SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the second-largest smartphone vendor in Canada in the second quarter of the year, but its market share gap with Apple Inc. has widened, a report showed Tuesday. Samsung took a 34 percent market share in the April-June period in terms of smartphone shipments, according to [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has dropped to the second spot in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter of the year, with China’s Huawei Technologies Co. taking the top spot, a report showed Friday. Samsung shipped 54.2 million smartphones in the April-June period to take a market share of 19.5 [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has recaptured the second spot in the Indian smartphone market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, apparently riding on growing anti-China sentiment in the South Asian nation. The South Korean tech giant accounted for 26 percent of the Indian market in [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea BIzwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to increase its presence in the Indian smartphone market on growing anti-China sentiment in the South Asian nation, analysts here said Saturday. Sinophobia is growing in India with a public boycott of Chinese-made goods following the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers in last month’s [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics’ smartphone business has been struggling to extricate itself from a quagmire caused by stubborn losses and a weak brand image, but local market watchers said Wednesday they remain optimistic the company can pull off a rebound going forward. The tech giant’s slump is all the more stark [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Yes, even Apple can fall from its own tree. Amidst a struggling premium smartphone market, Apple’s 13-year period of continuous growth has finally come to a halt. iPhones have long been signature products for those placing a premium on design, user experience, and of course, the Apple brand. Despite [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. became the top smartphone seller in five major regions of the world in the third quarter of the year except in North America, where its archrival Apple Inc. dominated, a report showed Sunday. In the July-September period, Samsung posted the largest smartphone [...]