Apple will produce up to 96 million units of iPhones in the first half of 2021, which is 30% more than the same time period this year, according to Japanese news outlet Nikkei.Apple has notified its suppliers of this plan, the news said. The company is planning to increase production of not only iPh

Samsung Electronics unveiled its 110-inch MicroLED TV at an online event in South Korea on Thursday.The South Korean first unveiled a 149-inch MicroLED display called The Wall in 2018. The Wall was aimed at the business-to-business market.The new 110-inch MicroLED TV is aimed at the home market. Mic

Apple will offer free repair for iPhone 11’s display defect in South Korea.The US firm announced the free repair program globally last week. Consumers who bought iPhone 11s produced between November 2019 to May 2020 can ask for the free repair in countries and regions where they bought their phones.

LG Electronics has scrapped many of its core teams within its mobile business, TheElec has learned.The company also formed a new team overseeing the original design manufacturer (ODM) operation.LG’s mobile business is called Mobile Communication (MC) Company by the firm. Teams that have been scrappe

A Samsung Electronic VP has said foldable smartphones will become thinner and lighter going forward at the company’s investors forum.Foldable smartphones was a new momentum for the saturated smartphone market, Lee Jong-min, VP at Samsung Mobile, said.In June of last year, Lee had said consumers will

Samsung Electronics won’t be unveiling a new Galaxy Z Flip smartphone at its upcoming Unpacked event expected in early 2021, TheElec has learned.The new model of the foldable smartphone will be unveiled after the first quarter, people familiar with the matter said. For smartphones, only the Galaxy S

Apple is preparing to adopt OLED screens for its iPad Pro tablets launching next year, TheElec has learned.Samsung Display and LG Display, which currently supplies OLED panels for iPhones, were currently developing the new OLED panel for the new tablets that will likely launch in the second half of

Embattled Chinese tech giant Huawei was planning to launch a 2021 model of its strategic smartphone brand the P series sometime in the first half of next year, people with direct knowledge of the matter told TheElec.The company had traditionally launched the flagship P series of smartphones in the f

Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has unveiled a concept smartphone with a rollable display that allows the screen to be pulled in-an-out.The company showed off the Oppo X 2021 prototype on a stage demo at its Inno Day 2020.Oppo didn’t announce when the phone will be launched. South Korean firm LG is pr

Apple’s iPhone 11 was the best selling phone in China in the third quarter, according to CounterPoint.The smartphone had a market share of 4.9% in the quarter. Huawei’s 5G smartphone took second to fifth places in the rankings, the research firm said.In market share per company, Huawei was top at 45

Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and other major TV vendors are planning to launch miniLED TVs in 2021.MiniLED TVs will likely makeup the premium segment of liquid crystal display (LCD) TVs, which is still the dominant technology in the global TV market.MiniLED is being touted as the next-generat

Sales of Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note20 series seem lower than expected, TheElec has learned.Samsung Mobile only produced around 70% of what it planned to produced for the month of October, people familiar with the matter said.Samsung aimed to produce just short of 900,000 units of the Note20 se

Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it posted 12.35 trillion won in operating profit and almost 66.96 trillion won in sales in the third quarter of 2020.Operating profits was its highest in two years and sales was its highest ever for a quarter, Samsung said.The mobile business contributed 4.45 tri

LG Electronics was planning to expand the use of original design manufacturer (ODM) for its smartphone production next year, TheElec has learned.The company started using ODM in 2018 __ around 10% of handsets made that year was produced by contract makers. This increased to 30% in 2019 and will expa

Samsung Electronics will launch the Samsung Flip, its 60-inch range interactive digital flipchart, in Europe next year, aimed at the education sector there.Chemtronics, which contract-produces the flipcharts, will likely benefit from the expanded sales plan.Samsung’s Visual Display (VD) business pla

LG Velvet’s UI will be expanded to budget model smartphones, LG Electronics said.Smartphones such as Q51 and Q61 will get the UI within the year, the company said. V35 ThinQ, launched in 2018, will also get the UI.LG Velvet’s UI was intuitive and convenient, the South Korean company said.

Samsung Electronics will begin production of the upcoming Galaxy S21 smartphone series in mid-December, TheElec has learned.This is a month faster than its predecessor Galaxy S20, which went into production in January with official sales starting in March.Galaxy S21 smartphones will likely start off

One of the most noticeable features of the newly unveiled iPhone 12 is its wireless charging capability __ especially MagSafe.Apple stressed that it has put magnets near the wireless charging coil to increase charging efficiency. Up to 15W of power can be supplied.MagSafe was first introduced with n

1 Since the iPhone 3Gs was introduced via KT to South Korea in 2009, the country has never been included in the first list of countries to get a new iPhone. But for iPhone 12, South Korea has been included as on the list of countries to have the phone available for purchase first.4 iPhone 12 comes i

Samsung Electronics has begun pre-orders for the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) in South Korea on Tuesday.The phone has a haze finish on its back and has a 120Hz display, same as the original Galaxy S20, Samsung said. It will also have a high-end chip-set, triple camera and large battery, the South Kor