Samsung has confirmed that they’ll reveal an exciting “new luxury TV” at the IFA 2012 tradeshow in August in Germany. The Samsung executive didn’t divulge any more details other than the fact that it will sit atop the entire Samsung TV range. Apart from that Samsung also said to give more details on the [...]

  Samsung’s flexible displays are now one step closer as the Korean display maker has now named its tech as “YOUM.” Samsung describes the tech as thin, light and unbreakable compared to other display technologies. Interestingly, YOUM does not have any glass substrate but uses plastic and comprises of a TFT Film, Organic layer, Encap [...]

  National Advertising Division, an independent advertising review body has asked Samsung America to stop airing comparison commercials for their 3D TVs after a complaint lodged by LG last October. The ads depicted Samsung’s active shutter 3D technology were superior to the passive 3D tech used by LG. Samsung says they’ll withdraw the ads voluntarily [...]

  Just like every quarter, Samsung has announced their earnings guidance for the previous quarter ending March 31, 2012. Samsung says the consolidated sales for the last quarter reached approximately 45 trillion won, which is almost the same they achieved in Q4 2011 but about 8 trillion won more than Q1 2011. Moreover, the operating [...]

  Samsung has announced that they’ve started mass producing UHS-1 microSD cards that are apt for today’s high-end LTE smartphones and tablets. Samsung says the mass production of the 16GB card began late last month and the card adheres to the specifications laid by the SD Association. The 16GB memory card uses 20nm-class 64Gb chip [...]

  Samsung has announced that their new breed of Smart TVs have been certified by European certification authority TUV Rheinland. ES8000, ES7500 and ES7000 series TVs were tested against picture quality, brightness, contrast ratio and bunch of Smart TV features like apps, web browser etc. The TVs were certified with the ‘Smart TV Advanced’ certificate [...]

  Samsung’s planned NAND flash plant in Xian, China would cost them $7 billion, including the initial investment of $2.3 billion. It’s a multi-year project and will make Samsung’s largest overseas chip plant that will cater to the demands of world’s biggest telecom market. Late last month, Samsung revealed the intended location of the plant [...]

  Samsung revealed that they spent the largest amount ever on its Research & Development in 2011. Samsung invested 10.3 trillion won or $9.1 billion in R&D in 2011 which comes to about 6.2 percent of its 2011 sales. This is the first time Samsung Electronics crossed the 10 trillion won landmark. Additionally, Samsung also [...]

  The way things are going currently between Samsung and Apple, a truce between both the companies seem highly unlikely. However, Bloomberg Businessweek’s sources claims otherwise. According to them, top level executives at both the companies “have communicated lately about potential settlement options.” The settlement will be possible because the current Apple CEO Tim Cook [...]

  Samsung’s chairman, Lee kun-hee has been sued again, this time by his nephew’s family over inheritance. Just like the lawsuits filed by Lee kun-hee’s brother and sister, the nephew’s family is also asking for cash and stock in Samsung subsidiaries. Wife of late Lee Jae-chan (the grandson of the Samsung founder) is seeking 454,847 [...]