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Samsung’s S6 Edge Costs More – And Less – Than iPhone 6

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge is the most expensive Galaxy S handset ever produced, and costs more to manufacture than the iPhone 6 Plus – despite costing $50 less at retail. In a teardown, IHS …

Samsung Holds Off on Flexible Tablets

by Tom Allen

A Korean website, Inews24, says that concerns over profitability will keep Samsung from launching 7″+ flexible tablet products this year. The company will instead look to apply the technology to smartphones.

Samsung Lowers Costs for Hotel Owners

by Tom Allen

Samsung has launched the ‘Samsung Spring Hospitality TV Buy Back Programme’ in the USA, aiming to help hotels upgrade existing in-room TVs to Samsung’s newest units. On orders of 50+ TVs, placed before the …

Samsung Takes Over Harrods

by Tom Allen

Samsung has ‘taken over’ London department store Harrods, with a display called ‘Experience Innovation at Harrods’. Alongside window displays, Samsung branding features inside the store until 24th April, including digital screens and static signage. …

MDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 No 16

by Tom Allen

UK and US customers can now pre-order Apple‘s new 12″ Macbook (Apple Plugs TV, Adds a New MacBook and erm…. Shows Some Watches), which features a single USB-C port. The waiting time is drastically …

Samsung Disputes Insurer’s Bent Phone Claim

by Tom Allen

Insurance firm SquareTrade recently put the HTC One M9, iPhone 6 Plus and Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge through bending tests. Both the iPhone and Galaxy were found to bend – but while the iPhone …

EPA Rewards Samsung and LG

by Tom Allen

Samsung and LG have won Energy Star Partner of the Year awards, from the USA’s Environmental Protection Agency. Both companies won a Sustained Excellence award, while Samsung also took a Climate Communications award.

Samsung’s Tab A is Low-Cost With Large-Screen

by Tom Allen

Samsung’s new low-cost, large screen tablet, the Galaxy Tab A, was unveiled in Russia in March, and has now been confirmed for a European release. The Tab A will come in 8″ and 9.7″ …

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Sammobile Uncovers Round Samsung Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Sammobile claims that Samsung is to release a new smartwatch with a round face. The device will be called the Gear A or Orbis. Two models will be launched: one requiring a Bluetooth connection …

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Samsung Showing Signs of Improvement

by Helen Vince

Samsung Electronics says it expects operating profit in the first quarter to be approximately KRW5.9 trillion ($5.4 billion), which would be an 11.3% improvement from Q4 but 30.6% down on the first quarter of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 15

Global Semiconductor Sales Increase in February 2015, says SIA

by Tom Allen

Both the Semiconductor Industry Association and Gartner have released their most recent semiconductor sales estimates – for February 2015 from the SIA, and the year 2014 from Gartner. Worldwide semiconductor sales reached $27.8 billion …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 22 15

by Tom Allen

Asus has received official Freesync certification for its MG279Q LCD monitor, which was first seen at CES this year. The 27″ display was shown with 2560 x 1440 resolution, an IPS panel and a …