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Samsung heir visits Japan to discuss cooperation in 5G

Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong, recently met officials from Japan's leading mobile carriers to discuss possible collaboration on 5G technology. Lee visited Tokyo for three days between May 15 to 17 and met with the senior executives of NTT Docomo and KDDI, the top two telecommunications companies in the country. Japan is preparing to launch 5G […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Samsung’s 3nm mobile chips will offer greater performance and battery life

Samsung is showcasing its developments in advanced foundry technology yet again.. At the recently held Samsung Foundry Forum 2019 in Santa Clara, California, the company announced that its 3nm gate-all-around (GAA) process development is on track. It could be one of the largest manufacturing steps in many years, which will speed up innovations in next-gen technologies, such as […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Samsung Pay surpasses 14 million subscribers in South Korea

Samsung's mobile payment service, Samsung Pay, has hit 40 trillion won (~$33.65 billion) in accumulated transaction volume in South Korea. The number of subscribers has also surpassed the 14 million mark as of April 2019, the company said. Launched in August 2015, Samsung Pay had logged transactions worth 2 trillion won (~$1.68 billion) during the first year. […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Samsung Pay now supports BV’s Mastercard cards in Brazil

Samsung Pay has picked up support for one more financial institution in Brazil. Votorantim Bank (BV) has teamed up with Samsung as the newest member of its mobile payment service. BV joins Sicredi, Banco do Brasil, Santander, and several others on the list of Samsung Pay-supported banks in the country. Samsung Pay expands its presence in Brazil […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Galaxy A7 (2018) and Galaxy A9 (2018) get price cuts in India

Following price cuts for some of its 2019 Galaxy A phones, Samsung has now reduced the prices of the Galaxy A7 (2018) and the Galaxy A9 (2018) in India. The price drop is permanent and effective across all sales channels, including the Samsung India website, Amazon India, Flipkart, as well as major offline retailers. With the price revision, the […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Galaxy S10 helps Samsung’s market share grow in North America

The Galaxy S10 series is doing wonders for Samsung globally. The company has regained some of the lost market share in the lucrative Chinese and Indian markets on the back of the Galaxy S10 phones. Now some fresh figures from consulting firm Canalys show Samsung's market share to have surged in North America as well. What's an even […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Galaxy Tab S5e, Tab A, and Tab A 10.1 launched in Malaysia

Samsung has released its three newest tablets in Malaysia. The new Galaxy Tab A with S-Pen, Galaxy Tab S5e, and the Galaxy Tab A10.1 are now available to purchase in the country. The Galaxy Tab A, which is the most basic of the trio, retails for RM1,099 (~$265) including the S-Pen, while the Galaxy Tab S5e is the […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Galaxy Watch LTE now available for Claro customers in Brazil

The Galaxy Watch LTE has gained support for one more carrier in Brazil. Claro has started selling the smartwatch in the country. Until now, the watch was available only for Vivo's postpaid customers. Equipped with an e-SIM, the Galaxy Watch LTE lets users seamlessly access network connectivity on their watch, without needing to have it connected to a smartphone. […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Samsung launches the feature-packed Galaxy A70 in Malaysia

Samsung has launched the Galaxy A70, the newest member of its crowded 2019 Galaxy A lineup, in Malaysia. Announced towards the end of March, the latest upper-mid-range smartphone from Samsung has so far been launched in several Asian countries, including India, China, and Vietnam, and is coming to markets in a few other regions soon. The device offers several premium […]

By Sumit Adhikari
5 years ago

Samsung to invest $360 million in India, set up two new production plants

Samsung is reportedly mulling a ₹2,500 crore (~$360 million) investment in India to expand production in the country. The company has plans to set up two new production plants for local manufacturing of smartphone displays and batteries. The fresh round of investment comes after the company inaugurated the world's biggest mobile factory in India last year. New […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Galaxy A10, Galaxy A20, and Galaxy A30 get a price cut in India

Samsung has slashed the prices of the newly launched Galaxy A10, Galaxy A20, and the Galaxy A30 in India. Originally priced at ₹8,490 (~$122), the Galaxy A10 now costs ₹7,990 (~$115), a price drop of ₹500. The Galaxy A20 gets a price drop of ₹1,000, down to ₹11,490 ($165) from ₹12,490 ($180). Lastly, the Galaxy A30 has […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Samsung expands its AI lab in Canada to bolster research in system semiconductor

Samsung has announced the expansion of its Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) lab to the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (Mila). The Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) AI Lab in Montreal, which first opened at the University of Montreal in September 2017, has been moved to Mila to strengthen the fundamentals in AI research and drive competitiveness […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Samsung installs another Onyx Cinema LED screen in Malaysia

Samsung has installed one more Onyx Cinema LED screen in Malaysia, the fourth in the country. The latest one has been installed in TGV Cinemas at the new Central i-City shopping mall in Shah Alam. It is a 14 meter Onyx screen, the largest in the world. First unveiled in South Korea in July 2017, Samsung's revolutionary cinema […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Galaxy Home Mini picks up Bluetooth and Wi-Fi certifications

Samsung has long been working on a premium Bixby-powered smart speaker, the Galaxy Home. The device was showed off at the Galaxy Note 9 launch event last year. However, it's still a “coming soon” product, with Samsung keeping mum about any semblance of a release date. In the meantime, the Galaxy Home Mini, which we exclusively revealed last […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

Q1 2019 earnings report: Samsung posts its lowest profits in three years

A few weeks ago, Samsung released its earnings guidance for the first quarter of 2019, estimating a 60% decline in operating profits. The company has now published a detailed report confirming that projection with an operating profit of 6.23 trillion won (about $5.35 billion), a drop of 60.2% from 15.64 trillion won a year ago. This is Samsung's worst performance since […]

By Sumit Adhikari
6 years ago

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