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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.

India’s leading telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel (Airtel) has announced the launch of its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) services across Bengal and Sikkim. Airtel VoLTE, which works over 4G, will enable customers across the two states to enjoy HD quality voice calls with faster call set up time. Customers can call any mobile, landline network […]

New Delhi: Chinese brand Xiaomi with 28.9 per cent market share led the Indian smartphone market in 2018, followed by South Korean brand Samsung at 22.4 per cent and Vivo at 10 per cent, an International Data Corporation (IDC) report said on Tuesday. “The premium end of the market outgrew all other price segments in […]

New Delhi: The year 2018 ended with just two companies together controlling around 50 per cent share of the India smartphone market – Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi and South Korean giant Samsung, according to latest data released by International Data Corporation (IDC). Xiaomi surpassed Samsung to become the market leader in 2018 with 28.9 per […]

New Delhi: Samsung India on Thursday announced three new smartphones in its new Galaxy “A” series, starting at Rs 8,490. The new devices — Galaxy A50, A30 and A10 — will be available from March 2. Galaxy A50 with 6.4-inch FHD+ display comes in two storage variants – 6GB+64GB and 4GB+64GB. It sports 25MP front […]

Seoul: Samsung on Thursday said it will release its first 5G smartphone in the first week of April in South Korea, making it the world’s first mobile device with the next-generation network capability. The South Korean tech giant said Galaxy S10’s 5G model will go on sale on April 5, without a pre-order programme, Yonhap […]

San Francisco: Samsung’s Chief Marketing Officer Marc Mathieu has abruptly resigned after the tech major launched an investigation into kickbacks between its employees and marketing partners. “Samsung Electronics Co. audited its US marketing operation to investigate whether employees violated company policies in their dealings with business partners, resulting in layoffs of several staffers,” The Wall […]

Tokyo: Once an iconic brand, Sony is now going to slash its mobile division workforce by half by 2020 in the wake of stiff competition and poor sales. The move could result in roughly 2,000 staffers either losing their jobs or getting shifted to a new department at Sony. “Sony’s share of the smartphone market […]

New Delhi: Samsung India, which is targeting $4 billion in revenues from its Galaxy “A” series of phones in 2019, is geared up to challenge its Chinese competitors with several new devices, including the Galaxy A70 smartphone next week and the Galaxy A80 in May, a top company official said on Monday. “We will launch […]

New Delhi:Taking on Chinese player Xiaomi big time, South Korean tech giant Samsung sold two million phones in its mid-price segment Galaxy A series in India in just 40 days starting March 1, earning a revenue of $500 million. Samsung is targeting $4 billion in revenues from its Galaxy A series of phones this year. […]

Seoul: Hit by weak demand in the memory chips and displays, Samsung Electronics on Tuesday reported a massive 60 per cent drop in operating profit (year-on-year) in the first quarter of 2019. The company, however, said the newly-launched Galaxy S10 smartphone is generating solid sales. It shipped 78 million smartphones and five million tablets in the […]