New, state-of-the-art Samsung TVs disappear en route to trade fair
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SEOUL (AFP) - South Korean and German police are probing the disappearance of two next-generation Samsung TVs en route to Berlin, the electronics giant said on Tuesday, amid suspicions of commercial espionage.
Two organic light-emitting diode (OLED) sets were "lost" during delivery to Berlin for a technology trade fair, Samsung Electronics said in a statement. The state-of-the-art televisions have not been officially released in the market.
"Since these TVs are based on such cutting-edge technology owned by only a few firms, we can't rule out the possibility that it was part of a crime aimed to steal it," an informed source said.
Samsung, the world's top TV maker, has promoted OLED as the next-generation technology that will help drive the future of the global television industry.
