Samsung Electronics launched its line-up of consumer devices for the latter half of the year on Wednesday, positioning its new Galaxy Z Flip3 as a direct rival to Apple’s upcoming iPhone release.
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Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest high-end foldable smartphones on Wednesday with lower prices than last year’s offerings in a push to expand foldable demand beyond niche devices.
Google is making a bigger bet on smartphones by joining rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics in designing the device’s most critical component in-house: the main processor.
Samsung Electronics is making foldable phones a priority, starting with a major promotional push in the latter half of this year aimed at bringing the premium form factor to a mainstream audience.
Intel said its factories will start making Qualcomm chips as it laid out a road map on Monday to expand its new foundry business to catch rivals such as Taiwan’s TSMC and Samsung Electronics by 2025.
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi overtook Apple in the second quarter to become the world’s second largest smartphone maker, market research firm Canalys said in a report on Thursday.
Apple has asked suppliers to build as many as 90 million next-generation iPhones this year, a sharp increase from its 2020 iPhone shipments, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Mustek have been heavily impacted by the ongoing lawlessness in KwaZulu-Natal, with Samsung’s distribution centre in Cato Ridge attacked by looters.
Samsung Electronics likely saw a 38% surge in profit for the April to June quarter thanks to strong chip prices and demand spurred by a pandemic-led consumer appetite for electronics.
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has predicted the shortage of semiconductors that’s hurting industries from automotive to consumer electronics will bottom out in the second half of this year.