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Samsung has been making fun of Apple’s decision to not include a free charger with the iPhone 12 — but it also reportedly may ax the freebie from its own upcoming flagship phone.The South
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Lee Kun-hee, 78, had been bedridden since a heart attack in 2014. He was instrumental in turning this small SME into a global electronics giant, contributing one-fifth of South Korea's GDP. His son, Jay Y. Lee, has been at the helm of Samsung since 2014.
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Samsung has inked a $6.6 billion contract to help American communications firm Verizon build its fifth-generation wireless network. The South Korean telecom giant will provide New York-based Verizon with network equipment along with installation and maintenance under the contract signed Friday, Samsung said in a Monday regulatory filing. The pact will run through the end …
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South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong on charges of stock price manipulation and other financial crimes, setting up what could be a protracted legal battle to determine whether the 52-year-old billionaire illegally cemented his control over the business giant. Lee’s attorneys denied the charges, which were also filed against 10 other …
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Global smartphone production is seeing its biggest-ever slump as the coronavirus pandemic has smothered global demand. Industry firm TrendForce said it expects production to dip 16.5 percent year-over-year to 287 million phones in the June quarter, continuing a slide that saw output drop 10 percent in the March quarter, when the outbreak spread and peaked …