Definition of "Samsung"

[Some of] them, potentially, are the Sonys and Samsungs of tomorrow. Some companies try to lure customers to their booths with food: a soft ice cream machine maker plies passersby with free cones, a wine fountain maker touts cups of sour red.

2008, Alexandra Harney, The China Price: The True Cost, page 13

Now they are required to be profitable and may find that North Korea is not worth the risk. Perhaps North Korea will need to found its own Hyundais and Samsungs and hire South Koreans as executives and consultants.

2011, Michael Breen, Kim Jong-Il, Revised and Updated, page 134

But without its own respected brands, its Toyotas and Samsungs, China will always languish at the lower end of the value chain.

2013, Richard Rosecrance, The Resurgence of the West

The Sonys, Sanyos, and Samsungs of the world — not to mention Chinese upstarts — all have access to the same huge pool of chips, liquid crystal displays, audio pickups, power supplies, and packaging.

2015, Panos Mourdoukoutas, Business Strategy in a Semiglobal Economy, page 29

The advantage of the Hercules card over the EGA is that it can be used with a standard IBM Monochrome Monitor or an inexpensive monochrome monitor such as a Samsung, priced at around $100.

1989, Nace, Ted, Ventura tips & tricks‎

When a grandmother from Pittsburgh bought a Samsung, she bought the most reliable microwave oven made.

1990 April 23, Luce, Henry Robinson, Fortune‎