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Edgars was founded in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1929. [2] Its was named after London based Swan and Edgar. [2] Eli Ross opened his first Edgars store in Joubert Street. [2] It relocated to Cape Town in 1929 before returning to Eloff Street, Johannesburg in 1937, now owned by Sydney Press.
This is the list of mobile phone brands sorted by the country from which the brands originate. The number of mobile phone brands peaked to more than 750 in 2017 before declining to nearly 250 brands in 2023. [1] Bold refers to major smartphone brand. [2] [3]
Edcon Limited was a retail company based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its subsidiaries included Edgars, a department store with 203 [2] branches. [3] [4] In 2020, the Competition Tribunal approved the sale of the Edgars division to Retailability (pty) Ltd, [5] and Jet to The Foschini Group.
Logo used until 2015. Samsung Galaxy (Korean: 삼성 갤럭시; stylized as SΛMSUNG Galaxy since 2015 (except Japan where it omitted the Samsung branding up until 2023), [2] previously stylized as Samsung GALAXY; abbreviated as SG) is a series of computing, Android mobile computing and wearable devices that are designed, manufactured and marketed by Samsung Electronics since 29 June 2009.
In 1993 GSM was demonstrated for the first time in Africa at Telkom '93 in Cape Town. In 1994 the first GSM networks in Africa were launched in South Africa. [16] In 1994, South Africa launched a mobile operations, underwritten by Telkom in partnership with Vodafone, with 36,000 active customer on the network. [17]
The Samsung Galaxy S series is a line of Android-based smartphones and tablet computers produced by Samsung Electronics.In conjunction with the foldable Galaxy Z series, the series serves as Samsung's flagship smartphone lineup, and is the high-end line of the wider Samsung Galaxy family of Android devices.
Ackermans began in 1916 when Gus Ackerman opened the very first store in Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. [6] In 1960, Ackermans was sold to Greatermans. [7] in 1970, Ackermans was sold to Edgars who maintained its successful price discounter position. [8] In 1984, Pepkor acquired Ackermans. At the time, there were 34 stores across the country.
Samsung SGH-100 - first GSM phone sold with Samsung's logo and made by Dancall. The first GSM model carrying the Samsung logo was the SGH-100 made by European company Dancall (Denmark) in 1995. The first own GSM model was the SGH-200, which was made for European customers. But it was not as good as the company's CDMA phone.