LONDON, July 7, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Samsung and Apple account for the majority of the top 20 smartphone models sold worldwide in Q1 2014. Heavily marketed flagship devices like the iPhone 5s 16GB and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 i9500 16GB top the rankings. “Samsung’s dominance is driven by its market leading 27% market share and despite Apple’s [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – While Korea’s large business groups like Samsung, Hyundai and SK gained about half its sales from overseas markets, their domestic sales decreased 5 percent and their portion fell 2 percentage points respectively last year. According to a recent survey conducted by CEO Score investigating the business performances of the nation’s [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced the third Galaxy Tab S TV commercial, created to demonstrate the display power and unrivaled viewing experience of Samsung’s latest tablet. The new commercial, directed by world famous film and television director Jake Scott, brings his creative eye to the Galaxy Tab [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of domestic companies become increasingly crucial as South Asian and Southeast Asian countries centering on India ask them to expand the CSR activities. For example, India enforced a law making CSR activities compulsory for large companies last April. According to the law, companies [...]
Seoul, Korea, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced the Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A, a new smartphone featuring an advanced multimedia experience and the fastest download, web browsing, multimedia streaming and application loading speeds. As the world’s first, commercially available Broadband LTE-A (Cat.6) smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S5 Broadband LTE-A combines the technological innovations [...]
New York, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Marvel Entertainment announced a new global partnership. Through a multi-medium creative campaign across film, digital and product, Marvel and Samsung will integrate their brands in unique and creative ways to bring their collective audiences together and showcase the best from both brands. The [...]
NEW YORK, June 12, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–Samsung Electronics America today introduced the first tablets in its new flagship Galaxy Tab S line. In both 8.4- and 10.5-inch versions, the Galaxy Tab S offers the ultimate viewing experience with the world’s first high-resolution Super AMOLED display. Galaxy Tab S combines Samsung’s thinnest and lightest tablet design [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Nano Korea 2014, the 2nd largest cutting-edge technology exhibition in the world, will be held in the exhibition hall on the 1st floor of COEX in Seoul for 3 days from July 2 (Wed) to July 4 (Fri). This year promises to be bigger than ever with [...]
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., June 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a strategic partnership with music streaming service, Spotify. More than 10 million Spotify Premium users will now be able to control their Samsung speakers directly from the Spotify app. Samsung Shape Wireless Audio Multiroom is the first product in the world that [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics is trying to tap a niche market with Galaxy W phablet, an oversized smartphone which, according to industry sources, might be able to replace the share of the formidable tablet market. But Samsung used a newly coined word of ‘phoneblet’ when launching this huge 7-inch “mini” tablet, [...]