SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp. on Thursday released its newest smartwatch and wireless earphones in South Korea, aiming to compete with Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Unpacked event that occurred the day before. The Redmi Watch 3 and Redmi Buds 4 Active are priced at 104,800 won (US$81.94) and 19,800 [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – 2023 will mark a major turning point for Samsung Electronics’ smartphone business, its mobile chief said Friday, with a goal to push up the portion of foldable phones to more than 20 percent of Galaxy flagship sales worldwide. “This year will serve as a tipping point for Samsung to [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Display Co. reported fifth consecutive quarterly losses Wednesday as sluggish demand for smartphones, TVs and computers took a toll on its bottom line. The major panel maker reported an operating loss of 881.5 billion (US$689 million) for the April-June period, compared with a loss of 488.3 billion won [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. on Tuesday introduced the latest upgradable home appliances, powered by a new operating system and AI chipset, in a follow-up measure to realize its vision to turn itself into a “smart life solutions provider.” The South Korean tech company said the new OS and chipset, which [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Sunday its UltraGear gaming monitor has been selected as the official monitor for Gamers8, the world’s largest eSports championship, for the second consecutive year. The monitor features an impressive 360-hertz refresh rate and is equipped with NVIDIA Reflex technology, effectively reducing the latency between mouse [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday the launch of its latest 89-inch micro light-emitting diode (LED) model in the Korean market. Priced at 130 million won (US$100,980), this 89-inch Micro LED TV has already been introduced in China back in April, and now it’s ready to captivate the Korean consumers. [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — On days with high fine dust levels, many people will close all the windows and doors at home and turn on an air purifier. But experts point out the concentrations of indoor air pollutants increase when all the windows and doors are shut. Ventilation is the key to help [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc. said Thursday it will launch DUOBO, a coffee machine capable of extracting from two coffee capsules simultaneously, on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The machine can blend two coffee capsules with distinct flavors. Users have the option to adjust the extracted temperature and amount via an exclusive [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Young South Koreans in their teens and 20s show a stronger preference for Apple Inc.’s iPhones, adding to the concern faced by Samsung Electronics Co. ahead of the Galaxy Unpacked event next week. Gallup Korea conducted a nationwide survey of 975 smartphone users over 18 years of age, in [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Global smartphone shipments fell 11 percent on-year in the second quarter, a report showed Thursday, as the market continued to face headwinds of slower consumer demand amid macroeconomic uncertainties. Market research firm Canalys said the continued market slump impacted market leaders, like Samsung Electronics and Apple, which had to [...]