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Samsung's smartphone chipset business lost a place in Q3 2021 and now has the fifth-largest market share after MediaTek, Qualcomm, Apple, and UNISOC. The latter chipmaker ranked fifth in Q2 but seems to have pushed Samsung down a notch three months later, reveals Counterpoint Research. Samsung lost half of its market share (5%) and slipped […]
Samsung came out on top of its rivals across the Southeast Asian (SEA) smartphone market segment in Q3, thanks to a combination of mid-range and premium products. Last year, Oppo led Samsung with a 1% market share difference, but in Q3 2021, the Korean tech giant dethroned its rival and kept pushing for a wider […]
Samsung has launched a new initiative to help businesses keep their employees as companies recover from the challenges faced during the pandemic. A recent study shows that one of the biggest challenges for CEOs today is to retain top talent, as employees — especially in the finance and public safety sectors — now put a […]
Although the global semiconductor shortage continues to cause difficulties for all OEMs, the US is showing signs of recovery. In Q3, the US smartphone market grew 1% year-on-year and 9% quarter-on-quarter, as more OEMs — including Samsung — were able to secure enough supply to boost shipments. Samsung had a shipment market share of 30% […]
Samsung's smartphone business in Europe had a tough third quarter of the year. The company suffered significant sales losses while most of its rivals increased their shares. Even so, Samsung remained the top smartphone vendor in Europe throughout Q3 2021. Even though most of Samsung's rivals recorded increased sales year-on-year, the Korean tech giant still […]
Samsung appears to have great faith in its upcoming Exynos chipsets for 2022. Because of this, the company has reportedly devised an attack plan to double or triple the adoption rate of Exynos application processors (AP) in Galaxy smartphones next year. The most anticipated Exynos solution for 2022 is the Exynos 2200. It's expected to […]
In the past few years, Samsung has seen a tremendous slowdown in its semiconductor chip foundry business. No big-name chip firm (apart from Samsung's System LSI division that makes Exynos chips) has used Samsung Foundry's 3nm and newer-generation 4nm process nodes. However, the company is still marching ahead with the development of newer chip process […]
Three years ago, Samsung joined hands with AMD to bring RDNA2 graphics to its Exynos processors. The first processor with the AMD RDNA2-based GPU technologies was the Exynos 2200, featuring the Xclipse 920 GPU. However, the chip didn't bring anything groundbreaking in terms of graphics performance. It was supposed to be a long-term collaboration, but […]
In July, a report from The Information claimed that Google's Tensor G4 processor will be based on an Exynos chip, just like previous-generation Tensor chips. The Tensor G4 is expected to power the Pixel 9 series that will be launched in 2024. Various rumors suggest that this Samsung chipset will be the Exynos 2400, which […]
Samsung Display has been the OLED display panel supplier for all iPhone models released since the iPhone X, thanks to its superior quality. Apple has been trying to reduce its reliance on Samsung Display for OLED panels over the past few years by bringing in two more panel suppliers—BOE and LG Display—in its supply chain. […]
40 Samsung executives have reportedly gathered in Las Vegas for a meeting ahead of CES 2022, where the company's future and its market position in the USA were the main topics of conversation. Roh Tae-moon revealed a battle plan for 2022, with the goal for Samsung to dominate the US market, narrow the gap between […]
Samsung was the first OEM to release a 5G phone — the Galaxy S10 5G — back in 2019, and for a while, the company led the 5G smartphone market. Samsung lost that lead in 2020 when it dropped to fourth place with a global 5G smartphone market share of 12.7%. However, the company turned […]
The popularity of foldable smartphones is rising thanks to Samsung's efforts this year. Foldable phones do well enough to take up 8.9% of the smartphone market, but market watchers estimate these types of devices to gain more traction next year. Samsung is expected to release the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 in […]
Samsung, much like many other OEMs out there, often outsources the production of its smartphones to ODM (original design manufacturers). Several mid-rangers from the Galaxy A and Galaxy M series are often made by ODMs like Wingtech, Huaqin and Longcheer. Samsung has lofty ambitions for its smartphone arm in the year 2022, a move that […]
Samsung's camera sensor business, whilst not as impressive as Sony's, is one of the best there is on the market. Samsung has even ramped up production due to increased demand. A new development in the market (via The Elec) will now let Samsung churn out even more smartphones with high-end camera sensors. Powerlogics, a supplier to […]