SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The battery performance of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S9 smartphone trailed behind rival products, industry watchers said Monday, causing consumers to express discontent. According to a report released by industry tracker Strategy Analytics, the Galaxy S9 ranked sixth among the seven premium smartphones checked in terms of battery performance. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics has overtaken IBM as the holder of the most U.S. patents as of the start of this year, data showed Sunday. The South Korean tech firm owned 75,596 U.S. patents, outdoing the No. 2 IBM by nearly 1.6 times, as of Jan. 1, according to the top [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, heir apparent to South Korea’s No. 1 business conglomerate, is expected to resume his duties as early as next month after being released from prison last month, industry sources said Friday. Lee, who is currently overseas on business trips, plans to return [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. registered two patents related to drones with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) this month, industry sources said Friday, a sign that the South Korean tech giant may move into the segment in the near future. According to sources, Samsung won patents related to [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Global tech manufactures have been cutting costs of premium televisions recently amid the escalating competition in the global market, industry watchers said Thursday. Samsung Electronics Co., which has been promoting QLED TVs, reduced the price of its 55-inch QLED TV, the QN55Q7FN, to US$1,900, down 24 percent from $2,500. [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it has started construction on a second production line at its factory in Xian, China, to meet rising demand for its 3D V-NAND products. The construction comes after Samsung clinched an agreement with the regional government in China in August 2017 and involves investing [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Jae-yong, the vice chief of tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., has made a business trip to Europe, company officials said Sunday, embarking on his first official activity since being released from prison in February. Lee’s resumption of business activity as Samsung’s de facto head comes 45 days after [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it is expecting a better future for its smartphones and semiconductors this year on the improved performance in China and demand for premium chips. The South Korean tech giant held a shareholders meeting, where heads of each divisions delivered the latest updates of respective [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Thursday said it has finished installing the country’s largest light-emitting diode (LED) signage in southern Seoul, tapping deeper into the emerging business. The South Korean tech giant said the signage was installed at COEX, which is a shopping mall and convention center, located in the [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top business group Samsung on Thursday celebrated its 80th anniversary in a low key manner, with its chairman unable to run the company due to ill health and his heir facing public backlash over a major scandal. Industry sources said major affiliates of Samsung, including the Samsung [...]