Introduction of Companies

Date: March 1, 1938 - present

Samsung is a South Korean company originally founded as a grocery trading store by Lee
Byung-Chull in March 1938. The company forayed in the electronics industry in 1969 and its first
electronic product was a black-and-white television. Soon, the company also started exporting
its products and became a major electronic manufacturer in its home country. In 1970, the
company acquired a 50 per cent stake in Korea Semiconductor.

Witnessing a rapid expansion in the early 1980s, the company established separate branches
for its various electronics businesses. It is at this time that the company also made investments
in two research & development institutes which helped it become the market leader in
information technology services. By 1990s, the company had become one of the top five
electronics makers in the world and was mainly known for its semiconductors, LCD screens and
other technology products.

Samsung forayed into mobile phones in 2000 with the launch of a feature phone with built-in
camera that could take up to 20 photos at a time. By late 2000, the company had launched
several phones, but its global success story started with the launch of the Galaxy S series of
smartphones that used the company’s OLED screen technology and hummingbird processor.
Besides smartphones, the company is also a major vendor of tablet computers, particularly
Android-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab-series, and is regarded as the originator of the phablet
category through its Samsung Galaxy Note-series devices.

Now, Samsung is one of the major manufacturers of electronic components globally. It is also
one of the major suppliers of electronic products like batteries, semiconductors, chips, flash
memory and hard drive to companies such as Apple, Sony, Nokia, etc. Samsung has also been
the world's largest manufacturer of television since 2006, and of smartphones since 2011. In
2017, the company overtook Intel to also become the world's largest manufacturer of
semiconductor chips.
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Realme (stylized as гeɑlme) is a brand of Android based smartphones developed by Realme

Chongqing Mobile Telecommunications Corporation, Ltd., a manufacturer based in Shenzhen,
China. It was founded by Li Bingzhong (known as "Sky" Li) on May 4, 2018, who was former
vice president of Oppo. Started originally as a sub-brand of Oppo, Realme eventually ventured
as its own brand.
Realme Chongqing Mobile
Telecommunications Corp., Ltd

Industry Consumer Electronics

Founded May 4, 2018; 4 years ago

Founder Sky Li

Headquarters Shenzhen, China

Key people Sky Li (李炳忠) (Founder and Global CEO)

Madhav Sheth (SVP) (CEO) (realme India
and Europe)
Xu Qi (徐起) (CMO)
Yao Kun (姚坤) (CTO)
Wang Wei (王伟) (CPO)

Products Smartphones
Tablet computers
Earphones
Powerbanks
Realme UI
Phone cases
AIoT products
Bags
Smart TVs

Parent BBK Electronics

Divisions Realme TechLife, Dizo (India)

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Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd., styled vivo in its logo, is a Chinese multinational
technology company headquartered in Dongguan, Guangdong that designs and develops
smartphones, smartphone accessories, software and online services. The company develops
software for its phones, distributed through its V-Appstore, with iManager included in their
proprietary, Android-based operating system, Funtouch OS in Global, Origin OS in Mainland
China and India. Vivo is an independent company and develops its own products. It has 10,000
employees, with research and development centers in Shenzhen, Guangdong, and Nanjing,
Jiangsu.
Vivo Communication Technology

Native name 维沃移动通信有限公司

(Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.)

Type Subsidiary

Industry Consumer electronics

Founded 2009; 13 years ago

Founder Shen Wei (沈炜)

Headquarters Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Area served Worldwide

Key people Shen Wei (CEO)

Jerome Chen (CMO & VP Vivo India)

Products Smartphones
HiFi
Accessories
Software and Online services

Brands iQOO

Number of employees 10,000[2] (2020)

Parent BBK Electronics

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Redmi is a subsidiary company owned by the Chinese electronics company Xiaomi. It was first
announced in July 2013 as a budget smartphone line,[1] and became a separate sub-brand of
Xiaomi in 2019 with entry-level and mid-range devices, while Xiaomi itself produces
upper-range and flagship Xiaomi (formerly Mi) phones. Redmi phones use the Xiaomi's MIUI
user interface on top of Android. Models are divided into the entry-level Redmi, the mid-range
Redmi Note, and the high-end Redmi K. In addition, the unrelated Mi A Android One series is
also positioned in the similar market segment with Redmi devices, despite being part of the
upper-range Xiaomi Mi lineup. The most significant difference from other Xiaomi smartphones is
that they use less-expensive components and thus have lower prices while retaining higher
specifications. In August 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported that in the second quarter of
the 2014 fiscal year, Xiaomi had a market share of 4% of smartphone shipment rankings in
China.[2] Redmi sales were attributed as a contributing factor toward this gain in shipment
rankings.
Redmi

Native name 红米(Redmi)

Founded July 2013; 8 years ago

(as Xiaomi Redmi series)
10 January 2019; 3 years ago
(subsidiary of Xiaomi)

Key people William Lu (General Manager)

Products Smartphones
Powerbanks
Laptops
Smart TVs

Parent Xiaomi
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