Samsung is bringing the ultimate home entertainment experience right to your doorstep with the Blue Tag Sale – on until 2 March 2025. It’s now easier than ever to transform your home into a space where comfort meets connection. Elevate your entertainment, streamline your hosting experience, and enhance your home’s functionality with Samsung’s range of innovative products that are designed to make every moment spent at home effortless, immersive, and memorable.

Entertaining Made Effortless

Samsung’s range of innovative products is built to make hosting gatherings a breeze. Whether you’re planning a movie night, a lively dinner party, or a thrilling game-day gathering, Samsung’s technology ensures seamless operation from start to finish. Transform your home into the ultimate entertainment hub with the perfect ambiance and hassle-free control. Samsung makes it easier than ever to be the host with the most.

Immersive Entertainment Experiences

Samsung’s top-tier Smart TVs, advanced sound systems, and immersive displays create a cinematic experience that will leave your guests in awe. With stunning picture quality, vibrant colours, and crystal-clear sound, every movie, show, and sports event is an opportunity to experience entertainment at its finest. Whether streaming the latest blockbusters or enjoying the latest music hits, Samsung technology brings joy and excitement to your living space like never before.

Seamless Connectivity and Smart Home Integration

Samsung’s smart home ecosystem, powered by SmartThings, takes home connectivity to a new level. Control every aspect of your home’s entertainment and environment with a single device. Adjust the temperature, and effortlessly switch between media – all with a few taps. Samsung SmartThings is compatible with various brands – just look for the “Works with SmartThings” badge or Matter and Home connectivity Alliance badges to make your home smarter, more connected, and easier to enjoy.

Design Meets Functionality

Samsung’s products are crafted to blend seamlessly into your home décor while delivering exceptional performance. With sleek, modern designs, each product enhances your living space without compromising on functionality. Hosting becomes even more enjoyable when the technology in your home is as aesthetically pleasing as it is practical.

Awesome deals on great products

To make your home even more special, Samsung’s Blue Tag Sale offers incredible discounts on some of its most popular products:

• 75″ DU7000 Crystal UHD 4K HDR Smart TV – UA75DU7000KXXA: Now R12,999* (Save R2,000)
• 85 Inch QLED 4K Q60D Tizen OS Smart TV (2024) – QA85Q60DAKXXA: Get it for R27,999* (Save R2,000)
• Music Frame HW-LS60D Wireless Smart Speaker (HW-LS60D/XA): Now R5,499* (Save R1,500)
• Bespoke AI 12KG Front Loader, with Eco bubble (WW12BB944DGBFA): Now R14,999* (Save R1,000)
• AR9500T Wall-mount AC with Windfree TM and AI technology, 18000 BTU/h (AR18BSAAAWK/FA): Available for R22,999* (Save R4,000)
• Side by Side Fridge, Non-plumbed Water & Ice dispenser, Gentle Black, 617L (RS64DG53R3B1FA): Yours for R29,999* (Save R2,100)

The Samsung Blue Tag Sale runs from 13 January – 2 March 2025, in Samsung stores, online, the Samsung Shop App, as well as participating retailers. Don’t miss out!

For more information, visit www.samsung.com/za

Connectivity and user experiences driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) and mobility – the key trends to keep an eye on for Samsung Electronics South Africa in 2016. Organisations that are prepared to utilise technologies that leverage relationships and engagement are well placed to remain competitive in a challenging economy. The Business-to-Business (B2B) market is in a strong position to evolve alongside the changing demands of clients and provide the applications they will need to succeed.

“Mobile device penetration continues to rise and solutions that are capable of enhancing the mobile experience will be successful,” says Mike van Lier: Director of Enterprise Business Division (EBD) at Samsung South Africa. “The IoT has become more than just a phrase, it is now a way of doing business. The reliance on connectivity has increased year-on-year and this trend is likely to continue this year.”

It is important to note that, IoT is not just for the smartphone and tablet. Any smart technology, which includes white goods and printers, can be tailored and transformed to provide integrated data – making life easier for both businesses and consumers. ¹According to statistics, more than 50 billion appliances globally will be connected to the internet by 2020 with an economic value of nearly $US 2 billion. Africa has already adopted the technology with a total of 128 million people, 52% of the global market, connected to one another in the mobile and machine to machine spaces (M2M).

“A study by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ states, 57% of South Africa’s internet traffic comes from mobile devices. This ranks the country higher than many other developing countries on the mobile traffic scale. The smartphone population penetration is around 47% with 23 million active smartphone users2,” adds van Lier. “As a result, both retail and enterprise are in a unique position to take advantage of the technology and embrace deeper development and engagement.”

The connected retail space isn’t new, but the futuristic view is rapidly becoming a daily reality. As an example, consumers in Japan are already talking to lifelike robots instead of shop assistants. In South Africa, e-commerce is improving in both functionality and adoption – which offers an opportunity for businesses to improve their engagement with consumers. Nevertheless, foot traffic remains alive and well and this means that retailers must still invest in signage and messaging that is relevant and visible.

“Retailers need to merge the physical and digital to create inspirational and relevant shopping spaces,” says van Lier. “Consumers don’t just buy anymore; they want to experience and engage with a brand and product.

Samsung has invested in innovations that deliver targeted advertising solutions that form a part of every touchpoint in the shopping experience. Virtual fitting rooms, mirror displays and mall signage are all great ways of capturing consumers’ attention in a cluttered environment.”

Of course, connectivity is as important within the enterprise space and this year is likely to herald a shift in innovation and development. Office infrastructures are evolving to support the mobile employee and wireless technology is core to this process. IoT allows for the operational integration of connected devices to the right technology in order to allow communication to be effective.

“Truly efficient business settings depend on a reliable and fast network to meet the expanding demand for bandwidth,” says van Lier. “In order to support IoT and enterprise mobility, solutions such as Samsung’s WLAN platform assure improved end-user experiences with faster connectivity.”

Finally, the tedious processes of the past are about to be replaced by connected devices printing directly from anywhere and on any platform. “Cloud printing is just one of the ways in which offices will become smarter and more convenient,” concludes van Lier. “The applications are endless and the potential for streamlining business processes, improving productivity and saving on costs is already proven. IoT is here, what the organisation needs to do now is reevaluate the way it has been doing business. Trends contributing to a connected world are real and to stand out they have to implement solutions that map back to their strategic goals for long term success.”