Samsung has won four TIPA awards this year. The ‘Best General Compact Camera’ award went to the Samsung MultiView MV800, while the ‘Best Mobile Imaging Device’ title was awarded to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone. Samsung also won the Best Photo Monitor Award for the Samsung SyncMaster S24/27A850, with its “new Samsung LED PLS (Plane to Line Switching) technology” and “more accurate colour and a much wider viewing angle than competing monitors.” The company was recognised by a fourth honour with the Samsung OLED TV, which won the Best Photo TV Display Award.

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Samsung Press Release

Samsung Wins Four Most Coveted 2012 TIPA Awards for its Camera and Imaging Products

Samsung continues to demonstrate its leadership in delivering the best photo and imaging products on the market

London, UK – April 16, 2012 – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, a global leader in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced that it has won four 2012 Technical Image Press Association Awards in the ‘Best General Compact Camera’, ‘Best Mobile Imaging Device’, ‘Best Photo Monitor’ and ‘Best Photo TV Display’ categories.

Samsung’s MV800 camera won the ‘Best General Compact Camera Award’, cementing its place as the best all-round compact camera in the market today.

Samsung’s trendsetting MultiView MV800 anticipates the future of innovative compact cameras. Boasting a unique 180degree, 3.0” touch-screen Flip-out Display the MV800 allows perfect capture and easy viewing of self-portraits and extreme high or low angle shots. It also introduces the Smart Touch 3.0 interface with special effects “filters”, smart albuming and smart movie for greater creativity. With 16.1 Megapixels the MV800 ensures crystal clear imagery whilst the Schneider Kreuznach 26-130mm 5x zoom lens and fast electronics also contributed to the decision of the TIPA jury to award this camera as ‘Best General Compact Camera 2012’.

Mr. Myoung Sup Han, Senior Vice President and Head of the Digital Imaging Business, Samsung UK & Ireland, said, “We are extremely proud of winning this prestigious award. This only further showcases our continuous commitment to producing innovative and cutting-edge digital imaging products that are smarter, simpler and fun to use.”

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus won the Best Mobile Imaging Device Award for its “innovative HD Super AMOLED display” that enables users to view photos and videos in high resolution with a wide viewing angle.  Samsung was also awarded the Best Photo Monitor Award for the Samsung SyncMaster S24/27A850, with its “new Samsung LED PLS (Plane to Line Switching) technology” and “more accurate colour and a much wider viewing angle than competing monitors.” Samsung was recognised by a fourth honour, as well, with the Samsung OLED TV, which won the Best Photo TV Display Award.

“It features the very latest in picture quality, displaying vivid and true-to-life image quality in both 2D and 3D,making it the ideal TV for photo and video enthusiasts alike,” the TIPA judges said.

The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) Awards are recognised as the most coveted photo and imaging awards worldwide. Every year, TIPA editors vote for the best photo and imaging products introduced to the market during the previous 12 months. The awardsceremony will take place at Photokina in Cologne, Germany in September 2012.

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2011 consolidated sales of US$143.1 billion. Employing approximately 206,000 people in 197 offices across 72 countries, the company operates two separate organisations to coordinate its nine independent business units: Digital Media & Communications, comprising Visual Display, Mobile Communications, Telecommunication Systems, Digital Appliances, IT Solutions, and Digital Imaging; and Device Solutions, consisting of Memory, System LSI and LED. Recognised for its industry-leading performance across a range of economic, environmental and social criteria, Samsung Electronics was named the world’s most sustainable technology company in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

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