SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will unveil its next flagship smartphone, the G6, at an annual technology fair in Spain next month, as it struggles to revive its money-losing smartphone business. In a teaser video released earlier in the day on its YouTube and Facebook accounts, LG hinted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The mobile Internet is found to be the most frequently used medium among South Korean teenagers outstripping TVs, newspapers and other traditional media, according to a survey released Tuesday. The study, conducted from June 23 to July 29, also showed that one in four teens have experience using one-person [...]
TONGYEONG, South Korea, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A smartphone-based fishing ground management system has become the next big thing for fish farm owners in Tongyeong, a coastal city in South Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government, the system was first introduced to local fish farmers in January of this year, and has so [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey by the Korea Communications Commission revealed the growing importance of smartphones, with 55.5 percent of 7,385 respondents (aged 13 and above) considering the device to be an “indispensable medium”, far surpassing those who chose TV (38.6 percent) as their answer. The gap between the two devices [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Huawei’s ambitious launch of its premium smartphone, the P9, has so far reaped disappointing results in the South Korean market. The P9 and the P9 Plus, which were first launched in April, made their official entry here on December 2, only to face discouraging numbers, with roughly 100 of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Electronic and Telecommunications Research Institute is developing a mobile application that allows users to create 3D content using smartphones, announced the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning. Producing 3D content usually requires professional knowledge of equipment and software, making the process highly complicated for daily use. However, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to make up for its lost cause, the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung is again launching its Galaxy S7 Edge in a new color, this time “Black Pearl”. Much reminiscent of the Jet Black of the iPhone 7 series, it is the seventh color edition of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Mr. Kim Man-se is the CEO of a small business in Seoul. He’s been undecided for some time now over which device to buy as his next smart companion. He had initially considered the Galaxy Note 7, but the idea was quickly scrapped following the phablet’s battery crisis. Kim [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is home to some of the world’s fastest mobile Internet infrastructures, but lags behind the United States and China in the utilization of web information, a report showed Wednesday. Although Koreans enjoy better access to the Internet using their smartphones, they are less active than Americans and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Competition is intensifying in South Korea’s market for smartphones equipped with high-quality front cameras to meet the booming trend of selfies, company officials said Monday. A smartphone’s high-quality front camera, mainly used to take selfies, is increasingly appealing to plenty of young consumers, they said. Earlier this month, SK [...]