Samsung Electronics is planning to release the Galaxy series with a “triple-lens camera” following the Galaxy A series, a low-priced smartphone series, in early October.LG Electronics' V40 ThinQ and Huawei’s Mate 20 series will also be released in the same month, showing that the triple camera p
Samaung Electronics is forecast to show overall earnings improvement in the third quarter of 2018. NH Investment & Securities said in a research report that with the exception of the IT & Mobile Communications (IM) domain, earnings should remain robust across all of the company's businesses, inc
Samsung Group's three electronic subsidiaries - Samsung Electronics Co., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. and Samsung SDI – are expected to show the best-ever performance in the third quarter this year.This is because semiconductors lead the overall performance while existing core businesses, such
SK Telecom announced that it will commercialize the next-generation Wi-Fi service “T Wi-Fi AX,” which is four times faster than the existing Wi-Fi.T Wi-Fi AX is a Wi-Fi service based on the 802.11.ax standard, offering the speed up to 4.8 Gbps per access point (AP). This is about four times faster t
An allegation was made that Samsung Electronics' strategic smartphone Galaxy Note 9 went up in flames spontaneously in the United States. While Samsung Electronics launched an investigation into the case, it is concerned that the case might become the beginning of another battery disaster like t
Apple took the wraps off three new iPhone models, confirming that its high-price policy would remain unchanged. Apple unveiled a new model loaded with a 6.5-inch large screen that had never been adopted before. At the same time, many people were surprised to see a price tag of US$1,099 on one of the
South Korean tech behemoth Samsung Electronics Co. has seen its brand value surge to nearly 90 trillion won (US$79.72 billion) this year. The figure was eight times higher than that of the No. 2 firm in South Korea and much higher than the combined amount of the remaining top 10 companies in the nat
Samsung Electronics' smartphone shipments are projected to fall short of 300 million units this year for the first time since 2013.According to market research firm Strategy Analytics (SA) on September 9, Samsung's smartphone shipments were expected to reach 298.5 million units this year. Th
In the second quarter of this year, Apple solidified its lead in the global smart watch market with a 41% share. Samsung Electronics’ market share plunged by 43% year on year to place sixth.According to Counterpoint Research, a global market research company, sales of global smart watches swelled 37
POSCO chairman Choi Jeong-woo has announced the largest-ever investment and employment plans in just one month after taking office. POSCO plans to invest 45 trillion won (US$40.43 billion) to create 20,000 jobs in the next five years.The group announced the investment plans on Sept. 3, saying that t
Xiaomi, a Chinese smartphone producer that is closely trailing Samsung Electronics in India with low-priced phones, is set to collide with its Korean rival on another front -- mobile payment service.The Indian Express said on September 2 (local time) that Xiaomi would launch "Mi-Pay" in India. Mi-Pa
POSCO, which took the secondary battery material business as a new growth engine, succeeded in securing a salt lake for lithium production.The Korean stealmaker announced on August 27 that it has signed an agreement with Galaxy Resources, a resource development specialist in Perth, Australia, to pur
Samsung Electronics will expand its sales in the budget smartphone market by rolling out various mid- to low-end smartphones in India and Europe in the second half of the year.According to the smartphone industry on August 26, Samsung Electronics plans to launch mid- to low-priced models, the Galaxy
Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics, two leaders of the world home electronics industry, will compete with each other in the IFA 2018, Europe's largest consumer electronics exhibition that will kick off on August 31. They are expected to show the competitiveness of their total solutions for s
Information technology (IT) companies are stepping up efforts to forge alliances by combining their artificial intelligence (AI) platforms or through collaboration. This is because they understand that it is difficult to expand their influence by sticking to their own ways only.Microsoft and Amazon
Three smartphone models of Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics were among the top six smartphones with the longest battery life, according to Consumer Reports (CR), a US leading consumer media outlet. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 which did not hit tbe shelves yet was not included in CR’s evaluation.
The commercialization of foldable smartphones is being accelerated. The size of a foldable display is cut in half when it is folded once and in a third when it is folded twice. If foldable displays are used for smartphones, they will make big-screen smartphones easier to carry. Thus, foldable displa
Pens are hot in the smartphone industry. A full-scale competition over pens is expected to start among major smartphone makers. Apple, which will launch new products this fall following Samsung Electronics' new premium smartphone Galaxy Note 9, is expected to take the wraps off an exclusive pen
The Samsung Dex has been treated as something that one hesitates to give up even though it is of little interest. The device was given a total makeover with the launch of the Galaxy Note 9. An HDMI adaptor can link the Galaxy Note 9 with TVs. Users of the Galaxy Note 9 are able to watch a video on a
Samsung Electronics unveiled its Galaxy Home AI speaker at the Galaxy Unpacking 2018 Event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York City on August 9 (local time). This was the first time that Samsung disclosed the name of the speaker and introduced the speaker itself to the public. Originally, S