SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has instructed North Koreans using Chinese mobile phones to be punished for treason in order to fend off defections and internal information leaks to the outside world, a Seoul-based news outlet specializing in North Korea reported Friday. “Kim Jong-un recently issued an order to [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. showcased the Galaxy C5 and C7 smartphones in China on Thursday, in line with its efforts to speed up sales of budget handsets around the globe. The 5.2-inch Galaxy C5 and 5.7-inch Galaxy C7 boasts super active mode organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) displays with metal bodies. [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – More people in the older generations are connecting to the Internet through their smartphones and other digital gadgets, although their use of applications was fewer in number and diversity than younger age groups, a survey said Thursday. Nielsen KoreanClick, basing its findings on mobile behavioral data from October 2014 [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – LINE, the mobile messaging app of South Korean portal giant NAVER, has beaten its rivals in sales of applications available on Google Play Store for the past four years, a global industry tracker said Friday. In the four years up to March this year, the Korean messaging app topped others in [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top tech firm Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its status as the No. 1 player in the Indian smartphone market in the first quarter of the year, data showed Thursday, boasting strong sales from the mid-end segment to long-term evolution (LTE) models. The South Korean firm took up 25.1 [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — About one in 10 children in elementary, middle and high schools in South Korea are addicted to smartphones, a government survey showed Monday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family polled 1.46 million children in fourth, seventh and 10th grades and found 138,385 of them to be spending too [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Yes, even Apple can fall from its own tree. Amidst a struggling premium smartphone market, Apple’s 13-year period of continuous growth has finally come to a halt. iPhones have long been signature products for those placing a premium on design, user experience, and of course, the Apple brand. Despite [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Tuesday it will start selling its new budget smartphone that comes with a price tag of around US$300, the latest in a series of budget smartphone models. The LG Stylus 2, scheduled to go on sales this week in South Korea, was first showcased at [...]
China-based tech giant Xiaomi Inc., which has been sluggish in tapping overseas markets due to copyright-related issues, is set to speed up its expansion with a new flagship, industry sources said Thursday, engaging in new battles with top brands like Samsung and Apple in South Korea. (Image : Yonhap) SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Electronics Inc. said Friday it has joined forces with a Danish-based audio firm to provide better sound-related features on its smartphones, including the upcoming flagship G5. The South Korean tech firm said the G5 smartphone will come with Bang & Olufsen’s stereo to provide premium sound on the [...]