From seafood trader to global technology powerhouse - a glimpse at Samsung’s history

09 August, 2015
Samsung may be one of the world's biggest technology conglomerates today, but the company’s business activities were not even remotely associated with technology when it was founded. In this write-up, we shed some light on the company’s journey from a humble beginning to becoming a global technology powerhouse.

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Antymalware, 10 Aug 2015I love this txt "iPhone killer" about S3 in this ... moreEvery Brand copy at some point, maybe even all the time...

Right now is Apple who copies feature after feature, and design cues from others.

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    • 10 Aug 2015

    "Galaxy S6/S6 edge flagship duo. Both devices have arguably been hugely successful"........ hahaha.... quarterly sales reports say completely different story....... hahaha

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      • 10 Aug 2015

      Terry, 09 Aug 2015First Should have been Nokia.. then Ericsson and then Apple... morethe nokia started as an wood pulp factory.

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        • 10 Aug 2015

        I love this txt "iPhone killer" about S3 in this article... buhahahahaha........ i wonder why GSMA didn't mentioned anything about S1, like "copy and paste product in reaction to the first iPhone"....... hmmmm even Samsung execs admitted in one of their trials that they had to totally copy 1st iPhone to stay relevant.... I wonder why GSMA didn't mentioned that in their history love story......

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          • 10 Aug 2015

          q8peace, 10 Aug 2015Basicly samsung haters are from there treating 1-the softwa... moreI don't feel cheated. What do you expect from a company that sells fish. One business fail they can always start another. And they bravely never change the name 'Samsung' even when they change business. Samsung the seafood company. Now they make so many product ranging from apparel, chemicals, consumer electronics, electronic components, medical equipment, semiconductors, ships, telecommunications equipment, tanks, jet engines, and many others. How they make money you ask? They involved in advertising, construction, entertainment, financial services, hospitality, information and communications technology, medical and health care services, retail, and shipbuilding. So, for Apple fan that wished Samsung smartphone to flop, you will never see the day Samsung goes down. Ask Apple what kind of business do they have others that iphone, ipad, ipod and macbook.

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            • 10 Aug 2015

            Anonymous, 10 Aug 2015Best success story ever. I bet Nokia and Apple can't beat t... moreHmmmm... No one wants to see Apple story? U do realise that there are some movies already about Apple story? Yet there are non about Samsung story.... why? because most of the people around the world know that 90% of whatever they produce was already invented/done etc by someone else and no one will make movie about acts like this!!! U need to grow up child to see and understand!

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              • 10 Aug 2015

              What is I told you that their is a car named Samsung? But I don't know if they are related.

                Interesting. Its always nice to see Samsung's history and the timeline of their flagships. Great!

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                  • 10 Aug 2015

                  Anonymous, 10 Aug 2015Best success story ever. I bet Nokia and Apple can't beat t... moreNo.
                  Samsung start from selling fish and end up copycatting apple.

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                    • 10 Aug 2015

                    Very good article, a good glimpse truely.

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                      • 10 Aug 2015

                      ithehappy, 09 Aug 2015I never did like Samsung honestly, but the day I started se... moreBasicly samsung haters are from there treating 1-the software delay update
                      2-even when you receaved you want have next flagship features
                      3-sometimes it end up screweing your phone
                      4-too many devices that they cant updateing them every two months newer phone start rumurs
                      5-so much variant network
                      6-now they starting removing dealbreak features like sd card / and the list goes on / ssmsung dont care about there buyers only caring about next big things / support zero / we feel like cheaten when you pay for a flagship that will end support after only 5 month

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                        • 10 Aug 2015

                        Anonymous, 10 Aug 2015Is there anybody that can provide a concrete link/source as... moreSorry mate. Gsmarena don't allows outside link. Many had tried but the moderator always delete all the link posted unless it link to gsmarena itself. Try to google Samsung rocked by stunning galaxy s6 edge sales. There are other news that is more recent. Hard to find but there is a lot.

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                          • 10 Aug 2015

                          Best success story ever. I bet Nokia and Apple can't beat that story. Samsung start from selling fish and end up being a super tech company. Next thing we know Apple going to start selling fish and tell everyone they are the first to sell fish in the world.

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                            • 10 Aug 2015

                            hi there !!
                            So his youngest son is following father steps
                            when some one from poor family starts struggling in positive way
                            still remembering his old position and keep changing they will find a way how to become Number 1

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                              AnonD-314368, 09 Aug 2015New article is appreciable. It become more beautiful if GS... moreno apple shit please

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                                • 10 Aug 2015

                                Cangrats to Samsung the best brand all of the time form South Korea

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                                  • 10 Aug 2015

                                  Is there anybody that can provide a concrete link/source as to how Samsung made a hell of comeback with S6 (in terms of sales)? I tried to search but the only thing I found was it took more than a month for S6+S6 edge to reach 10 millions unit while S5 and S4 were under a month and that sales have considerably slow down after a few weeks (as opposed to S4 and S5 which kept its sales momentum for a few months)

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                                    • 10 Aug 2015

                                    Big Daddy, 09 Aug 2015Nice Article Guys, Well Written. And even the person who ca... moreThe chances are , this is timed so apple are right next to samsung on the front page next week, when samsung are due the limelight on account of the release of their new phones. I hope I'm wrong, but the power of apples media control is unshakeable, anyway we'll see.

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                                      Big Daddy, 09 Aug 2015Nice Article Guys, Well Written. And even the person who ca... moreApple's story is common

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                                        • 10 Aug 2015

                                        Truly a touching story