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SAMSUNG
800-726-7864
Korean makers of fridges and microwaves and other stuff

2006 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
-Silver Care washer. Silver kills bacteria with cold water. Slanted drum. $999 - 1300. Silver used in drum. Replace the drum every 10 years.
-Combo washer dryer 3 hours. $1700
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2005 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
-4 door convertible fridge in which 2 bottom drawers in can be converted to either freezing or fridging, and in which the left side drawer could be a flash freezer drawer
-All quadrants together is a 25 ft 3
-The unit allows up to 72% humidity. There is no mixing of air between quadrants
-Avail Q4 2005 for $3000. Avail black and SS
They must loose a lot of space because of all the divider walls.
-Family Center Side by Side with fridge
This is a touch screen on the fridge which seems painfully stupid and slow to use. Takes notes, keeps track of food age, and the screen is removable (wireless to use on counter) Avail 2006 for $3500
-Smart oven Microwave
Reads special barcodes to automatically program cooking for packaged food. Now avail in UK. Stupid idea
-Idiot proof microwave
has light guides on the control to steer the user to process of programming cooking into the microwaver.
-30" ranges in gas and electric
$700 for stainless gas
$640 for white gas
$650 for stainless electric
$550 for white electric
-OTR with slide out hood feature
-Washer and dryer
Stainless drum liner has silver ions to kill 99.7% of all ,life forms
No date availability, no price
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2004 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
Samsung enters the North American major appliance market with a batch of generic and dated styles.  One wonders, is Samsung supplying Maytag, or is Maytag supplying Samsung?

Uninspiring New Ranges
THIS is what they are launching to enter the 30" range market?  Not as inspired as Sharp, not as sleek as Bosch, it is as if they have been holding Amana engineers hostage.  The line features dual fuel gas and electric models.  The gas tops sport 7.2K to 12K BTU burners, while the electric tops feature 1200W-2700W elements.  Both units feature 4.0 cu ft self-cleaning oven with 3000W broil and 2600W bake elements.  One would have to get past the generic ugliness of the unit to know how well it cooks.  It is due to be available sometime in 2005, but we say that Samsung should not work so hard, take some holiday, we'll be fine without this.
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Funny Looking Full Size Front Loading Washers
Due out sometime in 2005.
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More Than A Microwave
Following Whirlpool's playbook for the g2Microven, Samsung is offering a 950W OTR microwave with various types of radiant elements, convection, and ventilation.  The press kit and website are so short on specifications and information we would only be guessing about any of it.  MSRP $700.
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2003 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
Toast and Bake Microwave Oven
Samsung calls this a 3 in 1 kitchen appliance since it toasts, bakes and microwaves all in the same ceramic lined cavity.  Can it brown and microwave at the same time?  Now that would be something but nothing on website or press kit indicates that there's enough juice in a 110V line to power-up 2 features at once.  Designed with a cute swing down door.
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The Bimbo Fridge, Bringing Cute and Stupid into 1 Appliance
Samsung's new $8000 side by side refrigerator features a Windows CE tablet computer with docking station and internet connection which provides docked or wireless TV and internet functions. Features connection options to VCR and DVD, message function, phone book, looks like a built in camera and lots of other stuff.  Why would anyone want to merge these 2 functions into a refrigerator?  Why would you spend $8000 for Windows CE?  Why not go out and buy a real flat screen computer, that plays DVDs and does all the rest?  Go ahead, you have our permission to be sane.
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Built-in Side by Side Concept Fridge
Samsung is transmitting its intentions of cutting out large pieces of the high end fridge business with this prototype built-in fridge.  The prototype seemed targeted at heavy drinkers featuring both an ice and water dispenser and a drink access mini-door for when finding the main door becomes too difficult.
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2002 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
Samsung Launches a Full Size Refrigerator Line
Samsung enters the full size refrigerator market with some smart looking units featuring a single compressor / double evaporator system.
The bottom-mount models (18.5 and 20.3 cu ft) come with drink dispenser, digital temperature controls, 3 freezer drawers, high humidity veggie bin, spill proof tempered glass shelves, 2 litter bottle storage, and twist ice cube maker.  Some units feature an unplumbed built-in closed-door drink dispenser with manual refill tank.  Amana should be taking notes. 
The side by sides models (24 to 27 cu ft) feature digital controls and displays, tall glass water and ice dispenser, and an optional bar with an easy access door (ie a tiny door to access your hooch).  Available Qtr 4th, 2002.  
We believe that Samsung will make more than a ripple in the market.
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Samsung Launches a Network Refrigerator
As this is Samsung's first year with a full size refrigerator, they obviously don't know the rules.  We will wait until next year before we let them know our feelings about, the waste of engineering talent, the boondoggle, the money pit, the solution looking for a problem, known as the internet connected appliance.

Microwave with a LCD Tiny Touch Screen
The LCD could provide some cooking assistance, but this is a microwave, and there aren't that many things a microwave can do.  It can also display television but I can't guess who, with this much money, would want to watch the 4" screen.
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2001 Kitchen & Bath Show Introductions
We didn't pay attention.

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