JK Shin may have retained his position under the management shuffle recently but it seems his subordinates weren’t that lucky. According to a report by Reuters, three deputy executives who report to JK Shin, have left the organisation following slow smartphone sales and low profitability. One of the departures include DJ Lee whose most recent […]
Samsung starts rolling out Android 5.0 update for Galaxy S5
Samsung has started rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Galaxy S5 (SM-G900F). First spotted by SamMobile, the site notes this is one of the fastest software release by Samsung that took just about 31 days for Samsung to update its device after Google dropping the AOSP code for Lollipop in early November. Interestingly, […]
Galaxy A7 surfaces on Chinese certification website
There has been a chatter for quite a while about Samsung’s Galaxy A7 smartphone and now we’ve got a real glimpse of the device, thanks to China’s certification agency Tenaa. The listing shows the device from all angles and spills some of the specs as well. The Galaxy A7 will be 6.3mm thin that will […]
Samsung sells Fiber Optics Business to Corning
Samsung Electronics has confirmed to sell its Fiber Optics business to Corning Inc. Although the specifics are under wraps, the definitive agreement was reached between both the companies and the takeover by Corning is expected to be completed by end of first quarter 2015. Corning says the acquisition will help them to expand their portfolio […]
JK Shin retains his title as chief of mobile division
You don’t kick a person to the kerb during his bad times! Samsung seems to know this and have decided to retain JK Shin as the chief of mobile division. Under his helm, Samsung rose to the number one spot in the smartphone market but the top spot is in jeopardy considering slow sales of […]