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LG, Samsung report earnings, phone businesses not in perfect health

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:47:06 +0000

South Korean archrivals Samsung and LG have both come clean with their second-quarter earnings this week. While there’s still black ink across the board, LG suffered a 33 percent decline in net profit year-over-year, undoubtedly due in large part to a little bit of bleeding going on in the giant mobile division where they’ve posted a year-over-year loss “due to investment in R&D and expansion of channels in emerging markets for future development.” Samsung, meanwhile, saw a 7.2 percent profit margin in its mobile business and a respectable 22 percent year-over-year improvement in shipments, but it came at the cost of higher price pressures — margins are razor-thin for these guys, and they seem to be getting even smaller. The company ends on a positive note by saying that the Galaxy S series and the Wave should help push it through the third quarter, but considering how these guys flood the low end (read: the part of the market where it’s especially difficult to make a buck) with dozens of devices every year, it seems like it’s going to take superhuman efficiency to keep shareholders smiling.

LG, Samsung report earnings, phone businesses not in perfect health originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG dLite lands today on T-Mobile for $50

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:25:50 +0000

By almost all accounts, LG’s dLite for T-Mobile is an unremarkable midrange clamshell that barely warrants mention, with two notable exceptions. First, it’s just the third LG to ever launch on T-Mobile USA — the others being the GS170 and the Sentio — so if you’re an LG fan, you should be doing a little victory dance right about now. Secondly, though, the dLite is about the closest North American phone we’ve seen to a traditional domestic South Korean device, thanks in no small part to its programmable “light effects” and concealed external dot matrix display. For reasons we can’t fully explain, we find this awesome. If you do, too — and you can imagine yourself using something that isn’t running a smartphone OS — you can grab this bad boy today in pink or blue for $50 on contract after rebate.

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LG dLite lands today on T-Mobile for $50 originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung Corby Folder official, just for Korea so far

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:26:05 +0000

Samsung’s Corby line has a reputation as a fun, simple, cheap, colorful range of handsets, and that trend looks to continue now that the Corby Folder has gone official — in the domestic South Korean market, anyway. The first Corby with a hinge keeps it relatively simple (by Korean standards) with a 2.6-inch QVGA display, 3G data (HSPA or EV-DO Rev. A depending on the carrier), Bluetooth, microSD expansion, a 3 megapixel camera, and naturally, DMB mobile TV reception. It looks like it’s available now on SKT, LGT, and KT in your choice of Candy Pink, Lime Green, and Blue Black (which is an oxymoron, as far as we know) — no word, though, on when we might see versions in other markets.

Samsung Corby Folder official, just for Korea so far originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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South Korean iPhone users turn to sausages as a cold weather ‘meat stylus’

jedwan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:29:25 +0000

Apple and HTC might each be trying to patent a fancy capacitive stylus, but it looks like the good people of South Korea have stumbled on a decidedly more low-tech (and delicious) solution to using their phones in the winter: sausages. Apparently snack sausages from the CJ Corporation are electrostatically compatible with the iPhone‘s capacitive touchscreen, leading many to use them as a “meat stylus” in the cold weather, rather than remove a glove. And it’s not just a joke; apparently South Korean snack sausage sales are soaring. We don’t know if anyone’s managed to combine this bit of amazing hackery with the bacon iPod sleeve yet, but we do know that we just registered meatstylus.com — anyone care to send in some local sausage test results?

South Korean iPhone users turn to sausages as a cold weather ‘meat stylus’ originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung not done with Corby line yet, working on Folder model next

jedwan — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:45:29 +0000

Samsung must absolutely love the thick gobs of profit it’s making off its Corby models because it’s wasted no time in building the line from a single device to an entire range of colorful, fun-loving handsets — and the next to get roped in looks to be this SCH-W930, aptly named “Corby Folder.” The model’s destined only for Korea so far (you can tell from that SK Telecom logo in the upper right corner) with a 2.6-inch display, 3 megapixel cam, Bluetooth, microSD expansion, and — like virtually all domestic South Korean phones — DMB TV tuning. Following Corby tradition, it looks like it’ll be available in a variety of two-tone schemes, but we don’t have an exact date or price just yet so we’re afraid your now-ancient Corby POP is going to have to tide you over for a few more days.

Samsung not done with Corby line yet, working on Folder model next originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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