Samsung Electronics

Samsung on track to take Intel's chip crown with record second-quarter earnings

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to report its best-ever quarterly profit in the second quarter, with soaring memory chip sales pushing it past Intel Corp as the biggest semiconductor maker by revenue for the first time.

Jul 05, 2017, 09:18 AM IST

Samsung to relaunch Galaxy Note 7 on July 7

A total of 400,000 units of the refurbished smartphone, named the Galaxy Note 7 Fan Edition, will go on sale at around $600, according to a company statement.

Jul 02, 2017, 16:24 PM IST

Samsung to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7

The refurbished Galaxy Note FE handset will go on sale on July 7, company sources confirmed on Tuesday.

Jun 27, 2017, 15:51 PM IST

Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S8

Samsung Electronics has sold over 10 million of its Galaxy S8 and S8 plus smartphones in less than a month.

May 17, 2017, 16:04 PM IST

LG Electronics estimates Q1 profit surged, likely best in nearly 8 years

LG Electronics Inc estimated on Friday its first-quarter operating profit rose 82 percent to its highest in nearly eight years.

Apr 07, 2017, 16:07 PM IST

Samsung Group boss earned $1 million at flagship in Q4, shows first disclosure

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it paid Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, the third-generation leader of Samsung Group, 1.135 billion won ($1.02 million) in the fourth quarter of 2016, disclosing his compensation for the first time.

Mar 31, 2017, 16:00 PM IST

Samsung Galaxy S8 launched, to be available from April 21

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd unveiled its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone as it battles to regain the market leadership it lost to Apple Inc after the embarrassing withdrawal of the fire-prone Note 7s.

Mar 29, 2017, 20:58 PM IST

Samsung Elec says to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7s

Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday it plans to sell refurbished versions of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that were pulled from markets due to fire-prone batteries.

Mar 27, 2017, 20:53 PM IST

Samsung launches 'curved' gaming monitor; price starts Rs 35,000

South Korean electronics giant Samsung on Thursday launched two variants of 'curved' gaming monitors for the Indian gaming industry with a starting price of Rs 35,000.

Feb 02, 2017, 18:38 PM IST

Samsung Q4 profit jumps 50% as record chip earnings mask Note 7 failure

The South Korean electronics manufacturer is counting on the booming chip market to continue driving growth as it works to recover from its biggest product recall crisis involving fire-prone Note 7 smartphones.

Jan 24, 2017, 08:55 AM IST

Samsung says faulty batteries caused Galaxy Note 7 fires, may delay new phone launch

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd indicated on Monday that its latest flagship Galaxy S smartphone could be delayed as it pledged to enhance product safety following an investigation into the cause of fires in its premium Note 7 devices.

Jan 23, 2017, 10:52 AM IST

Apple files $1 billion lawsuit against chip supplier Qualcomm

Apple Inc filed a $1 billion lawsuit against supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday, days after the U.S. government accused the chip maker of resorting to anticompetitive tactics to maintain a monopoly over key semiconductors in mobile phones.

Jan 21, 2017, 10:50 AM IST

REVEALED: This is the reason why the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 exploded!

Over 2.5 million units of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 were recalled in the last part of 2016 after several of the devices either caught fire or exploded.

Jan 20, 2017, 20:52 PM IST

Battery fiasco: Samsung retrieves 90% Galaxy Note 7 phones in S Korea

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that it has retrieved over 90 per cent of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones sold in South Korea, leading the company to consider software upgrades to further limit the battery-charging capability.

Dec 27, 2016, 11:18 AM IST

Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall – How it started, what went wrong and the impact!

On 2 September 2016, Samsung suspended sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and announced a voluntary recall (referred to as a "product exchange program"), after it was found that a manufacturing defect in the phones' batteries had caused some of them to generate excessive heat, resulting in fires and explosions.

Dec 20, 2016, 18:52 PM IST