SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Xiaomi Corp. said Thursday its new tablet PC will go on sale in South Korea next week as the Chinese tech giant eyes to expand its presence here. Xiaomi Pad 5, which was first unveiled in China last month, will be available on South Korean online retailers from next [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. lost its top spot in India’s ear-worn device market in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, as its rival brands expanded their presence. The South Korean tech giant registered a market share of 7.9 percent in the April-June period, sharply down from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s third-largest smartwatch vendor in the second quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, after its shipments posted robust 43 percent on-year growth. The South Korean tech giant logged a market share of 7.6 percent in the April-June period, up from 6.8 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co’s foldable smartphone shipments are expected to be around 7 million units this year, about three times more compared to a year earlier, analysts here said Thursday, as its new models come with cheaper price tags even with upgraded features. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold3 and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Wednesday unveiled new smartwatches powered by a new operating system and upgraded wireless earbuds as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the wearable device market. At the Galaxy Unpacked online event, Samsung introduced the Galaxy Watch4 series that runs on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s upcoming wireless earbuds are likely to be cheaper than its previous model, a report showed Monday, as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the premium segment of wearables. Samsung is expected to unveil its new wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds 2, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Monday unveiled its upgraded wireless earbuds with enhanced sound and hygiene features as the tech giant eyes to increase wearable sales. Three new models of the LG TONE Free — TONE-TFP9, TONE-TFP8 and TONE-TFP5 — were launched in South Korea with prices ranging from 169,000 [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled its new smartwatch interface that will run on the upcoming unified wearable operating system (OS) with Google as the South Korean tech giant eyes to expand its presence in the wearable device market. Samsung introduced One UI Watch at its virtual session of [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s second-largest vendor of wearable devices in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Friday, on the back of its wireless earbuds sales. The South Korean tech giant moved ahead of China’s Xiaomi Corp. for the first time to take the runner-up [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it will team up with Google LLC to deliver a new smartwatch operating system (OS), as they seek to better compete with Apple Inc. in the wearables market. Yoon Jang-hyun, who heads Samsung’s software development team, said in an editorial that the South [...]