Seoul, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Attendance is checked automatically when you enter a classroom. When you pass a grocery store, you receive a text message including electronic coupons. In a foreign country, you can receive information without a sightseeing guide. With the adoption of ‘beacons’ – near field communication devices – smartphone users can [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top handset brands such as Samsung and LG have sold more devices on their home soil this year despite a controversial subsidy law, but their profitability is presumed to have slipped due to less sales of high-end smartphones, data showed on Friday. Samsung Electronics, the country’s top [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s top tech giant, saw its presence in the Southeast Asian smartphone market decline in the first quarter despite increased shipments, data showed Wednesday, as Chinese rivals took up more of the fast-growing region with budget models. Samsung’s smartphone sales in the region rose 28 percent on-year [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – As the distribution of smartphones loaded with games and web browsers increases, the possibility of safety accidents is soaring accordingly. To reduce such mishaps related to mobile phone usage, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries is promoting a campaign urging its workers to refrain from using their phones while working. The [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) ― Customers in key markets around the world will finally get their chance to own the latest advanced smartphone from LG Electronics (LG), one which industry experts have widely praised for its exceptional camera, vivid and expansive display, and willingness to set new rules in defining what a premium mobile [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has suffered another setback in the fast-growing Chinese smartphone market this year in the face of heated competition, with its standing slipping by one notch to become the No. 4 smartphone seller in the first quarter of this year, data showed Thursday. China-based Huawei Technologies Co. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of ten mobile device users have purchased a product more than once through one-click mobile payment systems in the last six months. According to a report by DMC Media, a digital advertising company, 72.1 percent of 948 mobile device users polled have used one-click payment services which [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Three investors made bids Friday to buy Pantech Co., the cash-strapped South Korean smartphone maker currently under court protection, industry sources said, reviving hope that the long-pending sale would soon resume after previous attempts ended in a failure due to a lack of interest. The names of the three [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 30 (Korea Bizwire) ― LG Electronics (LG) kicks off the global rollout of its new mid-range smartphone lineup starting in South America to be followed closely by Europe, Asia, Middle East Africa and North America. This premium but affordable series comprised of Magna, Spirit, Leon and Joy was first unveiled at Mobile World [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online shopping sales surged 20.1 percent on-year during the fourth quarter of 2014 with stellar growth in purchases through mobile gadgets, a government report showed Thursday. Total transactions during the three month period reached 12.74 trillion won (US$11.73 billion), up from 10.6 trillion won a year earlier [...]