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Over Half of Elderly in South Korea Struggle with Installing or Deleting Apps on Smartphones, Study Finds

Over Half of Elderly in South Korea Struggle with Installing or Deleting Apps on Smartphones, Study Finds

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that while most seniors aged 65 to 79 in South Korea use smartphones, over half of them are unable to install or delete applications (apps) by themselves. The research, conducted by a team from the Department of Geriatric Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine at [...]

Communication Costs Surge to 33-Year High in South Korea

Communication Costs Surge to 33-Year High in South Korea

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Consumer prices for communication services, a fundamental necessity in everyday life, have seen their most significant growth in 33 years during the first nine months of this year. Despite a history of maintaining a low growth rate, communication prices have increased for two consecutive years, driven not only by rising [...]

Internet Addiction Spreads Among Students Despite End of Online Classes

Internet Addiction Spreads Among Students Despite End of Online Classes

SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The lifting of social distancing rules eliminated the necessity for online classrooms, but elementary and middle school students are increasingly developing a dependency on smartphones, a government survey showed Tuesday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family conducted a survey involving 1.28 million students from elementary (fourth grade), middle, [...]

Samsung and Apple Invest in Experiential Marketing to Promote High-end Smartphones

Samsung and Apple Invest in Experiential Marketing to Promote High-end Smartphones

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. are focusing on the promotion of smartphones via offline experiential booths as they begin to concentrate on the high-yield premium smartphone market. Samsung has opened up Galaxy Studios at some 60 locations in the country, offering the public a chance to try out [...]

Samsung to Introduce Recycled Parts for Smartphone Repairs

Samsung to Introduce Recycled Parts for Smartphone Repairs

SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to expand its eco-friendly project by using recycled parts for maintenance, as the company decided to use recycled materials for the production of smartphones. The tech giant plans to introduce a new “manufacturer-certified recycled materials program” early this year for all smartphone repairs and provide [...]

Samsung’s High-end Smartphones Underperform in Japan

Samsung’s High-end Smartphones Underperform in Japan

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s foldable smartphones are struggling in the Japanese market, partly driven by Japan’s aversion to Korean products. Apple Inc.’s iPhone SE became the most sold phone in Japan last year, followed by the iPhone 12, Sharp Corp.’s Aquos Sense 5G and other iPhones and Japanese brand smartphones, [...]

Galaxy Smartphones Boast Faster Download Speed than iPhone 12 at Home

Galaxy Smartphones Boast Faster Download Speed than iPhone 12 at Home

SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy smartphones has faster download speeds than Apple Inc.’s iPhone 12 models on local networks in South Korea, a market tracker said Monday. Ookla, which runs internet speed measurement tool Speedtest, conducted a 5G download speed test for major smartphones in the third quarter of this [...]