LG Electronics said on Monday that it will begin accepting pre-orders for its 55-inch curved OLED TVs in Korea to once again show that it intends to stay ahead of Samsung Electronics in terms of OLED technology. The announcement marks the first time that a Korean company, including Samsung, has commercialized both flat screen and curved OLED TVs. The flat screen OLED TVs have started to ship to local customers in February.Over 1,400 LG retail stores here have started to take orders on this day,

The highly-anticipated global release of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S4 was welcomed with a lukewarm -- “good but not incredible” -- response from a number of major U.S. news outlets.The latest model of South Korean tech giant’s flagship Galaxy series is to hit the global markets on Saturday, a day after it was released in South Korea.Armed with a five-inch screen and powerful hardware that allows users to cruise through apps and videos, the smartphone is expected to present a serious challenge

It was no surprise to see Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest maker of memory chips and smartphones, post a more than 40 percent increase in its first quarter net profit on the back of brisk shipments of its flagship Galaxy lineup. Net profit reached 7.15 trillion won ($6.44 billion), up from the 5.05 trillion won in the previous quarter a year earlier, the company said on Friday. On the same day, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jay-yong and his fellow executives met with Google CEO L

LG Electronics became the world’s third largest smartphone vendor for the first time since it began to sell the devices back in 2009, the Seoul-based company said on Friday, citing research data from Strategy Analytics.LG shipped a total of 10.3 million smartphones in the first quarter, which was more than double the 4.9 million units it recorded a year earlier, with its market share standing at 4.9 percent, the data showed.“LG was a star performer as its global shipments doubled year-over-year

Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled its Galaxy S4, the latest in its flagship Galaxy series, in Seoul at the company headquarters. The country’s three mobile carriers ― SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus ― will start offering network and phone services for the S4 starting today. On Saturday, Samsung’s latest smartphone will become available through carriers in a total of 155 countries, the company said during a media event on Thursday. The firm indicated that despite the global popularity of the G

Samsung Electronics Co., the world‘s top smartphone maker, said Thursday that it will roll out the Galaxy S4, the latest version of its flagship smartphone line-up, in South Korea on Friday to take on Apple Inc.’s iPhone 5 and other rival smartphones.The Galaxy S4, one of the most highly anticipated smartphones of year, is the latest in Samsung‘s successful Galaxy S line-up that has sold more than 100 million units worldwide.Since last Friday, South Korea’s three mobile carriers -- SK Telecom Co

The South Korean market for electronic books (e-books) is expected to grow 80 percent this year on the back of rising demand for services on mobile devices, local analysts said Wednesday.According to Taurus Investment & Securities Co., the size of the local market for e-books is anticipated to reach 583 billion won ($519.8 million) in 2013, compared to 325 billion won tallied a year earlier.Market watchers said the increase is mainly attributable to the rising number of South Koreans holding sma

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 received an unexpected blow as renowned IT journalist Walter Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal gave the company’s latest gadget a less-than-flattering review.The South Korean tech giant boldly included much of its own software on its latest flagship phone, in addition to the basic Android system. The quality of the new features, however, fell woefully short of Mossberg’s standards.“I found Samsung’s software often gimmicky, duplicative of standard Android apps, or, in some

Samsung, LG to account for 20 percent of floor space and revenue at IFA

SARDINIA, Italy ― Miele, a leading German high-end home appliance maker, finds it hard to believe that Samsung and LG will lead the markets in Europe by 2015. “(Samsung and LG) have advantage of size, their knowledge in electronics, but we’ll see if they will make it to No. 1,” Miele head Reinhard Zinkann said at the IFA Global Conference, adding that he had “certain doubts.”He also prodded the Korean brands to stop tooting their own horn and setting their standards too high, calling on them not

Samsung Electronics’ Europe official dismisses LG’s technology