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Vietnamese Science Minister Presents Smartphone to S. Korea

Vietnamese Science Minister Presents Smartphone to S. Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Vietnamese science minister was found to have recently presented a smartphone made by Vietnamese technology to his South Korean counterpart. According to Vietnamese media outlet, Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngoc Anh gave South Korean Science and ICT Minister Choi Ki-young a Vsmart Live, a smartphone produced [...]

Seoul City Trials In-ground Traffic Lights for Smartphone Zombies

Seoul City Trials In-ground Traffic Lights for Smartphone Zombies

SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — There is a newly coined word, ‘smombie’, a compound of ‘smartphone’ and ‘zombie’, referring to those who walk slowly without attention to their surroundings because they are absorbed in their smartphones. In order to prevent traffic accidents involving smombies, the Seoul Metropolitan Government has introduced new crosswalks and traffic [...]

Massive Popularity of iPhone 11 Pushes Mobile Carriers to Clear Out LTE Phones from Samsung, LG

Massive Popularity of iPhone 11 Pushes Mobile Carriers to Clear Out LTE Phones from Samsung, LG

SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are lowering the price of LTE flagship smartphones released this year while offering higher subsidies to empty out remaining stocks. South Korean telecom giant KT Corp. raised the official subsidy for the LG G8 ThinQ to a maximum of 655,000 won (US$564) [...]

Monthly Data Usage of 5G Smartphone Users Hits Record High in Sept.

Monthly Data Usage of 5G Smartphone Users Hits Record High in Sept.

SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The monthly data usage by users of smartphones running on fifth-generation (5G) networks reached a record high in September, data showed Sunday amid the growing demand for mobile content. The combined amount of data used by South Korean users of 5G mobile devices reached 87,928 terabytes (TB), according to [...]