent higher than sales of the previous model, industry data showed Tuesday. According to industry tracker Counterpoint Research, 16 million units of the Galaxy S10 were sold between March and May, which was more than [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Sunday it has sold more than 1 million units of the 5G version of its flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, in South Korea, a feat achieved 80 days after its launch. The South Korean tech giant said sales of the Galaxy S10 5G exceeded 1 [...]