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Samsung To Shut Down A Major Smartphone Manufacturing Plant

In Q3 of 2018, Samsung was the global leader in smartphone market share. The South Korean company also launched its new smartphone in the Note series, the Galaxy Note 9. It is with the Galaxy Note 9 that Samsung could increase its smartphone sales even further. However, the other end of the spectrum reveals a struggling phase of the company. According to the reports, the company is planning on suspending operations in the Samsung manufacturing plant in Tianjin, China. The company produces mobile phones at this plant in China, to suspend its operation would lead to layoff on a massive scale.

It is the Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology plant, in the city of Tianjin, China, that the company plans on closing. The company, in all likelihood, will withdraw all its resources from this branch. A major cause of this is the decline in the overall smartphone sales, globally. However, the company representatives claim that they are only looking at the possibility of shutting the plant down. As of yet, the jury is still out on whether this Samsung manufacturing plant would close. The Tianjin plant was one of the major producers of mobile phone for the company, in China.

Almost five years ago, Samsung owned 20% smartphone market share. However, the competition from the likes of Xiaomi, OnePlus, and other Chinese brands, led 1% dip in the company’s foothold. Reports suggest that the Tianjin branch of the Samsung manufacturing plant produces 36 million mobile phones a year. If the company decides to suspend its operations here, it could lead to a major setback for the company. Regardless, it would be interesting to see the course of action for this plant and the impact of the decision on the company. .

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August 14, 2018
Samsung Registers 30 Percent Dip in Profits in its Latest Quarter

Samsung’s profits have seen a steady drop in the past few quarters. The Korean electronic giant has released the figures for the period from January to March, and there is a 30.5 percent dip in the profits for the company. But the executives at Samsung might be satisfied with the results as the dip is lower than previous quarters.

Samsung said that it expected an earning of 5.9 trillion Korean won ($5.4 billion) in operating profits for the quarter that ended on March 31. The year 2014 was perhaps the worst year for Samsung where the company saw a fall of about 60% in profits over the last quarter of the year.

The Newest Samsung on the Block, the S6 Edge

This is Samsung’s sixth consecutive year-over-year fall in quarterly profit. The smartphone business was the major driver of growth for the company but due to lack of innovation and a barrage of competition, Samsung has steadily lost ground in the business. Industry analysts are predicting better performance in the future following the launch of new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

Taking into consideration the heavy criticism for its lackluster products, Samsung has decided to bring metal frame designs that began with the Galaxy Alpha to more of its products. While the design is just one aspect of things, Samsung should also offer better specs to its customers for the price tag. Companies like Xiaomi, Lenovo, Asus and others have shown that it’s possible to offer great specs at lower prices and the consumers are demanding the same from the bigger companies.

April 7, 2015
Samsung Apparently Paid 500 People to Attend the Galaxy S6 Launch Event in China

The launch occasion of Samsung’s latest flagships, Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, was grand. The event witnessed close to 1,000 people and most of them appreciated both the devices. But what if all those admiring attendees were actually pretending to be lured by the fresh offering? A latest report surfaced by Shanghai-based news outlet The Paper confirms that around 400 to 500 people present in the press conference were planted there to promote the products.

According to the report, a recruiting specialist was hired to bring fake fans and they were paid a certain amount to appear in the event. The source contacted one of the recruiter and he notified that around 100 people were brought by him to the Galaxy S6 launch conference. Some other recruiters were also hired for the job and the total number of paid fans reached 400-500. This accounts to half the population attending Samsung’s official launch event.

The source also brought to light that it was the demand of the Korean electronics firm to bring young people to the show. As per the company’s directions, the fake attendees should look like students and don’t have to be more than 30 years. The company paid each of the clients 30 yuan ($4.80) for an hour and the recruiters were paid 20 yuan ($3.20) to bring each person. The paid fans were asked to like Samsung’s page on Baidu as well. The Paper also disclosed that the hired fans were informed to tell the press that they were true Samsung fans and were fascinated to see Samsung’s brand new handsets.

However, the company is denying to all the reports and is calling them “totally groundless and bogus.” A statement released by Samsung reads –

Our findings have indicated that under no circumstances has anyone been hired or given money to attend the event. In fact, the more than 1,100 attendees, including consumers and industry officials, have all been formally invited to the Shanghai Culture Square where the event took place.

It’s not the first time Samsung is accused of adopting unfair practices. Back in 2013, Samsung was charged for spreading negative remarks about HTC through Taiwanese students.

Samsung is losing a major chunk of its fan base in China to Apple and Xioami. The newcomer in the smartphone business, Xiaomi, has showed tremendous results and is leading the race in China and India as well. Samsung doesn’t want to rely on its smartphones only and is trying every possible bit to regain its lost status.

April 6, 2015
Falling Sales Lead Samsung to Decrease its Smartphone Portfolio By 25-30 Percent

Things haven’t been great for Samsung lately. The company’s phones are being berated for their generic designs and offering low specs at high price. It is also facing a profit margin that is lower than before it unveiled the Galaxy line of phones. Looking at the numbers, it can be said that the company is going on a reinvention drive.

It was reported just a few days back that the company was launching ‘Project Zero’ to reinvent its next flagship from scratch. This model will be an inspiration that can be later carried down the food chain. But apart from creating a new product, the South Korean giant will shelve as much as a quarter of its devices.

Head of Investor Relations Robert Yi has said that the cuts in the portfolio can be up to 25 to 30 percent. Presently, Samsung’s margins from its mobile and information technology business squeezed to just 7% in the third quarter that ended September. It is at the lowest level since the end of 2008, before it launched its first Galaxy smartphone. This should be worrisome as the mobile business has almost become the face of the company, and a loss would severely affect the company’s perception in the eyes of its consumers.

Samsung is also getting beat by brands like Xiaomi, Motorola and local brands who are rapidly clearing the dominance of Samsung devices in the market. The company got a massive jolt this year when it dropped to second spot in India and China. This must have finally led the company to see the light and create a new strategy.

It’s not sure as of yet as to what devices will get the boot but considering the massive stock of the Grands and Primes and Autobots and Decepticons, there is a scope for decreasing the number of devices in the portfolio. The company is also targeting the mid and lower segment of the market where the maximum volume of the sales takes place.

Samsung has the potential and resources for beating Xiaomi at its own game. It even has enough financial cushioning to take some unwanted hits. So, it would be advisable to Samsung to take on some more serious risks and give the consumers an offering that will actually be aspirational.

November 19, 2014
#LetsTalkShop : Asim Warsi Talks Samsung Mobile India

Samsung has been leading the smartphone and tablet race for the past couple of years and this year they don’t want to be left behind. However, the company has been dealing with a lot of flack in India pertaining to the fact that they continue to make devices that are made entirely of Plastic or the fact that India does not see Snapdragon chipsets or LTE enabled devices.

As Vice President, Mobile & IT of Samsung India, Asim Warsi also heads the Korean company’s mobility division.

A difficult man to get hold of, Asim was kind and candid enough to meet us and answer some of our questions for everyone who has been asking them.

“The company is excited about the new Tab S devices because, it is a refinement of Samsung’s tablet series” – he said. Bringing attention, to the high resolution Super Amoled display, the company has managed to make for these devices.

Asim Warsi is very confident about the fact that going forward the company will have 4G devices, and introduced the Tab S series as their first LTE enabled tablets. He was eager to tell us that Samsung is working on a whole slew of 4G enabled devices, and we will see them soon enough.

[quote text_size=”small” author=”Asim Warsi” author_title=”Vice President, Mobile & IT, Samsung India“]

We are working on a whole lineup of LTE devices in the coming months

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Samsung may work out an arrangement in the near future to maybe offer options between 3G and 4G devices enabling the customer to make his own decisions at the time of purchase.

Asim Warsi says working at Samsung is not scary or daunting, especially not the way I (Bharat Nagpal) would describe it, he says that its a work ethic environment and driven company and hence they have reached where they have in such a short period. He says it’s not about Military Precision its about “Nuclear Precision”.

Watch the full video below for the juiciest bits.

July 12, 2014
Samsung Posts Record Q4 Net Profit

Samsung announced its Q4 2012 financial results today and, as expected, they are impressive. Consolidated operating profit over the three-month period hit a new record of 8.84 trillion won (circa $8.3 billion), from revenue of 56.06 trillion won (approximately $52.4 billion). The firm saw its profit increase 10 percent on the previous quarter — that’s 89 percent year-on-year– while revenue was up 7 percent on Q3 2012 and 19 percent year-on-year).

Mobile has always been a key market for Samsung, but the release is terribly vague when it comes to breaking down exactly how the company did with regard to units sold. Even so, revenue from Samsung’s Mobile Communications division grew 4 percent from the prior quarter, and Samsung specifically calls out the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II as key performers — the inclusion of the latter isn’t much of a shock considering it sold around 5 million units in its first two months on the market, and is reportedly nearing 10 million units sold globally. Taking a step back, Samsung’s IT and Mobile Communications unit as a whole reported 5.44 trillion won ($5.09 billion), slightly down from Q3 but more than double the 2.56 trillion won ($2.39 billion) Samsung recorded in the year-ago quarter.

[quote]Robert Yi, senior vice president and head of Investor Relations, said: “Despite uncertainties in Europe and concerns over the US fiscal cliff creating a difficult business environment, we did our best this quarter to achieve strong earnings based on a strategic focus on differentiated and high value-added products as well as our technological competitiveness.”[/quote]

However, despite the firm’s impressive Q4 profits, Yi remains cautious with regards to Samsung’s position in the market over the coming 12 months.

The company has suggested that the significant number of new products coming to market and the inevitable price competition to follow will make 2013 a challenging year.

January 25, 2013
Galaxy Note 2 Teaser Out

Samsung has teased its second generation phablet, the Galaxy Note 2 in an online video that pretty much confirms its launch at IFA in Berlin next week. The video doesn’t show the device in full, or name-check it, but we do see the S-Pen in action.

“When magical moments come alive, everything becomes an inspiration,” says the video. Then the S-Pen is drawn out of the device, and we see it clicking and drawing on the Note 2’s screen.

Before the video closes, a statement reads, “On August 29 Berlin, your magic moments will come alive”.

The Samsung Mobile Unpacked Event will be covered live by iGyaan! Stay Tuned!

August 20, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos SCH i589 Unboxing and Quick Review (video)

We get our hands on the Samsung duos series for 2012, Starting off with the top Galaxy Ace Duos SCH i589. The device features dual sim capabilities for CDMA/CDMA or CDMA/GSM capabilities .

Tech Specs:

General Information
Brand	Samsung
Model	Galaxy Ace Duos
Weight	122 G
Form Factor	Bar
Dimensions	112.4×59.9×12.5 MM
Operating Frequency	CDMA 800 / 1900 / GSM 900 / 1800 / CDMA2000 1xEV-DO MHz \| CDMA 800 / 1900 / GSM 900 / 1800 MHz
Dual Sim	Yes, Dual SIM, Dual Standby
Touch Screen	Yes, Capacitive Touch Screen

Display Details
Display Color	3.5 inches (8.89 cms), HVGA TFT Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors
Display Size	Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos has a display size of 320 x 480 px
Display Features	Touch-sensitive controls, Multi-Touch Screen, TouchWiz UI
Sensors	Accelerometer, Proximity, Compass

Camera
Camera	Yes, 3 Mega Pixels Camera with Auto Focus and Geo-Tagging
Camera Res.	2592 x 1944 Pixels
Zoom	Yes, Digital Zoom
Video	Yes
Video Recording	Yes
Video Player	Yes, Video Formats : MP4, H.263, H.264
Camera Features	Image Editor

Software
Games	Yes
Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Browser	Yes, HTML
Operating System	Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)

Call Records
Phone Book	Practically unlimited
Missed Calls	Practically unlimited
Received Calls	Practically unlimited
Dialed Calls	Practically unlimited

Battery
Stand By Time	N/A
Talk Time	Up to 7 hours
Li-ion	1650 mAH

Memory
Internal Memory	N/A
External Memory	Yes, Up to 32GB
Memory Slot	Yes, Micro SD Card

Message
SMS	Yes, Threaded View
MMS	Yes
Email	Yes
Instant Messaging	Yes
Social Networking Services	Facebook, Twitter, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration, Image editor

Music
Ring Tone	Vibration, Polyphonic, MP3
FM	Yes, Stereo FM radio with RDS
Music	Yes, Music Formats : MP3, WAV, eAAC+ with Loud Speaker and 3.5mm Audio Jack
Speaker	Yes
Headset	Yes

Data
GPRS	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wirless Protocol	Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Port	Yes, Micro USB 2.0
Edge	Yes
Infra Red	No
3G	Yes, Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps
CPU	Yes, CPU : 800 MHz Processor, Chipset : Qualcomm MSM7627
Salespack	Handset, Battery, Charger, Earphone, USB Cable, User Manual, Warranty Card

Others

Colours

Black

Applications :

Samsung ChatON, Samsung Apps, Google Apps

Also Known As :

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos I589, Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos SCH-I589

Check out our Hands on Images and Unboxing Video Below:

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Video

March 5, 2012

Samsung promises a big new Announcement 1st September, We call Galaxy S III

Samsung has just issued us notice that there will be a big announcement on the 1st of september at the IFA in Berlin. While there is speculation of another tablet being introduced by Samsung. fingers point at a 7-inch Super AMOLED screen with a 1024 x 600-pixel resolution, a 3-megapixel camera and a 2-megapixel camera for video chats.

Bu,t look at the videos below and you will remember a 2GHz phone that Samsung talked about in the beginning of 2011. I don’t know about you guys, but we are calling another smartphone announcement, possibly even a 2GHz Dual Core Samsung Galaxy S3, even with a 720p display running Ice Cream Sandwich. The good thing however is that its not too far away and with only weeks to spare, you can bet on the fact that we will cover the event.

Check out the Promo Videos Below

Samsung roadmap

Samsung I9250 (W48) – 4.65 inch Super AMOLED of HD resolution (1280×720 pixels), Android Ice Cream sandwich, 5 MP camera.

The Samsung I9220 (W43) – 4.3-inch Super AMOLED of HD resolution (1280×720 pixels), Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, 1.4 Ghz dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera.

The Samsung I9210 (W48) – 4.5 inch WVGA Super AMOLED, Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread, 4G connectivity, 16 GB of memory, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi b/g/n, 1750 mAh battery.

Samsung P6200 (W44) – 7 inch Super AMOLED of SVGA resolution (1024 x 600 pixels), Android Honeycomb, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, 3 megapixel and 2 megapixel cameras.
Samsung P6210 (W44) – Wi-Fi-only version of the P6200.

Samsung S8600 Wave III (W47) – 4″ Super AMOLED, Bada 2.0, 5 megapixel camera, Bleutooth 3.0, 3 GB storage.

Samsung i8350 Omnia W (October) – 3.7 inch WVGA display, Windows Phone 7.1 Mango, 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth.

August 21, 2011
Steve Kondik (Cyanogen) Joins Samsung Mobile as Software Engineer | Expect Fireworks

The brainchild and maker of the most popular rom in the Android ecosystem, The CyanogenMod, Steve Kondik appears to have gotten a job at Samsung Mobile as a software engineer. Everyone hopes that this doesn’t affect Cyanogen development, but then there is also the fact that Samsung TouchWiz may just become one beautiful UI.

We will just have to wait and watch.

August 16, 2011
Samsung Launches the new Champ Duos E2652 in India

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Samsung has just announced the new Champ Duos E2652. Its a newer revision of the existing Champ and has the ability to run two GSM sim cards simultaneously.

Check out the Full Specs Below

The device is Priced at INR 5080/-

(we also have information that it can be purchased for as low as 4000)

April 7, 2011

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Samsung roadmap