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A file photo taken on 11 October 2016 shows the Samsung store in Paris. Picture: AFP.

Samsung

Samsung announces $205 billion investment plan

By AFP

The plan will 'help Samsung strengthen its global standing in key industries while spearheading innovation in new fields,' the company said in a statement,...

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    The Canalys survey of second-quarter sales released Thursday showed worldwide smartphone sales up 12%, with South Korea's Samsung holding its top position with a 19% market share.

    315 days ago
  • FILE: Lee Jae-Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s President Park Geun-Hye, at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul on 13 February, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Samsung chief jailed for 2.5 years over corruption scandal

    Lee Jae-yong, vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement in connection with the scandal that brought down president Park Geun-hye.

    494 days ago
  • FILE: In this file photo taken on July 11, 2008 Lee Kun-Hee (C), former Samsung Group chairman, leaves after his trial as reporters ask him questions at a Seoul court. Picture: AFP

    Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78

    Under Lee's leadership, Samsung rose to become the world's largest producer of smartphones and memory chips, and the firm's overall turnover today is equivalent to a fifth of South Korea's GDP.

    579 days ago
  • Galaxy Z Fold2. Picture: www.samsung.com/

    Samsung unveils new version of folding smartphone

    The Galaxy Z Fold2 was one of several new devices announced at a livestreamed event by the South Korean electronics giant, which recently lost the top position in the smartphone market to China-based Huawei.

    660 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Huawei overtakes Samsung as top smartphone seller: industry tracker

    Canalys said the embattled firm, which is facing US sanctions, shipped 55.8 million devices - overtaking Samsung for the first time, which shifted 53.7 million units.

    666 days ago
  • The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. Picture: Samsung

    Samsung joins the fold with Galaxy Z Flip smartphone

    Ultrathin glass used for the screen can be folded and unfolded more than 200,000 times and resists scratches, according to Samsung.

    835 days ago
  • Samsung Smart City in Gumi, South Korea. Picture: news.samsung.com

    Samsung to draw line under lacklustre 2019 with chip revival in store

    With 2018 having been a record year for earnings, last year’s slump likely means Samsung posted its biggest percentage drop in annual profit in at least a decade.

    872 days ago
  • A Samsung Galaxy S10 5G handset. Picture: AFP

    Samsung says will soon patch Galaxy S10 fingerprint recognition problem

    A British user told the 'Sun' newspaper this week that a bug on her Galaxy S10 allowed it to be unlocked regardless of the biometric data registered in the device.

    953 days ago
  • The new Huawei Mate 30. Picture: @HuaweiMobile/Twitter

    Huawei talks up own apps with Mate 30 challenge to Apple, Samsung

    It was Huawei’s first launch of an all-new smartphone since US President Donald Trump hit the world’s No. 2 player in the market with a US export ban in May.

    980 days ago
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on-stage during a product launch event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California on 10 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    Apple's new iPhones shift smartphone camera battleground to AI

    The technology industry’s battleground for smartphone cameras has moved inside the phone, where sophisticated artificial intelligence software and special chips play a major role in how a phone’s photos look.

    987 days ago
  • Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks on-stage during a product launch event at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California on 10 September 2019. Picture: AFP

    Apple reveals triple-camera iPhone; $5 monthly streaming TV undercuts Disney

    The long-awaited Apple TV+ streaming television service will be available in over 100 countries, starting in November. The service will not be available in China when it launches, nor will the Apple Arcade video game subscription.

    989 days ago
  • FILE: South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye leaves a prosecutor’s office in Seoul on 21 March 2017. Picture: AFP.

    Retrials ordered for ex-South Korean leader Park, Samsung heir

    Their trials highlighted shady links between big business and politics in South Korea, with Park and her close friend Choi Soon-sil accused of taking bribes from corporate bigwigs in exchange for preferential treatment.

    1002 days ago
  • A Samsung Galaxy S10 5G handset. Picture: AFP

    Samsung denies new Galaxy phone burnt from malfunctioning

    The electronics giant has touted its new Galaxy phones as the world's first available smartphones with built-in 5G communications.

    1123 days ago
  • DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, announces the new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone during the Samsung Unpacked event on 20 February 2019 in San Francisco, California. Picture: AFP

    Samsung Electronics counts on better 2nd half after first-quarter profit drops

    Samsung’s core semiconductor business booked a 64% fall in operating profit to 4.1 trillion won, while the display business logged 560 billion won in losses.

    1124 days ago
  • FILE: DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, announces the new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone. Picture: AFP.

    Samsung to inspect Galaxy Fold phones after reviewer complaints

    Samsung spent nearly eight years developing the Galaxy Fold, which is part of the South Korean tech giant’s strategy to propel growth with ground-breaking gadgets.

    1135 days ago
  • DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, announces the new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone during the Samsung Unpacked event on 20 February 2019 in San Francisco, California. Picture: AFP

    Samsung Electronics sees lowest quarterly profit in more than two years

    The South Korean tech giant said first-quarter operating profit likely slid 60% from a year earlier, missing market expectations and putting it on track for its weakest quarterly profit since late 2016.

    1149 days ago
  • DJ Koh, President and CEO of IT & Mobile Communications Division of Samsung Electronics, announces the new Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone during the Samsung Unpacked event on 20 February 2019 in San Francisco, California. Picture: AFP

    Blown away by innovation or price? Samsung's foldable phone opens new frontier

    The South Korean tech giant’s Galaxy Fold resembles a conventional smartphone but opens like a book to reveal a second display the size of a small tablet at 18.5 cm. It will go on sale from 26 April.

    1191 days ago
  • A file photo taken on 11 October 2016 shows the Samsung store in Paris. Picture: AFP.

    Samsung Electronics apologises for factory cancer cases

    Campaign groups say that 320 people have suffered from work-related illnesses after being employed by Samsung Electronics, with 118 of them dying.

    1282 days ago
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