2. Introduction
The meaning of word Samsung is Tristar or Three Stars
The word Three represents something “Big, Numerous
and Powerful”
Samsung was founded by Lee Byung –Chull in 1938 as
trading company
South Korean Company
Largest Information Technology company measured by
2012 revenues, and 4th in market value
7. Samsung in India
Samsung Electronics commenced its operations in
India in December 1995
Two R&D centers in India-Delhi & Bangalore
In 2010 achieved a sales turnover of $3.5 billion
Market leader in LED TVs, LCD TVs, Slim TVs
India’s largest mobile handset brand
Leading in smart phone segment in India
9. Smartphones
Samsung developed its first lighted mobile in the year
1993 and the model is SCH-R800
It was available in CDMA(Code Division
Multiple Access) Networks
Developed smart phones with mp3 player towards the end
of the 20th century
Now they have 41.6% of smart phone market
share in India
11. Tablet
Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based tablet computer
It was introduced on 2nd September 2010
Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab in India on 10th
November 2010
The competitor for Samsung tablet are Apple, and Lenovo
In India during 3rd Q, 2012, 47.4% of tablet sales were
from new entrants
14. Television
Samsung Electronics was established in 1969
Competitor for Samsung television is LG, Sony and
Toshiba
They have three models in television such as
LCD, LED and Plasma
Samsung has announced plans to exit production of
Plasma TV’s
Samsung has announced that they will increase focus on
UHD TV’s and Curved TV’s
17. PC
Samsung is producing PC, but they are not successful in
Indian market
India has grown 35% in PC segment of 4th quarter 2013
In India Lenovo is the market leader in PC with 16%
19. Other Informations
Samsung Electronics sold its Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
business to Seagate
The latest model of Samsung is Galaxy Alpha
Samsung expects to export 580 million phones in 2014 of
these 410 million will be smartphones
Samsung planning to release a lineup of devices powered
by Microsoft’s Windows 8 mobile OS, that support
TIZEN software