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Sales of Samsung's third-generation foldable devices the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 have started in some 40 countries, including South Korea, the United States, Britain and France, according to the company.

With 180 trillion won, or 75 percent of the amount, allocated to South Korea, the conglomerate also vowed to directly hire 40,000 more employees through 2023.

The two companies will take part in the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2021.

An estimated 600,000 units of the Galaxy Z Fold3 and the Galaxy Z Flip3 were preordered through local mobile carriers, while some 200,000 units of unlocked third-generation Galaxy Z foldable devices

Touted as a big leap both in terms of software and hardware, Samsung has announced to bring Galaxy Z Fold3 5G (with first ever S Pen support on a foldable) and Galaxy Z Flip3 5G devices to India next month at a very competitive price in the premium segment.

The vice chairman of Samsung Electronics offered a public apology, leaving the Seoul Detention Centre in Uiwang, 25 kms south of Seoul, where his supporters, as well as protestors, had been waiting for the tycoon to come out.

Samsung is expected to unveil its new wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Buds 2, at its online Unpacked event on Wednesday, along with new foldable smartphones.

The global foldable market is estimated to triple from a year earlier to reach around 9 million units in 2021, and Samsung, the world's largest smartphone vendor, is projected to represent 88 percent of them

The lab will provide students with opportunities to research in emerging cutting-edge tech areas and help find solutions to real world problems.

Samsung had a market share of 7 percent in the April-June period after shipping 900,000 Chromebooks that refer to laptops or tablets running on Google's Chrome operating system (OS)

The April-June period was another strong quarter for both Chromebooks and tablets with both device categories recording growth despite a challenging year-over-year comparison.

The latest product is the industry's first curved gaming monitor with Mini LED display, Samsung said.

The South Korean tech giant is expected to start sales of the Galaxy Z Fold3 at around 1.99 million won ($1,744), which is 17 percent lower than the 2.39 million won set for the previous model, according to the sources.

Samsung said it applied CornerPixel technology for the first time, which will help reduce blind areas even in extreme conditions, reports Yonhap news agency.

The battery making arm of Samsung Electronics has been reviewing various options to build a new battery factory in the U.S. to supply potential clients but has remained cautious over its plan despite rising market expectations.

The South Korean tech giant, the world's top memory chip producer, dominated the market with a 49 percent share in the January-March period, according to a report from industry tracker Strategy Analytics.

The Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra currently has one of the largest resolution smartphone cameras in the market at 108MP, challenging the best Android phones on the market.

In its earnings guidance, the South Korean tech giant estimated its operating profit at 12.5 trillion won ($11 billion) for the April-June period, up 53.4 percent from a year ago.

Samsung SDI, the battery arm of Samsung Electronics Co., was forecast to have posted 3.4 trillion won ($3 billion) in sales and 252.7 billion won in operating profit in the April-June period, according to the data from 15 local brokerage

The smartphone is tipped to feature a 6.4-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate for smooth performance.