Apple’s iPhone SE was the best selling phone in South Korea in the second quarter of 2020, according to market research firm CounterPoint.This was followed by Samsung’s Galaxy S20 Plus 5G and Galaxy S20 5G.Samsung controlled 67% market share, followed by Apple’s 19% and LG Electronics’ 13% in South

LG Electronics’ upcoming dual screen smartphone LG Wing will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 765G, TheElec has confirmed.Snapdragon 765G is an application processor (AP) made using the 7-nanometer (nm) process. It is also the industry’s first 5G modem (Snapdragon X52) and RF system integrated on

LG Electronics has launched its microLED signage brand called LG Magnit, the company said on Thursday.The company said the brand name its combination of magnificent and nit. The model names will be LSAB, LG said.The signage has micrometer-sized LED attached directly to the board that emits light.Mic

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are expected to compete over flagship smartphone market share in South Korea.Both companies are expected to produce around 300,000 units of their Galaxy Z Flip 5G and LG Wing smartphones, respectively.LG will be producing its dual screen smartphone in Vietnam.

LG Electronics has decided on the name LG Wing for its upcoming dual screen flagship smartphone, the company said on Monday.The company plans to choose 300 consumers to review the product for free for four weeks, it said.LG is planning to unveil the dual screen smartphone on September 14.The company

LG Electronics CTO IP Park showcased the company’s vision of a good life post COVID-19 pandemic at the company’s press conference at IFA 2020 on Thursday.The South Korean tech company shares its vision called Life’s Good from Home at the conference.Park took to the stage in a prepared hologram and s

LG Electronics said on Wednesday its 8K OLED TV has been recognized as the best TV to realize Nvidia’s GeForce RTX Series GPU.The US chip giant demonstrated its new GPU series on LG’s 88-inch 8K OLED model on Tuesday.LG’s Signature OLED 8K has over 33 million pixels and supports 60Hz refresh rate at

LG Electronics will unveil its flagship smartphone for the second half of 2020 on September 14, the company said on Wednesday.The South Korean company has been developing the smartphone, which will have dual screens that revolve, under the code name Wing.In a statement, LG introduced the device as t

Dongwon Group has joined KT’s inter-industry artificial intelligence (AI) alliance, the companies said on Thursday.Dongwon joins members such as Hyundai Heavy, LG Electronics and LG Uplus to the alliance that was formed in February.Dongwon will aim to use AI to improve production of food and boost s

LG Electronics will begin launching its LG Velvet smartphone in Central and South America next month, the company said on Thursday.The smartphone will launch in Mexico on September 10 and at Brazil on September 17, LG said.In October, the company will launch LG Velvet in Colombia, Peru, Chile and Pa

South Korean smartphone component makers Ryuk-Il C&S and Cammsys have entered the supply chain of Vietnamese handset maker VinSmart, TheElec confirmed on Thursday.Cover glass maker Ryuk-Il and camera module maker Cammsys have already begun production of the some of the components it plans to supply

A KT-led artificial intelligence (AI) group will hold a study week in which it will provide AI-related education content for two weeks, the telco said.Members of the AI One Team will provide their own AI contents between August 10 to August 21.The contents were made for internal employees but the al

LG Uplus has launched its augmented reality (AR) glasses that is only available for its 5G subscribers.The glasses, dubbed U+ Real Glasses, will go on sales on August 21.They are based on AR glasses made by Chinese start-up Nreal which was founded in 2017. The devices were first shown off in CES 201

Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics has won awards for the energy efficiencies in their TVs from an award event hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the ministry said on Monday.The event, called Energy Winner Awards, was co-hosted by Consumers Korea, a local consumer protection N

Wooree E&L has seen volume increase in its shipment of LED modules to LG Display thanks to LG InnoTek exiting the business.LG InnoTek has stopped its production of backlight unit (BLU) LED modules for IT devices and TV in the first half of the year. It still produces LED modules for automobiles, how

Seoul Semiconductor has significantly increased the LED it supplies to LG Electronics for the latter’s LCD TVs, TheElec has learned.It is due to LG InnoTek halting LED module production for backlight units (BLU) used in LCD TVs. South Korean LED maker Ledaz has also entered LG Electronics’ supply ch

LG Electronics will run a reward program for customers returning their old TVs before buying a new OLED TV, the company said on Tuesday.Customers can turn in their old LED and LCD TVs. They will get up to 2 million won worth of benefits for any new OLED TV they buy except those on display on stores

LG Electronics’ mobile business remained mum on the sales figure of its latest 5G smartphone LG Velvet at its conference call for the second quarter.Asked on the rumors that the Mobile Communication business, LG’s name for its mobile business, was facing another restructuring going forward, company

LG Electronics has posted 495.4 billion won in operating profits ans 12.8338 trillion won in sales in the second quarter of 2020, the company said on Thursday.It is decline of 24.1% and 17.9%, respectively, year over year.LG said earnings declined across the board from the impact of the COVID-19 pan

LG Electronics has launched the 48-inch OLED TV (48CX) in South Korea.The TV will cost 1.89 million won. It was launched in Europe and Japan last month.LG said the TVs were sold out in the first week at those countries and it was expanding the sales to Korea backed by that popularity.The TV boasts a