SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to release a budget model of its flagship smartphone Galaxy S20 in the fourth quarter of the year, sources here said Monday, as the company tries to boost its mobile sales amid the pandemic. The handset, tentatively named Galaxy S20 FE, is likely to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. remained the top smartphone vendor in the second quarter of the year despite suffering a sharp decline in sales, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung sold 54.75 million smartphones in the April-June period to take a 18.6 percent market share, according to market researcher Gartner Inc. Its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. has increased its smartphone market share in North America in the second quarter of the year amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Monday, boding well for the company’s effort to end a slump in its mobile business. South Korea’s No. 2 tech firm accounted [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co., South Korea’s leading tech firm, is expected to rank third in terms of 5G smartphone production this year, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung’s 5G smartphone production for the year is estimated at 29 million units, placing the company in third place globally, according to market researcher [...]
SEOUL, July 10 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s Xiaomi Corp. will sell its 5G smartphone in South Korea through major mobile carriers, industry insiders said Friday, as it eyes gaining a presence here against homegrown brands. Xiaomi’s Mi 10 Lite 5G smartphone will be launched online next Friday after a four-day preorder period, sources said. It [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Following Apple Inc.’s recent decision to support its newest smart device operating system, iOS 14, on older generation iPhone models dating back as far as six years, controversy has reemerged over Android smartphones, which have a shorter duration of technical support. Consumers say that a flagship smartphone model costing [...]
SEOUL, June 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Online preorders for Samsung Electronics Co.’s special edition package of its Galaxy smartphone and earbuds in collaboration with K-pop sensation BTS sold out within an hour in South Korea, the company said Friday. Preorders for the package, comprised of the Galaxy S20 Plus BTS edition and the Galaxy Buds [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. recaptured the top spot in the Southeast Asian smartphone market in the first quarter of the year by edging out its Chinese rivals, a report showed Wednesday. Samsung’s market share in Southeast Asia stood at 18.9 percent in the January-March period, according to market tracker Counterpoint [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday introduced its new smartphone, the Velvet, in Europe as the South Korean tech firm hopes its latest handset can end a long slump in its mobile business amid the virus pandemic. Starting with Germany on Tuesday, LG will release the Velvet in major European [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday unveiled a special edition of its Galaxy smartphones and earbuds in collaboration with K-pop sensation BTS. The South Korean tech giant introduced the BTS edition of the Galaxy S20 Plus 5G, S20 Plus and the Galaxy Buds Plus. The design of the Galaxy S20 [...]