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Samsung's market share is slipping away in India and several other Asian countries. According to the latest data from market research firm IDC, Samsung dropped to fourth place in the Indian smartphone market last quarter as Vivo jumped to the third spot. The latest market analysis from IDC reveals that Samsung shipped just 5.9 million […]
Market watchers and investors are worried that Samsung Electronics is losing its grip on the semiconductor market. More so, Samsung is reportedly losing ground due to internal issues rather than external factors driven by the competition. Critics worry that the Korean tech giant, particularly its chipset division, has lost its ability to innovate under Lee […]
Samsung is expected to announce its Q2 earnings guidance on Thursday, and market watchers estimate that the company's operating profit for the second quarter rose more than 15% from a year ago. A new survey suggests that Samsung enjoyed a bump in sales and net income in the second quarter of 2022, though some of […]
Samsung is the undisputed leader in the global smartphone market, but Apple is extending its lead over the South Korean tech giant in the North American market by leaps and bounds. According to a new report from Canalys, Apple led the smartphone market in North America in Q1 2022 with 19.9 million smartphone shipments and […]
Despite the conditions in Ukraine, Samsung Electronics has figured out a way (via TheKoreaTimes) to continue to provide customer service in the country. The company said that it will operate customer service remotely for Samsung customers in Ukraine who want to fix their Samsung mobile phones, tablets, PCs, and smartwatches. Samsung's offline customer service centers […]
Samsung's presence in last year's MWC (Mobile World Congress) was 100% digital due to pandemic-related reasons. Samsung didn't unveil a lot of mobile phones at MWC 2021, but we got a lot of wearable-related content along with a deeper understanding of Know. We'll get to see more of Samsung this time at MWC 2022. A post […]
Samsung's latest foldable phones, the Galaxy Z Flip 3 and Galaxy Z Fold 3, are a massive success, at least relative to the previous generation foldable models. The Z Flip 3 and Z Fold 3 have hit record sales in Korea as soon as they hit the shelves, and their success rippled across the world. […]
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 […]
The third quarter of the year was quite favorable for Samsung in several regions, including MEA and the Philippines, where the company is leading the charge ahead of its rivals. The MEA smartphone market had the best Q3 on record. The market grew 1% year-on-year and an impressive 7.5% quarter-on-quarter. Counterpoint Research estimates that a […]
Samsung seems happy with its decision to push back the Galaxy Note series in favor of foldable devices.
Samsung's adoption of multi-camera systems for smartphones a few years ago didn't seem to have helped local lens suppliers much. In fact, the opposite happened, and rival companies from China have been thriving on the back of Samsung's orders for a few years. Meanwhile, lens suppliers in South Korea were all in the red last […]
Samsung continues trailing behind Apple in the premium smartphone segment, reveals a new paper from Counterpoint Research. The data shows that Apple remained the leading premium smartphone vendor in Q2 2021, while Samsung followed Apple with a smaller market share than it had a year ago. Counterpoint Research defines “premium smartphones” as devices that cost […]
Xiaomi has gained a lot of ground at Samsung's cost lately after dethroning the Korean tech giant in a couple of markets and becoming the world's biggest smartphone brand in the process. But the year is not over yet, and we have now learned that Xiaomi is also gaining a lot more ground in LATAM […]
Love them or hate them, foldable devices are here to stay. Market watchers expect this emerging segment to grow massively by 2023, with Samsung likely to continue dominating the foldable market two years from now. The foldable device market in 2021 is showing a 3x growth compared to 2020, and Counterpoint Research expects foldable device […]
It looks like LG's retirement from the mobile industry will spell bad news for Samsung on its home turf. It turns out that Apple could end up selling iPhones and other fruit-labeled products in South Korea through LG's expansive retail infrastructure, after all, and thus becoming a much more significant threat to Samsung in the […]