SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The quality of smartphone manufacturers’ warranty services provided in South Korea fall behind those of other countries despite the average sales prices being higher here, industry watchers said Tuesday. Samsung Electronics Co. is currently preparing the launch of the so-called Samsung Mobile Care service in South Korea, where users can [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s largest conglomerate Samsung is set to celebrate its 80th anniversary this week without official events, industry watchers said Tuesday, as it seeks to avoid public attention after the release of its de facto heir Lee Jae-yong from prison. The family-controlled group, whose major affiliates include Samsung Electronics [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. automotive electronics firm Harman International Industries Inc. has made major progress since being acquired by Samsung Electronics Co. last year, industry watchers said Thursday. Earlier this month, Harman International clinched an agreement with Groupe PSA, a major French carmaker, to roll out joint research on cybersecurity solutions at [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has the world’s second-highest average smartphone selling price, data showed Wednesday, apparently due to the strong popularity of high-end flagships. According to the data compiled by Strategy Analytics, the wholesale average selling price of smartphones in South Korea came to US$466 last year, standing only below Japan [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The global semiconductor market is expected to grow at a faster-than-expected click this year thanks to rising demand for DRAMs and other chips, industry sources said Monday. With concerns over an oversupply in the second half of this year waning, more market trackers have revised up their growth projections [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus smartphones are, starting Friday, reaching South Koreans who took advantage of the preorder program, with initial sales numbers presumed to be below that of its immediate predecessor. Local mobile carriers said they have started distributing the Galaxy S9 series phones [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — One by one, Samsung Electronics is pulling the plug on its mobile content offerings. Though the South Korean tech giant leaped into the mobile content and services market to make maximum use of its dominant position as the world’s largest smartphone maker, attempts to dislodge firmly entrenched market incumbents [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., the world’s top-two TV makers, are staging a pitched battle to clinch a bigger slice of the global high-end TV market, which has been fast growing in recent years, industry sources Thursday. In an extravagant showcase event in New York, global tech [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Financial authorities said Monday they will step up cooperation with the national tax agency to impose a fine on Samsung Group’s ailing chairman Lee Kun-hee for allegedly evading taxes with borrowed-name accounts. In a statement, the Financial Supervisory Service confirmed that Lee held 6.18 billion won (US$5.72 million) in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its new flagship smartphone the Galaxy S9 Plus has been named the Best New Connected Mobile Device at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s largest gathering for the mobile communications industry. The prize is awarded to new smartphones; wearable, consumer electronics; or other [...]