Tag: Samsung

New Delhi: Although Samsungs flagship device Galaxy Note 7 witnessed a sad demise last year owing to exploding batteries, users in India still trust the brand and almost two-third of Note users say they would consider buying the new Note device. According to a survey conducted by market research firm IPSOS, nine out of 10 Samsung […]

New Delhi: Samsung on Wednesday officially launched the Galaxy “Note 8”, in a return for the South Korean smartphone major that recalled its Note 7 worldwide last year. This is Samsung’s first smartphone to feature dual camera set-up at the rear with portrait mode and dual optical image stabilisation (OIS). It also comes with “Bixby” […]

San Francisco: In a breather to its rival Samsung, Apple has decided to give its Touch ID security solution for its forthcoming “iPhone 8” handset a pass and will instead rely on face unlock feature for all works, an analyst has said. The move has left the door open for Samsung to bring the similar […]

Seoul: South Korean giant Samsung might launch with the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 device a pair of wireless earplugs — similar to Apple’s wireless AirPods — that will be powered by its artificial intelligence assistant ‘Bixby’. According to a report in Korean outlet ETNews, the earphones will feature noise cancelling technology and it’s expected that […]

Seoul: Samsung Electronics announced on Sunday that on July 7 it will release in South Korea a refurbished version of its controversial smartphone Galaxy Note 7, which was recalled last year after several cases of these handsets catching fire. A total of 400,000 units of the refurbished smartphone, named the Galaxy Note 7 Fan Edition, […]

Seoul: Samsung is planning to construct the world’s biggest OLED plants in South Korea to beef up production of flexible OLED screens for the upcoming Apple iPhone 8 and other devices. Samsung Display controls 98 per cent of global markets for small and medium flexible OLED screens. According to Korean website ETNews, the plants, said […]

Noida: The government is aiming at a $1 trillion digital economy by 2020 and Samsung India will spearhead this movement, Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday as the South Korean giant announced Rs 4,915 crore investment in expanding its Noida manufacturing plant. The expansion of the plant on a 35-acre land adjacent […]

New Delhi: Samsung India on Friday signed an MoU with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to open two more technical training schools and to renew the partnership for 10 existing schools being run across the country. As per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the technology giant will open two new MSME-Samsung Technical […]

Seoul: Amid reports of rival Samsung tying up with three South Korean banks for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based services, LG Electronics Inc on Friday launched its own mobile payment tool in the country to compete with “Samsung Pay”. LG Electronics said “LG Pay”, which is based on the Wireless Magnetic Communication technology, allows users to make payments […]

Seoul: US tech giant Intel Corp. continued to stand as the largest producer of corporate solid state drives (SSDs) in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, with its rival Samsung Electronics coming in second. Data compiled by industry tracker DRAMeXchange shows Intel accounted for 40 per cent of the market, while Samsung’s share stood […]

Seoul: Samsung on Monday said it will showcase the world’s first “stretchable” panel during the SID 2017 hosted by the Society for Information Display US tech fair. The South Korean company said the stretchable OLED display is unique since it can bend in both directions, while previous flexible panels could only bend in one direction, […]

New Delhi: Xiaomi has become the most preferred smartphone upgrade choice for Indian consumers in 2017, beating popular brands like Samsung and Apple, market research firm Strategy Analytics said on Friday. According to the report, 26 per cent of potential Android buyers looking to upgrade their devices in 2017 list Xiaomi as their preferred brand. […]

Seoul: Despite Galaxy Note 7 fiasco and a corruption scandal involving top brass, Samsung Electronics Co on Friday predicted that its first-quarter operating profit for this year advanced 48.2 percent on-year. Apparently helped by the robust performance of its chip business, the company’s operating profit is estimated at 9.9 trillion won ($8.76 billion) in the […]

Kolkata: Electronics giant Samsung yesterday expanded its range of Galaxy smartphones by launching two new 4G phones – J5 and J7 – in India. Samsung said it has tied up with Flipkart to offer the phones exclusively on the online platform. Both the phones can be pre-booked between July 16 and July 22. The Galaxy […]

New Delhi: South Korean electronics major Samsung launched its much-awaited Z1 smartphone in India, that will run on the company's own operating system Tizen, for Rs.5,700.