SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. reclaimed the top spot in global smartphone sales in February, a report showed Monday, after it narrowly beat Apple Inc. on the back of the early release of the Galaxy S21 series. Samsung shipped 24 million units of smartphones for a 23.1 percent market share last [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of smartphones through online platforms in South Korea remain sluggish compared with other countries, data showed Wednesday, due mainly to strong dominance of mobile carriers in the mobile phone market. According to the data compiled by Strategy Analytics, the sales of smartphones through online platforms in the country [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Friday its second-quarter operating profit is estimated at 664.1 billion won (US$574.5 million), posting a weaker-than-expected performance apparently on sluggish smartphone sales despite a robust performance of its home appliance business. The operating profit for the April-June period marks a 13.6-percent jump from the 584.6 [...]