Android to challenge the iPhone's dominance in Korea

Korea may become the next battleground in the war between Android and the iPhone for smartphone dominance. On the one side, we have KT Telecommunications which is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in Korea and on the other, we have rival SK Telecom which is gearing up to release ten Android handsets in 2010. SK Telecom is larger of the two wireless carriers, controlling over 50% of the market share but KT has the jump on SK Telecom in the smartphone market, having launched the iPhone in November 2009. SK Telecom hopes to ramp up its smartphone user base starting in January 2010 when it is expected to launch its first Android handset, an offering reportedly manufactured by Motorola. Hot on the heels of Motorola is Samsung which is expected to debut its Android handset in February 2010. Bringing up the rear is LG which is expected to launch Android in its home country sometime in the future but no tentative date has been set as of the writing of this article. SK Telecom is lighting a fire under the manufacturers in an attempt to get Android into the hands of mobile customers as soon as possible and it is wise to do so as Apple’s iPhone is selling at a fast clip with more than 160,000 iPhones being sold in its first month of availability. With the iPhone on the rise and Android coming soon, it will be interesting to watch this battle play out in the ensuing months. No need to say which side we are on – Go, Green Robot!

[via The Korea Times]

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Great.
Does it mean samsung will not have any problems manufacturing millions of devices without using plastic? I think it is now time for them to leave hyperglazed in the dust
simpleas

Gosh I love these guys!
RarestName

They keep costs down because plastic is cheaper than other materials. Not complaining though.
Mark

Samsung rocks, I love it.

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http://twitter.com/Gilles__LeBlanc Gilles LeBlanc

Please always make room for us wealthy folk aswell. Produce a premium device and charge as much as you want. Dont get all crazy with this cuting cost stuff. Loving my note 2 thanks.
- simpleas
  
  lol “wealthy folks”.. I dont think you have to be wealth to own a top tier smart phone. I do agree, Note 2 rocks!
nishantsirohi123

the comments section should be renamed as “whiny bimbos sections”

none of these people here have any knowledge whatsoever about what is being discussed in this article or what it means for the smartphone industry.

I feel this a great initiative by samsung. They could very well be taking orders from other device manufacturers as well
this is basically great from small time device makers with innovative ideas(remember yotaphone) to actually churn out devices with similar level of quality and less investment required for setting up of a manufacturing unit(of course most companies have vendors who make the devices for them)
candlelarbra5212

Why do some people think this is good thing? (besides what I beg to be sarcastic comments) More money for a company who already makes billions? Well this is just the best news ever.

What it really means is people losing their jobs, losing them fast and probably without any other job after their redundancy.

I mean you’ve got companies who pay so little to their workers in the first place but then they have to remove them completely. Hardly a shining beacon of hope to starving millions who need to get out of poverty (or even eat) one way or another.
- Dash Foster
  
  This is a really good point that you bring up. Unfortunately Samsung is not the only company that does this, most of the clothing manufactures in the Unites States still use sweat shops in developing countries. Its cool that you looked at this in a different way and realized what is really happening.
- http://www.facebook.com/Trent8381 Trent Richards
  
  Where I am not without compassion for people that may lose their jobs, you can’t expect businesses to make decisions that go against profitability and success for the sake of saving jobs. I know many people believe this makes a company evil, but what you need to remind yourself is that companies aren’t started to provide a job for people. Too many times people expect businesses to behave as charities. I have been on the raw end of 2 downsizings in my career, so I understand the position it puts people in. However, I was able to get back on my feet on both occasions and life carried on. Also where some manufacturing jobs will be lost, some distribution and sales jobs will likely open due to higher product output.
rvichar

I thought the galaxy was based on the human experience and nature. How about humans stop buying all this plastic and silicone cranked out every six months. The cycle is a vicious cycle of endless waste.
Ruzveh

I am personally not in favour of what Samsung is following. This also means that there will be job losses and many manufacturer will be forced to adopt this practise since they will face tight competition from Samsung. If little increase in price of a mobile phone can run millions of homes then why not?
LeoN N

Samsung Skynet…here it comes…get ready John Connor!
http://www.facebook.com/shi.cheeliang Chee Liang Shi

No guarantees on whether cost savings is transferred to the consumers or not… my guess is that it’s not… simply cost savings to increase their profits i guess… so how does that make this news a good thing? it is simply irrelevant except from a technological point of view…

Beside it will just give them more reasons to crank out 120 million phones which are named differently but all sport the same design…
jj

The main lesson other companies will learn is fire some thousands of workers and let their families starve.
http://www.facebook.com/jeiybee Julius Jb Benter

i wish i won this awsome phone :)
http://twitter.com/demlasjr Laszlo Demeter

Hey guys, there are many people who want the S4, but not with 16GB.

Please consider signing this petition. Help us to get 1000 signatures !

http://www.change.org/petitions/release-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-with-32-and-64-gb-internal-memory