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Samsung Q4 Smartphone Sales Surge As iPhone Stagnates
Samsung’s global smartphone sales surged in the fourth quarter as Apple shipments stagnated, but Samsung’s full-year sales rose only at a low-single-digit percentage rate...
Samsung
news
IHS: Apple Tops Fingerprint Sensor Market
Biometric security for devices is on the rise, and IHS Technology research shows fingerprint sensor security is leading the way. Fingerprint sensors, used primarily...
news
iPhone 6s, 6s Plus Didn’t Prevent Apple From Losing Q4 Market Share
Apple lost U.S. smartphone share in the fourth quarter of last year despite the September launch of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus,...
news
IHS: Samsung, LG Step Up TV-Panel Outsourcing To China
TV makers Samsung and LG continue to outsource more of their TV-display production to Chinese factories and rely less on their own display-making factories,...
CES
Samsung’s Hong At CES 2016: ‘The Future Is Here’ For IoT
“The future is here” when it comes IoT, according to Dr. WP Hong, president of Samsung SDS in his Thursday morning CES keynote. Hong’s...
news
CES 2016: Samsung Goes All The Way With 4K, Smart Home Technology
Samsung expanded its selection of 4K SUHD and 4K UHD TVs, turned its smart SUHD TVs into home-automation hubs, and launched its first 4K...
Audio
Samsung Bringing Dolby Atmos Soundbar To 2016 CES
Samsung will go to CES to join the short list of suppliers offering a soundbar equipped with Dolby Atmos object-based surround sound. Samsung’s HW-K950...
news
Samsung SUHD TVs To Double As Home Automation Hubs
Samsung is turning its 2016 smart SUHD TVs into home automation hubs, enabling consumers to control and monitor their smart home systems via their...
Appliances
Whirlpool Charges Samsung, LG With Predatory Pricing
Says Koreans avoided penalities by moving production to China Whirlpool has filed an antidumping petition with the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. International...
news
Sprint Giving Away Free Samsung TVs
It used to be that retailers gave away a soundbar or Blu-ray player with the purchase of a TV, but Sprint is turning that...
Industry
YouTube Names Top Ad Videos For 2015
Here’s one way that Samsung has bested Apple this year: YouTube revealed the top 10 ad videos on its platform for the year, and...
Home Automation
Samsung Sees Drones, IoT In Its Future
Samsung Electronics will reportedly make a big push into drones and IoT in 2016. Samsung last year bought IoT company Smart Things and plans...
news
Samsung Claims Record $1 Billion In October North American TV Sales
Samsung Electronics sold more than $1 billion worth of TVs in October in North America, setting a new monthly sales record, the company said....
news
Samsung Smartphone Sales On Upswing Again
Samsung’s global smartphone shipments rose in the third quarter for the first time in six quarters, but its share slipped slightly in part because...
news
Sprint Reveals 4 Android Lollipop Tablets For The Holidays: Tab E, Pixi 7, Slate 8, Slate 10
Cellular-connected tablets were key drivers of growth in Sprint’s third-quarter postpaid net subscriber additions, and the carrier wants to keep it up in the...
news
Sprint Offers 1 Year Of Free Amazon Prime With Phone Purchase
Sprint hopes to accelerate its pace of postpaid-phone activations during the holiday selling season by offering one free year of Amazon Prime service with...
Computers
Samsung’s New Ativ Book 9 Pro Has A 4K Display
Samsung launched two new Ativ laptops, one with a 4K display and one with a display that rotates 360 degrees. The Ativ Book 9...
news
Samsung Galaxy View: No Android Tablet Too Big
18.4-inch tablet for media playback Samsung believes people who consume a large share of their media on a mobile device need a bigger screen....
Financial
Samsung Posts Sales, Net-Income Gains in Q3
Samsung posted solid gains in sales and net income in its third quarter despite flat consumer electronics sales. Mobile-device sales rose, as did operating...
news
Microsoft’s CE Products Get Almost As Much Respect As Apple’s
Consumer perceptions of Microsoft’s consumer electronics products are on the upswing, and the company “appears ripe to disrupt Apple’s hold across markets” thanks to...
CES
Samsung’s Hong To Give CES Keynote
Dr. Won Pyo Hong, president and chief marketing officer of Samsung Electronics, will deliver a keynote address at CES 2016, the Consumer Electronics Association...
CES-2016
Video & Audio Center Readies Launch Of ‘All-Digital, All-Touch’ Superstore
Udpated!Video & Audio Center will open its fourth location, a new flagship store in Woodland Hills, Calif., this week, described as “the first all-digital,...
news
Amazon’s Dash System Wants To Make It So You Never Write Another Shopping List Again
Amazon’s Dash system just got a lot more interesting. In addition to being able to order more paper towels with the push of a...
Audio
Samsung Audio Looking Radiant With New Wi-Fi Speakers
Samsung’s expanded selection of wireless-multiroom Radiant 360 speakers will begin appearing in stores mid-month, all dispersing sound in a 360-degree pattern so consumers hear...
news
Samsung Teams With Paris Design Team For Serif TV
Samsung has teamed up with the celebrated Paris designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec for a highly stylized TV, the Serif, aimed at the high-end...
news
hhgregg Trying Room Vignettes, Samsung Sections In Florida Stores
hhgregg is taking a different merchandising tack in the Orlando and Tampa markets. Instead of the “wall-to-wall product stacks” common to big-box chains, the...
CES-2016
Global TV Shipments See Biggest Decline Since 2009
Global TV shipments saw their steepest decline in a quarter since Q2 2009, when worldwide demand slumped amid the global recession, according to research...
Industry
Samsung Hope Honors Brad Pitt’s Foundation & Attracts Ben Stiller, Demi Lovato, Tony Bennett, The Roots
Samsung raised more than $2 million for children’s health and education programs during its annual Hope for Children benefit, which featured such celebrity guests...
Blu-ray/DVD
Samsung 4K TVs Get Ready For 4K HDR Blu-ray Players
Samsung said it is first to market with TVs supporting HDMI 2.0a, the HDMI connector technology that accepts high-dynamic-range (HDR) metadata from external devices...
news
Barnes & Noble Adds 3rd Samsung Co-Branded Nook Tablet
Barnes & Noble and Samsung are teaming up for their third co-branded Nook. The two companies expanded the selection of their reading-optimized co-branded Android...
CES-2016
Samsung Promotes CEA’s Ultra HD Logo, Disses LG’s RGBW Technology
Samsung will display CEA’s 4K Ultra HD logo on all of its 2015 UHD TVs to designate that they are “true 4K UHD TV...
Audio
Samsung Going In 360 Wireless-Audio Directions
Samsung will go to Berlin’s IFA show early next month to expand its selection of wireless-multiroom audio speakers with 360-degree sound dispersion. The omnidirectional...
news
Samsung’s Flagship Tab S2 Gets Price, Launch Date
Samsung’s new flagship tablet, the Galaxy Tab S2, will be available at select U.S. retailers and carriers starting Sept. 3, with Wi-Fi models priced...
CES-2016
Best Buy Tightens Apple Relationship, Expanding Apple Watch, Adding AppleCare
Best Buy is tightening its relationship with Apple. The national appliance/electronics retailer confirmed plans to roll out AppleCare extended-warranty plans in the current quarter...
news
Samsung Courts Different Users With Two 5.7-inch Phablets
NEW YORK – The market for phablets is large enough to support two Samsung 5.7-inch models that target different users, at least in Samsung’s...
CES-2016
Apple & LG Both Pick Up Smartphone Users
Reston, Va. — More people are using Apple and LG smartphones, ComScore said, while Samsung, Motorola and HTC weren’t so lucky during the June-ending...
Home Automation
The Latest In Home Automation: What To Look For
New York – Home-automation suppliers have updated their product portfolios or added distribution in recent days, with key announcements coming from Amazon, Smart Things,...
Financial
Samsung Q2 Disappointing
Seoul, South Korea — Samsung reported disappointing Q2 results attributed to weaker than expected Galaxy 6 smartphone sales. Operating profit for the company’s mobile...
CES-2016
Survey: LG Smartphone Activations Gain In Q2
Chicago – LG’s share of U.S. smartphone activations hit 20 percent in the second quarter, up from the year-ago 8 percent, Consumer Intelligence Research...
news
Samsung Goes Lighter, Thinner With New Tablets
Seoul – The second generation of Samsung tablets incorporating Super-AMOLED displays will be the company’s thinnest and lightest 9.7- and 8-inch tablets when they...
news
Samsung Expands SUHD TV Lineup
Ridgefield Park, N.J. – Samsung expanded its 4K SUHD TV lineup with three JS7000-series models in 50-, 55- and 60-inch screen sizes at UPP...
Financial
Samsung Q2 Operating Profit, Revenue Dip
Seoul, Korea –Samsung estimates that its second-quarter consolidated operating profit declined 4 percent from the year-ago to 6.9 trillion won ($6.13 billion), marking the...