SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks had topped 30 million as of April for the first time since the service was commercialized in 2019, data showed Tuesday. The total number of 5G users reached 30.02 million in April, accounting for 38.1 percent of the total 78.79 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean smartphone users are spending more time on video sharing platform TikTok and video streaming service Netflix than last year, a survey showed Tuesday. Mobile app tracker Wiseapp conducted a survey of 38.7 million Android smartphone users and 8.6 million iOS smartphone users over 10 years of age, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of smartphone users on 5G mobile networks topped 16 million as of June, data showed Thursday, as subscriptions to the latest generation networks continued to grow despite a lack of new flagship 5G phones. The total number of 5G users reached 16.47 million in June, accounting for [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean unit of Apple Inc. will run a trade-in program to woo LG Electronics Inc.’s smartphone users, industry insiders said Friday, in a move to expand its presence on the home turf of Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s largest smartphone vendor. Apple’s smartphone exchange scheme with local [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 20 percent of South Korean smartphone users are at risk of being overly dependent on the devices, a survey showed Wednesday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said 23.3 percent of smartphone users in the country were at risk last year, up 3.3 percent from the previous [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of users subscribing to Internet-of-Things (IoT) services grew at a faster pace than those subscribing to smartphones in South Korea on-month in January, data showed Sunday, on the back of the rising sales of wearable smart devices. According to data compiled by the Ministry of Science, ICT and [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – A study shows that smartphone users lead happier life than those who do not use smartphones. According to a report “Correlation between Smartphone Using and Life Satisfaction” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, the satisfaction index in personal life such as achievements, health and personality of smartphone users [...]