SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., is seeking to adopt a voice-based digital assistant for its next flagship device, the Galaxy S8, an executive said, as the world’s largest manufacturer of smartphones is struggling to recover and woo back customers following the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. “The Galaxy S8 will be our [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday its third-quarter operating profit slipped 29.6 percent from a year earlier, mainly hit by the discontinuation of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone over safety concerns. The world’s largest maker of smartphones said its operating profit for the July-September quarter stood at 5.2 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it will launch its mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, in Russia, Thailand and Malaysia later this year, bringing the service to a total of 10 countries. The South Korean tech giant said it will form a partnership with Mastercard to offer a simplified online [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Monday it is offering a special upgrade program for owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea who swap the fire-prone device for the Galaxy S7 or the S7 Edge smartphone. The program allows South Korean owners of the Note 7 who exchange [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s businesses are on edge. With Korean industrial stalwarts Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor both facing existential crises, other major players are beginning to see their growth engines weaken. On October 19, the Korea Economic Research Institute (KERI) suggested that on-year increase in sales at the nation’s top 500 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday it will unveil a premium mobile digital radiograph at an industry congress this week. The GM85 digital X-ray features “exceptional mobility, enhanced user convenience and a high image quality,” Samsung said in a statement. The new machine will be unveiled at the 19th World [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. has rolled out the semiconductor industry’s first 8-gigabyte mobile DRAM package for smartphones, based on its advanced 10-nanometer production technology, the company said Thursday. The new package of mobile chips is expected to significantly improve mobile user experiences for those using high-definition, large-screen devices, Samsung said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Thirty-eight owners of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea plan to file a class action lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. for alleged inconvenience experienced after the discontinuation of the device, according to a law firm on Wednesday. Each person in the suit, which will be filed with [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Nine out of ten Galaxy Note 7 users in Korea were found to be holding on to their phablets, despite Samsung announcing it would halt production of the devices, meaning roughly 500,000 Note 7s are still being used in the country. Samsung announced a permanent halt of the faulty [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it will pay full compensation to suppliers of Galaxy Note 7 components. The move is a part of its efforts to help about 70 suppliers that are grappling with the discontinuation of the Note 7 over safety concerns. In a statement, Samsung also said [...]