"All the film companies are going to go under. Right?"
Jung Jai-hun, president of SK Telecom, said this after meeting Roh Tae-Moon, president of Samsung Electronics, at MWC, the world's largest mobile communications exhibition that opened on the 2nd (local time), and trying out the "privacy display" applied to the "S26 Ultra." The privacy display is designed to keep the screen clear when viewed head-on, while making it barely visible from vertical and horizontal viewing angles.
When Roh said, "Unlike film, a hardware-based privacy display can selectively hide specific apps or areas, which is different," Jung replied, "It seems like you made exactly what customers need." Jung added, "Isn't it a sign of leading corporations to have identified something global corporations couldn't due to a lack of ideas until now?"
Jung also wore Samsung's smart glasses, "Galaxy XR," with Roh. He tried measuring antioxidant levels with a Galaxy Watch. When a score of "75 points" appeared for antioxidant levels on the Galaxy Watch, Jung said, "I shouldn't have eaten so much meat yesterday."
Jung asked whether the Galaxy S26 series was selling well despite being priced higher than the previous model. Lim Sung-taek, executive vice president in charge of Samsung Korea, said, "Sales are up 15% compared with the previous model, and this could be a Guinness record." On this day, Jung said he was using the tri-fold phone "Galaxy Z Tri-Fold" that Samsung sent.
Jung also said he wants to pursue AI collaboration with Samsung. Jung said, "I met President Roh Tae-Moon for the first time today, and it looks like we'll be seeing a lot of each other," adding, "Telecom carriers and device manufacturers are inseparable business partners." He continued, "Of course, we are already having many discussions with Samsung, including jointly studying the network environment for the coming 6G era."
After visiting the Samsung Electronics exhibition hall that day, Jung visited the booths of Meta and Xiaomi in turn. At Xiaomi, he toured the exhibition hall with Adam Zeng, who oversees Xiaomi's global business. He got in the "SU7 Ultra" and tried out the "Xiaomi 17 Ultra." Jung said, "I was a bit surprised by Xiaomi," adding, "Xiaomi is interested in every field, and it seemed to show that a single corporations can consolidate everything in the AI era," and said, "With a watch, you might be able to check your health and psychological state to see if it's suitable to drive for a long time." After seeing the hypercar, he said, "It seems the corporations is setting its business direction well."
On the technology gap among the three countries, he said, "Everyone is aligned on pursuing AI right now," adding, "They seem particularly interested in ensuring that each device or piece of equipment is not dispersed but fully integrated."