Sales of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note20 series seem lower than expected, TheElec has learned.Samsung Mobile only produced around 70% of what it planned to produced for the month of October, people familiar with the matter said.Samsung aimed to produce just short of 900,000 units of the Note20 se

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it posted 12.35 trillion won in operating profit and almost 66.96 trillion won in sales in the third quarter of 2020.Operating profits was its highest in two years and sales was its highest ever for a quarter, Samsung said.The mobile business contributed 4.45 tri

LG Electronics was planning to expand the use of original design manufacturer (ODM) for its smartphone production next year, TheElec has learned.The company started using ODM in 2018 __ around 10% of handsets made that year was produced by contract makers. This increased to 30% in 2019 and will expa

Samsung Electronics will launch the Samsung Flip, its 60-inch range interactive digital flipchart, in Europe next year, aimed at the education sector there.Chemtronics, which contract-produces the flipcharts, will likely benefit from the expanded sales plan.Samsung’s Visual Display (VD) business pla

LG Velvet’s UI will be expanded to budget model smartphones, LG Electronics said.Smartphones such as Q51 and Q61 will get the UI within the year, the company said. V35 ThinQ, launched in 2018, will also get the UI.LG Velvet’s UI was intuitive and convenient, the South Korean company said.

Samsung Electronics will begin production of the upcoming Galaxy S21 smartphone series in mid-December, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than its predecessor Galaxy S20, which went into production in January with official sales starting in March.Galaxy S21 smartphones will likely start off

One of the most noticeable features of the newly unveiled iPhone 12 is its wireless charging capability __ especially MagSafe.Apple stressed that it has put magnets near the wireless charging coil to increase charging efficiency. Up to 15W of power can be supplied.MagSafe was first introduced with n

1 Since the iPhone 3Gs was introduced via KT to South Korea in 2009, the country has never been included in the first list of countries to get a new iPhone. But for iPhone 12, South Korea has been included as on the list of countries to have the phone available for purchase first.4 iPhone 12 comes i

Samsung Electronics has begun pre-orders for the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) in South Korea on Tuesday.The phone has a haze finish on its back and has a 120Hz display, same as the original Galaxy S20, Samsung said. It will also have a high-end chip-set, triple camera and large battery, the South Kor

Samsung Electronics plans to launch an ultra-premium gold colored Galaxy Z Fold 2 in China.It will be the thirteenth model in its co-brand with local carrier China Telecom, people familiar with the matter said. The brand, called 心系天下 in Chinese, which means “high people worrying about the world”, wa

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) smartphones at an unveiling event on Wednesday.The smartphone will begin sales on October 2 globally.Samsung said the phone has a premium design and has all the features from the Galaxy S20 launched earlier this year such as a smooth s

LG Electronics has set the price of its swiveling dual screen smartphone LG Wing at 1,098,900 won (around US$950) in South Korea. In comparison, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Z Flip 5G is being sold at 1.65 million won in South Korea.LG claimed the price tag was the cheapest so far for an unconvention

Samsung Electronics’ smartphone business plans to produce around 10 million units of the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) that is launching on September 23, TheElec has learned.The phone is aimed at securing market share for the company during the remainder of 2020.Galaxy S20 FE will be unveiled at its o

Samsung Electronics has launched the Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable smartphone globally.Official sales will begin in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, France and other major European countries.It will be available in around 80 countries by the end of October, Samsung said. This was the double the avail

LG Electronics has launched the budget model LG Q31 smartphone in South Korea.It supports 4G LTE connectivity and is the cheapest phone the company has launched in the country this year at 209,000 won.The phone has military spec of the US military that can endure low and high temperatures, high humi

LG Electronics will launch its dual screen smartphone the LG Wing in October in South Korea, the company announced.The company is expected to produce some 300,000 units if the phone, TheElec has previously reported.The phone has a main screen that can be rotated 90 degrees to unveil a second screen

Samsung Electronics plans to put in two telephoto cameras on the top model of the Galaxy S21 smartphones series launching next year, TheElec has learned.The additional telephoto camera will be replacing 3D Time of Flight (ToF) module.In total, Galaxy S21’s top tier model with have four cameras on it

Apple’s iPhone SE was the best selling phone in South Korea in the second quarter of 2020, according to market research firm CounterPoint.This was followed by Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Plus 5G and Galaxy S20 5G.Samsung controlled 67% market share, followed by Apple’s 19% and LG Electronics’ 13% in South

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are expected to compete over flagship smartphone market share in South Korea.Both companies are expected to produce around 300,000 units of their Galaxy Z Flip 5G and LG Wing smartphones, respectively.LG will be producing its dual screen smartphone in Vietnam.

Chinese tech giant Huawei is planning to produce around 50 million units of smartphones in 2021, TheElec has learned.This will be a drop of 74% from the company’s expected shipment for 2020.Huawei shared this 2021 target with its South Korean subcontractors, people with direct knowledge of the matte