For all its success in mobile phones, Samsung is an also-ran in the global smart-phone market.
That said, Apple still rakes in more revenue from mobile phones than Samsung does.
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Samsung shipped 16.8 million mobile phones in the United States, for 32 percent share, during Q4 2012.
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Samsung, meanwhile, shipped 16.8 million mobile phones for a 32.3% market share, up from 13.5 million units and 26.9% in 2011.
Samsung plans to also bolster its competitive edge in mobile phones with the debut of new high-end smartphones, and by reinforcing the full lineup of products and its presence in emerging markets.
Apple is also facing fierce competition from rivals like Samsung, which accounted for one in four of all mobile phones shipped worldwide last year, according to Strategy Analytics.
When big players like Samsung and LG Electronics launch new phones this February at Mobile World Congress, the big differentiators will be higher resolutions, more powerful cameras, longer battery life.
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On Friday, Samsung Electronics - the world's biggest maker of mobile phones - reported record profits in the three months to September, led by strong sales of its Galaxy range of smartphones.
With easy access to Wi-Fi functions, the NX210 allows quick sharing with friends and family, whilst with Samsung Mobile Link users can show off their best images on phones and tablets, or on the big screen with TV Link connecting the NX210 wirelessly to internet-enabled TVs.
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Samsung meanwhile is supporting the development of the Tizen OS for mobile phones, an HTML 5 based open source project that will shift the balance of power in mobility away from the device app store to the networks, a move that looks set to be the next disruption in smartphones.
It's hard to argue with this logic: As electronics goods and mobile phones become more dependent on the internet, then Samsung will be able to take advantage of the trend.
Jaina Mobile, once a large distributor for phones made by rivals Samsung Electronics Co.
Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs.
Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, semiconductor chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs.
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According to TechCrunch, the agreement means Samsung will pay Microsoft royalties for all phones and tablets running the Android mobile operating system, while both companies will participate in the marketing and development of Windows Phone 7.
Next year Adobe is eliminating its fee to phone manufacturers like Nokia, Samsung and Motorola, which will put a mobile version of Flash on a billion phones by 2009.
Samsung's flexible display technology, which allows tablet computers to fold into mobile phones or bend the edge of the screen, represents an effort to make its products stand out from others.
Today Samsung is the world leader in flat-panel TVs and the number two in mobile phones.
In January , T-Mobile announced HD Voice was available on a handful of phones including the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One S. The carrier also said last month it will have HD Voice on the iPhone 5, to be rolled out on T-Mobile's networks in the U.S. for the first time later this month.
In the beginning of the day's proceedings, before the jury was brought into the court, Lucy Koh, the presiding judge, expressed frustration as Apple and Samsung's lawyers argued over which phones would be shown and whether they were running specific versions of the Android mobile software.
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