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The number of Samsung Electronics employees in China eight years ago climbed to 60,000 but now has dropped to 10,000, according to a Samsung report released on July 6.

The number of employees in South Korea for Samsung has increased by 20% in the past five years due to the growth of semiconductor factories in Korea. 

Analysts say that Korean companies are slowly shifting production bases to Vietnam and India because of additional regulations and discrimination from the Chinese government, while another factor is the increasing unit prices.

What Samsung’s Report Says:

  • According to Samsung Electronics’ 2022 Sustainability Report, in Q4 2021, a no. of 17,820 people performed at the firm’s subsidiaries in China. Which saw a decrease of 70. 6% from the high of 63,316 in 2013. 
  • The crew in China dropped below 60,000 in 2014, under 50,000 in 2015, and 40,000 in 2016 and 2017 when the THAAD incident broke out. 

What is the THAAD issue? The same month in 2016, the U.S. and South Korea announced the alliance decision to deploy a U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile battery in South Korea to defend against the increasing North Korean missile threat.

Following this, the Workforce stoop even further when due to the commerce dispute between the United States and China, i.e. less than 30,000 in 2018 and 2019, and below 20,000 in 2020 and 2021.

During this period, Samsung Electronics pared its factories in China. They were ;

The communications factory in Shenzhen in May 2018 and its smartphone factory in Tianjin in December of the same year suffered the closing.

Factory in Huizhou in 2019 was the last to go, the smartphone production headquarters in China.

Following this, in July 2020, the company also closed its computer manufacturing installations in Suzhou. 

The Future:

Currently, these factories and production facilities have been moved to Vietnam and India, with China having only three facilities at this point.

They are a home appliance factory, a semiconductor back-end processing plant in Suzhou, and a memory semiconductor factory in China. Xi’an.

Samsung has been hit by high tariffs following the US-China trade dispute, policies focused on domestic demand, and rising labour costs. Tariffs are taxes levied on goods or services imported from another country. 

Tariffs are trade obstacles that inflate prices and reduce available quantities of goods and services for the U.S., businesses, and consumers.

The strict blockade policy for the pandemic has hindered Samsung’s stable business in China.

The South Korean tech giant is expected to discontinue acquisitions of the in-home appliance and semiconductor manufacturing leftover facilities in the Dragon’s Den.

Although, this could be seen as a profiteering opportunity for still developing and potential holder countries like the land of tigers, culture & spirituality, India.

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Harsh is a seasoned technology enthusiast with a deep passion for Android. Since its announcement in 2007, he has closely followed the evolution of this operating system, gaining a comprehensive understanding of its features and capabilities. His background in Android, IT, and Journalism has equipped him with the skills to analyze and present complex technological concepts in a clear and engaging manner. As the Editor-in-Chief at Samlover.com, Harsh is dedicated to sharing his knowledge and experiences about Android, services, and applications with the world.

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Samsung Could Maximize The Base Variant’s Display Size of Galaxy S25 Than Galaxy S24

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The Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphone is the next big thing for the Galaxy fan community. The Giants have already taken their first step to come close to the forthcoming flagship Galaxy S25 series smartphone. 

Something new is cooking up! Samsung is working on bringing extreme changes to the forthcoming Galaxy S25 flagship series. The fan community eagerly used to wait for the latest edition of the Galaxy S series, but at launch, they felt it had a quite similar design to its predecessor. But it’s the end! 

If the reports are to be believed, as per a tipster, the Korean giants finally got rid of the older flagship family’s design and now wanted to upgrade the design by bringing an aesthetic shift to the Galaxy S25 series, and the change starts with the base variant. 

Reports suggest that Samsung may enhance the display size of the base variant of the Galaxy S25 series compared to the recently launched Galaxy S24. This is being speculated on on the Korean blog Naver, a tipster named yeux1122 has received essential details, which he claims are from a source from Samsung. 

Although it wasn’t mentioned that the design changes would arrive in the Galaxy S25 series, it was mentioned that the display size would be increased to 6.36 inches in the base variant as compared to the 6.2-inch display on the Galaxy S24. 

Jumping on the display size of the whole Galaxy S24 family, then, the Galaxy S24 Ultra features a 6.8-inch display, the Galaxy S24+ features a 6.7-inch display, and the base variant is mentioned above. 

So by the matrix of the Galaxy S24 family’s display, the forthcoming Galaxy S25 models would arrive with even bigger panels. As display size is reported to increase, this may be a reason to expand the battery capacity to a vapor chamber with a larger surface area to deliver adequate cooling to the newer variants. Although the brand has not officially revealed anything yet regarding this report, this is just a rumor. But it will be interesting to see the Galaxy S25 will arrive with what new changes. 

Via – Wccftech


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Samsung May Power Future Flagships with In-House Chips

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Qualcomm signed a multiyear deal with Samsung to provide a Snapdragon processor for the future flagship Galaxy smartphones, which has already been revealed, during its earnings calls for the fourth quarter 2023. 

This revelation comes true, as last year’s Samsung Galaxy S23 was dedicatedly powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and this year’s Galaxy S24 Ultra is truly powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and the rest of the two base and plus variants also feature the same, but in particular regions. All this results in Samsung’s reliance on Qualcomm for high-end chipsets, which has grown significantly over the past few years. 

In the name of collaboration, Samsung is investing a huge amount in chipsets. However, this year, somewhere, Samsung brought back the Exynos with this year’s Galaxy S24 lineup. Since Qualcomm raises costs, Samsung has a tiny choice but has to pay what it demands. Because of this prospect, it is genuinely expected that Samsung will choose to put the Exynos chipsets in a lot more Galaxy devices this year to save money. 

The recent matrix has revealed that Samsung has lowered the use of Exynos chips in Galaxy smartphones. In the fourth quarter of 2023, only 13 million Exynos-powered devices shipped, which is 48% less as compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. Samsung’s revenue from smartphone chipsets decreased by 44% during the same time. 

A reason behind the decline was mainly due to Samsung purchasing more chipsets from Qualcomm for flagship devices and also MediaTek for powering a few affordable smartphones, whereas Exynos chipsets are primarily used in Galaxy devices. 

Jumping on the matrix of Samsung Electronics’ 2023 business report, the company’s mobile division spent $8.87 billion just on mobile chipsets back in 2023, which is 3.1% more as compared to 2022. For more details, the firm reports that the price of mobile chipsets has increased by 30 percent as compared to the previous year. 

A recent report reported that the Korean giants are gearing up to increase the use of their own Exynos chipsets in Galaxy smartphones from 2024 onwards, and this already happened with the Exynos 2400’s inclusion in the Galaxy S24 lineup. It is also rumored that Samsung could choose Exynos-only for the Galaxy S25 series. 

The recently debuted Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 are also powered by the Exynos chipset, and it is also expected that it will also remove MediaTek chipsets from its low-range lineup. 


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Samsung Galaxy A55 & Galaxy A35 Price Revealed: Check Out Here 

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Galaxy A55 & A35

After long teasing, Samsung finally debuted two new mid-range smartphones in the A series – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. Both set the stage on fire with vibrant color options, specifications, features, and design. 

Even ahead of any official announcement and release, there were already tons of leaks, and rumors were waved around regarding the specifications, design, color variants, features, and more of these latest mid-range smartphones: Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35

Now, finally, reports unveil that Samsung recently disclosed the pricing details of both smartphones. 

Samsung has announced three variants of both Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G and priced each of the variants with their particular price, which is as follows – 

Galaxy A55 5G Price 

  • 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage – 36,999 Rs
  • 8GB RAM + 256GB internal storage – 39,999 Rs
  • 12GB RAM + 256GB internal storage – 42,999 Rs

Galaxy A35 5G Price 

  • 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage – 27,999 Rs
  • 8GB RAM + 256GB internal storage – 30,999 Rs

The brand has offered vibrant shade options this time—Awesome Iceblue, Awesome Lilac, and Awesome Navy for Galaxy A55. On the other hand, Awesome Ice Blue and Awesome Navy are for Galaxy A35. 

The interested ones can easily grab their latest Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35 5G smartphones from Samsung’s online websites, Samsung stores nearby you, or other online platforms such as Flipkart and Amazon. Also, Samsung is offering a special offer of cashback of 3,000 on selected back cards such as HDFC, OneCard, and IDFC First Bank for Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G smartphones. 


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