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Samsung Electronics’ mobile chief said on Aug. 8 that Japan’s export curbs wouldn’t affect launches of its upcoming premium smartphones but warned of their potential impact if they are prolonged. Koh Dong-jin, the chief of Samsung’s IT and Mobile Division, expressed concerns over rising unc...
Semiconductor giants Samsung Electronics and SK hynix have requested parts suppliers to utilize domestic equipment and materials instead of those imported from Japan following its trade restrictions, according to news reports on Aug. 6. “In the past, our clients (Samsung and SK hynix) usually rej...
Samsung Electronics saw its share in China’s smartphone market fall back below 1 percent in the second quarter as Chinese consumers bought more domestic brands, industry data showed on Aug. 6. The company shipped 700,000 smartphones to China in the April-June period, accounting for a mere 0.7 ...
Samsung Electronics on Aug. 6 unveiled its latest smart watch, Galaxy Watch Active 2, with improved fitness tracking functions and connectivity to its smartphones. The device is the latest addition to Samsung‘s smart watch portfolio and comes just six months after the launch of Galaxy Watch Ac...
Chinese and Taiwanese tech companies are sensing an opportunity to grab higher global market share in the semiconductor, display and battery sectors amid the latest trade feud between South Korea and Japan, according to sources on Aug 5. Chinese display maker BOE is looking to supply OLED panels t...
Samsung Electronics’ operating profit plunged 55.6 percent on-year in the April-July period to 5.18 trillion won ($4.4 billion) due mainly to weak memory chip prices, according to the firm’s second-quarter earnings report released on July 31. The tech giant’s revenue in the second quarter came ...
The initial production volume of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Fold smartphone for the Korean market is expected to come in at 20,000 to 30,000, according to news reports on July 29. Samsung is currently fine-tuning the release schedule of its first foldable smartphone with telecom companies in Sou...
Samsung Electronics said on July 25 it will release its long-delayed Galaxy Fold in select markets in September, after fixing durability issues and improving the design of the foldable device. The South Korean tech giant had initially planned to launch the $1,980 foldable device in the United S...
Tech giant Samsung Electronics has reportedly been considering beefing up chip production lines in the US, in the wake of the trade feud between South Korea and Japan. Austin, Texas, where Samsung runs a foundry business, is one of the candidate regions, according to the reports. “Samsung seem...
Samsung Electronics appears to be turning to domestic electronics parts makers, especially for its upcoming mobile devices, amid Japan’s economic reprisal, according to industry sources on July 21. The South Korean tech giant is deemed to be the biggest victim of Japanese restrictions on exports...
[ET NEWS ] US tech giants, including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google, have dispatched their respective executives and employees to South Korea to gauge the fallout of the ongoing trade war between Seoul and Tokyo, according to industry sources on July 18. The global tech firms are said to b...
South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics has started testing out hydrogen fluoride, or etching gas, made by companies based in countries other than Japan, sources said July 17. Japanese news outlet the Nikkei Asian Review said the Korean tech giant is in touch with suppliers elsewhere -- most li...
The impact of the prolonged trade row between South Korea and Japan is already being felt here as tech giant Samsung Electronics is slowing down chip production for its next flagship smartphone Galaxy Note 10. “This month, Samsung has cut by 10 percent the target production of the Exynos, a mobil...
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong has secured emergency stockpiles of three key high-tech materials subject to Tokyo’s export restrictions against Seoul during his recent trip to Japan, sources said on July 15. Sharing the results of his trip, Lee told a special meeting held with ...
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong is extending his trip to Japan to resolve any potential fallout from the neighboring country’s tough regulations for shipments of key materials used for chip and display productions, industry sources on July 9. Lee, the de factor leader of the Sou...
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