<P> In 1977 Samsung Electronics launched the Telecommunication Network , and in 1983 it initiated its mobile telecommunications business with the hope that this would become the company 's future growth engine . In 1986 , Samsung was able to release its first built - in car phone , the SC - 100 , but it was a failure due to the poor quality . In spite of unsuccessful result Ki Tae Lee , the then - head of the Wireless Development Team , decided to stay in the mobile business . He asked the company to buy ten Motorola mobile phones for benchmarking . After 2 years of R&D Samsung developed its first mobile phone ( or `` hand phone '' in Korea ) , the SH - 100 in 1988 . It was the first mobile phone to be designed and manufactured in Korea . But the perception of mobile devices was very low and although Samsung introduced new models every year , each model sold only one or two thousand units . </P>
<P> In 1977 Samsung Electronics launched the Telecommunication Network , and in 1983 it initiated its mobile telecommunications business with the hope that this would become the company 's future growth engine . In 1986 , Samsung was able to release its first built - in car phone , the SC - 100 , but it was a failure due to the poor quality . In spite of unsuccessful result Ki Tae Lee , the then - head of the Wireless Development Team , decided to stay in the mobile business . He asked the company to buy ten Motorola mobile phones for benchmarking . After 2 years of R&D Samsung developed its first mobile phone ( or `` hand phone '' in Korea ) , the SH - 100 in 1988 . It was the first mobile phone to be designed and manufactured in Korea . But the perception of mobile devices was very low and although Samsung introduced new models every year , each model sold only one or two thousand units . </P>
when was the first samsung mobile phone released
when was the first samsung mobile phone released
1988
1988