Consumer complaints are continuing over the poor call quality of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S22 smartphones.Some Galaxy S22 users lodged complaints about poor calls on Samsung Electronics’ official community and Naver online cafés. Consumers complained that no sound was heard after a call was conne
Samsung Electronics will not load its next foldable smartphone models with in-display fingerprint sensors.The company has considered the adoption of in-display fingerprint recognition technology for the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Galaxy Z Flip 4, but recently decided not to use it. The two foldable mod
Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to develop an application processor (AP) exclusively for its Galaxy smartphones. The company's move was prompted by the recent controversy over the Global Positioning System (GPS) and the game optimizing service (GOS) of the Galaxy S22 series. Roh Tae-m
China's display maker BOE is reportedly developing panels for Samsung Electronics’ new A13 and A23 budget smartphone series, which are scheduled to come out in May.A display industry insider said Samsung proposed to BOE the idea of producing panels for its next-generation flagship smartphones at
Samsung Electronics is expected to load MediaTek's mobile application processor (AP) in its premium smartphone lineup. The company has thus far used MediaTek's APs for the budget Galaxy A series on a limited basis. This means the Exynos AP, which is produced by Samsung Electronics’ foundry d
The causes of the recent Samsung Galaxy S22 series game optimizing service (GOS) controversy are expected to come to light as early as next month as Qualcomm is expected to unveil its new application processor (AP), the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 Plus, as early as next month.The reason why attention is focus
The author is an analyst of KB Securities. He can be reached at joonsop.analyst@kbfg.com. -- Ed. Maintain BUY, target price of KRW75,000 We maintain BUY and TP of KRW75,000 on SKT. We are bullish given:(1) a reinforced dividend policy;(2) improving profitability for core business (plunge in marketin
Samsung Electronics has finally won a patent dispute related to Samsung Pay in Russia.A Russian patent tribunal recently invalidated two patent claims on an electronic payment system filed by Switzerland-based electronic payment company SQWIN SA. A patent infringement lawsuit filed by SQWIN SA again
Samsung Electronics said in its U.S. official Twitter account that it found a foldable smartphone from Oppo “pretty amazing.” It was very unusual for Samsung Electronics to praise a Chinese product.“Pretty ah-mazing,” Samsung Electronics said about a video on Oppo’s first foldable phone “Oppo Find N
Communication service providers are concentrating on quantum cryptography communication as the importance of the communication is increasing in terms of data and information security. According to the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation, the domestic quantum cr
The authors are analysts of Shinhan Investment Corp. They can be reached at hyungwou@shinhan.com and ym.ko@shinhan.com, respectively. -- Ed.Excessive correction due to overblown concernsSamsung Electro-Mechanics shares have corrected by 26% from last year's peak, with investors growing concerned
A Global Positioning System (GPS) error has been found in some models of the Samsung Galaxy S22 series, which has recently been embroiled in a game optimization service (GOS) controversy.The company said it will fix the problem through a software update within this month at the earliest.On March 23,
Among Samsung Electronics’ smartphone lineups, the Galaxy A series sold the most in Europe 2021.The Galaxy A series accounted for 59 percent of Samsung Electronics' smartphone sales in Europe in 2021. It was followed by the Galaxy S series with 24 percent and others with 17 percent, according to
AnTuTu said in its report on March 21 that the Samsung Galaxy was the most frequently copied smartphone brand in China from March last year to February this year.“We checked a total of 12,147,275 smartphones and detected 482,361 fakes in that period,” it said, adding, “Those include approximately 11
Market research firm Counterpoint Research said on March 21 that MediaTek ranked first in the Android smartphone AP market in 2021 with a 46 percent share, followed by Qualcomm with a 35 percent share.MediaTek was strong in the segment of models under US$299. In particular, LTE smartphones led the m
Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy A53 5G and the Galaxy A33 5G on March 17, new models that will compete with Apple's iPhone SE3 in the budget phone market.The new models from Samsung Electronics feature highest-performance cameras using artificial intelligence technology. Of the two, the
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Watch has narrowed its market share gap with Apple Watch. Samsung changed the operating system of Galaxy Watch to the Wear OS in cooperation with Google, and this appears to have paid off.Counterpoint Research, a market research firm, announced on March 15 that the smartw
SK Telecom will launch the Galaxy Quantum smartphone, the world's first mobile phone equipped with a quantum random number generation (QRNG) chipset, in April.The company is expected to unveil the Galaxy Quantum 3, its own 5G smartphone, as early as next month. SK Telecom has developed the new p
The controversy over the Game Optimization Service (GOS) of Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S22 series is spreading to the company's tablet PCs.Geekbench said on Twitter on March 15 that it has delisted the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 from its Ardroid Benchmark chart. The ben
Samsung Electronics has patented a smartphone that can extend the length of its screen to 30 cm using rollable and foldable technologies.According to the Dutch IT media outlet LetsGoDigital, Samsung Electronics registered a patent called a multiple folding electronic device with the World Intellectu