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Samsung Invention
Lee Byung-chull started Samsung on March 1 in 1938, as a trading company based in Taegu, Korea. The small company of only 40 employees started as a grocery store, trading and exporting goods produced in and around the city, like dried Korean fish and vegetables, as well as its own noodles. -
Electronics
Samsung entered the electronics industry in the 1960's with the formation of several electronics focused divisions. -
Washing Machines
Between 1972 and 1979, Samsung began selling washing machines, changed to Samsung Petrochemical and then Samsung Heavy Industries, and by 1976, had sold its 1 millionth B&W television. -
Death
In 1987 with the death of Lee Byung-chull, the Samsung group was separated into four business groups leaving the Samsung Group with electronics, engineering, construction, and most high-tech products. Retail, food, chemicals, logistics, entertainment, paper, and telecom were spun out among the Shinsegae Group, CJ Group, and Hansol Group. -
Samsung's first camera phone
Samsung launches its first phone with a built-in camera that allows people to take up to 20 photos. The photos can only be accessed with a computer. -
Selfie Time
Samsung innovates the flip phone with a rotating camera that allows people to take pictures from the front and back, something that was previously impossible to do. -
New Angles, Bigger Pixels
Samsung releases a flip phone with a swing style screen that allows for pictures to be taken from different angle for more creative photos -
A smarter phone for a camera
Samsung first smartphone features a camera with a wide range of modes, like panorama, stop motion, and cartoon shit. Combined with a touch screen, it changes the way people interact with camera phones -
High Definition brings photos to life
Samsung unveils the Galaxy S5 with Samsung's fastest auto focus and realtime high dynamic range, which makes brighter, more beautiful photos that are instantly ready for sharing on social media -
Building for the pros
Samsung releases its first smartphone with a dual pixel autofocus system, which takes phone cameras closer to professional quality -
Two is better than one
Samsung unveils its first smartphone with dual, 12mp rear camera with optical image stabilization on both the side angle and telephoto lenses.
