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Samsung A9
Electronics
3 min read

Galaxy A9 has a camera ready for every occasion

Samsung Electronics started domestic sales of its mid-range Galaxy A9 smartphone today – the company’s first model to be equipped with four rear cameras. The Galaxy A9 was first revealed in October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and has already started sales in…

Xiaomi World Record 4
Electronics
1 min read

Xiaomi Opens Over 500 Stores in Rural India

Xiaomi India says it opened 500 retail stores in one day in India late last month. The Chinese electronics retailer has bannered the network Mi Stores – smaller, compact versions of the Mi Home stores, developed for mainly rural parts of India. “The company…

LG Electronics
Electronics
3 min read

Appliance rentals prove popular

Home appliance companies are building their rental service businesses as the trend is for consumers to value experience more than ownership. With the growing size of the local home appliance rental market, some companies have started management services to…

samsung factory
Electronics
2 min read

Make Vietnam your largest strategic base, PM urges Samsung

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested that Samsung expands its scale to make Vietnam the group’s largest strategic base. Receiving Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Group, in Hanoi on Tuesday, Phuc said Samsung should not just stop at making Vietnam its…

apple store
Electronics
1 min read

Shibuya Apple store reopens after a year of renovation

The Shibuya Apple store in Tokyo has reopened today with striking modern styling, coinciding with the release of the iPhone XR. The new four-storey design features dramatic natural lighting and a new spiral staircase, described as “stunning” by local media.…

Payment Cropped
Finance
1 min read

Bank Indonesia is seeking to integrate electronic payment

Bank Indonesia (BI) is seeking to integrate electronic payment system of various banks and issuers on toll roads during the Eid al-Fitr homecoming in June. BI Transformation Center Executive Director Onny Widjanarko said that the central bank has done the…

CS52276304A Best Buy employ
Electronics
2 min read

Flatscreen TV sales slide in SE Asia

The total sales volume of flat panel TV continues to slow in six key Southeast Asian markets monitored by research house GfK. But consumer demand for ultra-high definition (UHD) models has spiked exponentially in the past year to help fuel the strong growth…