Samsung Electronics has decided not to offer S Pen on its upcoming foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold 2, sources within the company told TheElec Tuesday.It is because the development of a cover glass that can both withstand folding and the pressure from a stylus is yet to be completed, they said.

Apple’s iPhone 11 saw the highest shipment among smartphones worldwide in the first quarter, according to market research firm Omdia.Cupertino moved 19.5 million units in the quarter, the firm said. It is considerably higher 13.6 million units marked by iPhone XR in the first quarter of 2019.Samsung

Samsung Electronics has launched a new outdoor TV dubbed The Terrace in the US, the company announced Thursday, local time.The model boasts a 4K resolution QLED display and supports up to 2000 nits of brightness, which means it will be clearly visible in daylight, the Korean company said.The Terrace

LG Electronics has launched Q61 smartphone in South Korea, the company said.It is a low-budget model, costing 369,600 won. It packs a16-megapixel (mp) punch-hole front camera. The smartphone has a quad camera on its rear __ a 48mp main camera, a 8mp wide-angle camera, a 5mp depth camera and 2mp macr

A senior LG Electronics executive talked up the design of the company’s latest flagship smartphone, LG Velvet, claiming the handset offered something different than the “uniform design” currently offered by rivals. Kim Young Ho, an executive at LG’s design lab for its mobile business, especially hig

LG Electronics’ Mobile Communication division appears to be pondering for a solution amid sluggish smartphone sales at its key market, North America. Its ODM strategy in China is also facing setbacks, triggering speculation that the company may be further cutting down the workforce.The LG affiliate’

Samsung Electronics is set to produce just over 10 million smartphones in April 2020, which is about half of its previous monthly average of around 25 million handsets, according to Samsung suppliers on April 13.Annually, Samsung produces up to 300 million handsets. "There is still quite a bit of in

Sales projections for the Samsung Galaxy S20 series were recently slashed by more than 40% on the back of the coronavirus pandemic, but the high-end Galaxy S20 Ultra is appearing to be beating market estimates, according to industry sources in April 10.They said until the end of the year the S20 ser

This year’s global TV shipments are expected to fall 8.7% on-year in 2020 to 203.5 million units in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak that has dampened consumer sentiment, according to market research firm Omdia on April 1.Prior to the pandemic, Omdia had put the shipment volume at 225.4 mil

South Korean camera module manufacturer Cammsys is out to carve out a share of the quickly-growing small-sized EV market, according to the company at a shareholders’ meeting on Mar. 27.On this day, the company passed an internal regulation allowing it to sell cars.“Due to the coronavirus, consumers

Samsung’s sales of its Galaxy S20 series are not selling too well on account of a global economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, along with reduced subsidies for telecom companies.Industry sources said on Mar. 17 that the latest in Samsung’s flagship smartphones are e

Global TV makers are affected to experience disruptions to their production up until May this year on account of the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, according to industry sources on Mar. 6.During the months of February and March, manufacturers are estimated to have suffered production losses of

The world’s largest electronics company Samsung Electronics has diversified its Micro-LED supply chain to include Taiwan’s Epistar Corp., according to industry sources on Mar. 3.The move appears to be aimed at upholding Samsung’s pledge to launch Micro-LED TVs in the latter half of this year, the so

The A10 was the best-selling Samsung smartphone in 2019 selling just over 30 million handsets, according to market research firm Omdia on Mar. 26.When compared against global rivals, the A10 fared at third place. In first place was Apple’s iPhone KR that sold 46.3 million handsets, followed by the i

In the Indian smartphone market, China’s Xiaomi stood at No.1 in the fourth quarter of 2019, beating Samsung Electronics, according to figures from market research firm IDC on Jan. 23.Samsung was the second-largest player during the months of October and November last year with a market share of aro

Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S10 series sold an estimated 37 million handsets during the first six months of 2019, which was 15% more than its predecessor. The figure, however, falls short of the market consensus of around 50 million, according to industry sources on Jan. 10.They attributed the sales

Samsung Electronics plans to ship 45 million or more 5G-enabled smartphones this year in a move that would trigger heated competition between the South Korean tech giant and China’s Huawei, according to industry watchers on Jan. 7.The 45 million-plus figure is nearly 7 times that of the 5G smartphon

Samsung Electronics’ strategic Galaxy A series showed robust sales, with the Galaxy A10 and A50 selling more than 50 million handsets altogether, according to industry sources on Jan. 1.The latest Galaxy A series was launched in March, and the phones helped keep Samsung at first place in the global

The first Samsung smartphone created via ODM by Chinese company Huaqin was unveiled on Dec. 18. The Galaxy A01 was applied with the Qualcomm Snap Dragon 439 and 2GB RAM.It runs on the Android 9.0, weighs 168g and costs under $200. Specs include a 5.7-inch Infinity-V display, a rear, dual-camera of a

Samsung Electronics has widened the use of adhesive glue for sealing the top board and the middle frame together for its smartphones, including the Galaxy S11 models that are to be launched in 2020, according to industry sources.This year, Samsung applied adhesive glue to all Galaxy A and Galaxy M s