SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Galaxy Note 7, a phablet made by Samsung Electronics Co., has received more preorders in South Korea than expected, driven by its advanced features and aggressive promotions, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, the preorders for the phablet on Aug. 7-8 exceeded 200,000. Preorders will be [...]
New York, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest flagship phablet, the Galaxy Note 7, on Tuesday in New York. The new Galaxy Note comes in four colors (Coral Blue, Gold, Silver, and Black) and features a 5.7-inch display, 3,500 mAh battery, a USB-C charger port, and a long-anticipated iris scanner for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s top smartphone maker, has unveiled the official application of the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics with the start of the quadrennial premier sports event just days away, industry sources said Wednesday. Samsung, also the Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Wireless Communications Equipment category at [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, South Korea’s two top tech firms competing in the global market, will have to wait until next quarter to see who the winner is in the home appliances sector after their latest operating profit rates showed a tie, industry watchers said Friday. Samsung announced [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. reported its biggest quarterly operating profit in more than two years Thursday, boosted by robust sales of its latest premium smartphone and cost-cutting efforts. The world’s largest maker of smartphones and semiconductors earned 8.14 trillion won (US$7.19 billion) in the April-June period, up 18.06 percent from the [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. raised its share of the U.S. home-appliance market for the second quarter of this year, widening its lead over competitors, according to a market estimate on Wednesday. Samsung accounted for 16.7 percent of the U.S. market for five major household appliances — refrigerators, washing machines, ovens, [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – With the launch of the Galaxy Note 7 imminent, a recent Gallup Korea study revealed that the Galaxy Note series is least preferred by housewives and older men and women in Korea. Phones in Samsung’s Galaxy Note series are distinguished from the Galaxy S series by larger displays and [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The latest version of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note smartphone appears to focus on saving costs, rather than delivering cutting-edge functions, industry sources said Friday. The Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, which is expected to be released on Aug. 2 in New York, is likely to show similar features with [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest maker of smartphones, said Friday it has filed a lawsuit against Huawei Technologies Co. in China, accusing the Chinese firm of infringing on Samsung’s six patents related to mobile phones and digital images. The move is seen as a countermeasure against Huawei after [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Ministry of Environment confirmed on July 20 that Octylisothiazolinone (OIT) – a toxic substance that instigated the Oxy humidifier sterilizer scandal in Korea several months ago – was found in 58 models of air purifiers and three vehicle air conditioner filters currently being sold locally, and advised manufacturers to [...]