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

Samsung Electronics plans to launch an ultra-premium gold colored Galaxy Z Fold 2 in China.It will be the thirteenth model in its co-brand with local carrier China Telecom, people familiar with the matter said. The brand, called 心系天下 in Chinese, which means “high people worrying about the world”, wa

Samsung Electronics has unveiled the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) smartphones at an unveiling event on Wednesday.The smartphone will begin sales on October 2 globally.Samsung said the phone has a premium design and has all the features from the Galaxy S20 launched earlier this year such as a smooth s

LG Electronics has set the price of its swiveling dual screen smartphone LG Wing at 1,098,900 won (around US$950) in South Korea. In comparison, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Z Flip 5G is being sold at 1.65 million won in South Korea.LG claimed the price tag was the cheapest so far for an unconvention

Samsung Electronics’ smartphone business plans to produce around 10 million units of the Galaxy S20 Fan Edition (FE) that is launching on September 23, TheElec has learned.The phone is aimed at securing market share for the company during the remainder of 2020.Galaxy S20 FE will be unveiled at its o

Samsung Electronics has launched the Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable smartphone globally.Official sales will begin in the US, Singapore, Thailand, the UK, France and other major European countries.It will be available in around 80 countries by the end of October, Samsung said. This was the double the avail

LG Electronics has launched the budget model LG Q31 smartphone in South Korea.It supports 4G LTE connectivity and is the cheapest phone the company has launched in the country this year at 209,000 won.The phone has military spec of the US military that can endure low and high temperatures, high humi

LG Electronics will launch its dual screen smartphone the LG Wing in October in South Korea, the company announced.The company is expected to produce some 300,000 units if the phone, TheElec has previously reported.The phone has a main screen that can be rotated 90 degrees to unveil a second screen

Samsung Electronics plans to put in two telephoto cameras on the top model of the Galaxy S21 smartphones series launching next year, TheElec has learned.The additional telephoto camera will be replacing 3D Time of Flight (ToF) module.In total, Galaxy S21’s top tier model with have four cameras on it

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

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.

Chinese tech giant Huawei is planning to produce around 50 million units of smartphones in 2021, TheElec has learned.This will be a drop of 74% from the company’s expected shipment for 2020.Huawei shared this 2021 target with its South Korean subcontractors, people with direct knowledge of the matte

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

Samsung Electronics will offer cash rewards of a million won to 10,000 Galaxy Fold owners who return their device and buy a Galaxy Z Fold 2, the company said.The company will take applications for the program from September 10 to September 11. The Galaxy Z Fold 2 costs 2.398 million won in South Kor

Samsung Electronics unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold 2 foldable smartphone in full on Tuesday.Victor Delgado, Samsung Mobile’s head of enterprise sales and marketing, stressed the app continuity, flex mode and mult-active window features on the new smartphone.Galaxy Z Fold 2, Samsung’s third foldable phon

Chinese telecom and smartphone giant ZTE will launch the “world’s first” under display camera (UDC) 5G smartphone called ZTE Axon 20 5G on Tuesday.UDC is considered a higher tier technology compared to punch-in-hole cameras. Much like in hole displays, the cameras for UDC is under the display but th

Oppo has overtaken Samsung Electronics as the largest smartphone vendor in Southeast Asia in the second quarter of 2020, according to CounterPoint.A total of 24 million smartphone was shipped in the region during the quarter, the research firm said.Oppo had a market share of 20.3%, followed by Samsu

Samsung Electronics has added Brazil as a production base for the Galaxy Z Fold 2, TheElec has learned.Majority of the units will be produced at the company’s factory in Gumi, South Korea. Around 20% is being planned to be produced at Samsung’s factory in Vietnam.Starting next month, Brazil will als

Hansol Technics is expected to begin contract producing TVs for Samsung Electronics.The company saw sales from Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) module, or LCM, increase substantially in the second quarter.The company said it posted 27.8 billion won in sales from electronics component businesses during t

Samsung Electronics will apply its S Pen stylus to the Galaxy S21 smartphone series launching next year, TheElec has confirmed.It will mark the first time for an S series smartphone to have the stylus.The S Pen stylus has been the distinguishing point for the Galaxy Note series. Samsung is yet to de