Samsung Electronics and Mastercard have announced a new strategic collaboration today for the purpose of developing a Samsung Card with a built-in fingerprint scanner and ensure secure transactions at in-store payment terminals. Technical details regarding the upcoming product are few but it sounds like Samsung’s solution will be similar to the Mastercard Biometric Payment Card […]
Read MoreSamsung has revealed some interesting figures regarding Galaxy S21 sales in South Korea throughout the first week of market availability. The flagship series has enjoyed great success, and it turns out that it generated a much more positive response from the customer base compared to the 2020 models. According to Samsung, domestic Galaxy S21 sales […]
Read MoreSamsung had unveiled the Galaxy A12 three months ago, and the phone went on pre-orders in Singapore and the UK last month. The company has now unveiled that it will start accepting pre-orders for the Galaxy A12 in South Korea from tomorrow. The Galaxy A12 is priced at KRW 275,000 (around $245) in South Korea. […]
Read MoreHalf a dozen new smart home appliances from Samsung have just been certified for AI excellence. Over in the company’s home country, the Korean Standards Association awarded the company with six AI+ certificates. This specification is one of the strictest of its kind, as it’s based on established international standards defining product reliability, build quality, […]
Read MoreMuch has been said about Samsung leaving out the charger and earphones from the Galaxy S21’s box. To those who don’t already have a USB PD charger at their home and want to buy a new one, Samsung Korea is offering a discount on its charger for Galaxy S21 buyers. Samsung Korea has announced that […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy S20 series sales were a bit disappointing, and the COVID-19 pandemic added to Samsung’s woes last year. With the Galaxy S21, Samsung is expecting better sales this year. It is now being reported that the pre-orders for the company’s latest high-end phones are higher than the Galaxy S20. According to a report coming out of […]
Read MoreSamsung’s new Galaxy Buds Pro earbuds are getting special treatment in South Korea where the company has revealed a couple of accessories that are bound to evoke nostalgia, especially for 90s kids. Customers who purchase the Galaxy Buds Pro from Samsung’s online shop in Korea can wrap the charging case in a unique cover that resembles […]
Read MoreA 30-month prison sentence for Samsung Group Chairman Lee Jae-yong forced the South Korean conglomerate into another crisis. And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the timing of this ordeal means its consequences could be amplified by another crisis which the company has been navigating since early 2020. That would be the COVID-19 thingy; you probably […]
Read MoreAfter rolling out the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 update to most of its high-end smartphones, Samsung has started rolling out the Android 11 update to the Galaxy Tab S7+. However, the new update brings along One UI 3.1 instead of One UI 3.0. The Galaxy Tab S7+ has become the first device to receive […]
Read MoreGalaxy S21 fans in South Korea can now rent the latest flagship for three days through the Galaxy To Go service, and customers who will decide to purchase the flagship after the trial period ends will get free gifts and an opportunity to win bigger prizes through a lottery system. Galaxy To Go is not […]
Read MoreSamsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been sentenced to 2.5 of jail for bribery. An appellate court in South Korea announced the sentence after a long trial, which also involved former President Park Geun-hye. Lee’s imprisonment comes as a huge shock to the electronics giant and will create a leadership vacuum. Lee was facing legal charges for […]
Read MoreOnce fierce rivals, Samsung and LG are truly worlds apart nowadays. To the point that this might be our last such comparison in a while because frankly, LG currently doesn’t deserve to be in the same sentence as Samsung. At least not in consumer electronics. Believe it or not, LG released more than two dozen […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy M31 was Samsung’s first mid-range phone to enter the One UI 3.0 beta stages of development. It happened earlier today but it didn’t take long for another very popular mid-range phone, the Galaxy A51 5G, to follow in its footsteps. Samsung has introduced the Android 11-based One UI 3.0 beta program for the […]
Read MoreSamsung chairman Lee Kun-hee passed away on October 25 at the age of 78, and the late chairman left behind a fortune in stocks and assets worth billions of dollars. Today, December 22, the exact value of Lee’s shares was calculated and came to 22.1 trillion won ($19.9 billion) according to The Korea Herald citing […]
Read MoreSamsung was forced to delay the second One UI 3.0 beta release for the Galaxy S10 series last week but thankfully for beta participants, the company is now back on track with the release. The second One UI 3.0 beta build is now available for the Galaxy S10 series in Korea, India, and the UK. […]
Read MoreSamsung’s first MicroLED TV, The Wall, was unveiled two years ago with a massive 292-inch screen. However, it was sold only to businesses and a few wealthy customers. The Wall used multiple MicroLED panels in a modular form factor. The company has now unveiled a new 110-inch 4K MicroLED TV with a more traditional TV […]
Read MoreToday, after a few months of beta testing Android 11 and One UI 3.0 for the Galaxy S20 series, Samsung announced the firmware’s stable release in multiple markets including South Korea, the USA and most of Europe, with more being planned to join them soon. The update debuted on Verizon’s network earlier but this is the […]
Read More2020 could have gone better for Samsung, to say the least. But fortunately for the Korean company, the stock market cares little about the present. Instead, investors are always agonizing over short- and medium-term outlooks. Most would even include long-term forecasts here, but only in principle. In practice, you have Tesla, as well as an […]
Read MoreAs you’d probably expect, Samsung dominates the smartphone market in its home country of South Korea. Samsung is a force to be reckoned with in South Korea and enjoys exceptional brand loyalty among customers. LG, another Korean tech giant, doesn’t have that kind of dominance in the smartphone market. So it’s safe to say that […]
Read MoreOne UI 3.0 may be just around the corner but that’s not to say One UI 2.5 has been abandoned. On the contrary, Samsung continues to bring One UI 2.5 to more phones and the latest two additions to the family are the Galaxy A31 and the Galaxy M51. The Galaxy A31 is seemingly receiving […]
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