SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A local retailer of China-based Xiamoi’s products said Thursday it will start sales of the tech giant’s MIX smartphone in South Korea, which is expected to bring major changes to the market largely dominated by homegrown Samsung and LG. G-Mobi Korea, an official local retailer of Xiamoi products, said it [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) – High-end smartphones took up less than 30 percent of Samsung Electronics Co.’s combined sales of handsets, data showed Monday, although the figure is expected to rebound after the launch of the tech giant’s upcoming new flagship model this week. According to the data compiled by Hana Financial Investment Co., [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc.’s latest flagship smartphone G6 has drawn a bigger-than-expected market response in South Korea, industry data showed Wednesday, with its sales expected to fare well down the road. According to the data compiled by industry tracker ATLAS Research & Consulting, the LG G6 powered by South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government is increasing the budget for its newly revamped Internet addiction prevention initiative by 55 percent this year, with expenditures expected to reach a total of 147 billion won ($12.8 million). With a budget of 147 billion won dedicated to tackling problematic Internet use on both mobile [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese smartphone makers have been rolling out pricey models to play catch up with Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., which dominate the high-end smartphone market in the country, a Seoul trade body said Thursday. According to the Shanghai office of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Chinese smartphone [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The results of a new study show that eight out of ten office workers were contacted for work-related duties outside of normal business hours. Although an amendment of the Labor Standards Act containing “the right to be disconnected” (the so-called Act on Prohibition of KakaoTalk chat after work), which [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Setting the picture of your dream body as your smartphone wallpaper may actually help with your weight problem. According to 365mc Hospital (a Seoul obesity clinic), frequently exposing oneself to such “wannabe” pictures – whether they be of glamorous celebrities, or simply of their fitter-selves from the past – [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Apple Inc. emerged as the leader in the global smartphone market in the fourth quarter of last year, beating its South Korean archrival Samsung Electronics Co., data showed Wednesday. The U.S. giant sold about 78.3 million smartphones during the October-December period, up 18 percent from a year earlier, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc.’s upcoming G6 smartphones will come with Google Inc. voice assistant service, industry sources said Thursday, as the South Korean company struggles to compete against its rivals. LG’s new flagship models — to be unveiled next month — will carry the U.S. tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The average sales price of LG Electronics Inc.’s smartphones is about one-fifth that of Apple Inc.’s iPhones, industry data showed Wednesday, underlining LG’s difficulty in reviving its loss-making smartphone business. According to a survey of 12 LG smartphones sold at KT Corp.’s online store, the average sales price of [...]