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Samsung still market leader despite Galaxy Note 7 woes in the third quarter
Samsung announced its third fiscal quarter earnings today and it truly became evident just how much financial damage the Galaxy Note 7 recall has caused. The handset had the potential of further extending Samsung's lead in the mobile market but unfortunately its potential can never be realized. Nevertheless, despite its Galaxy Note 7 woes, Samsung […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 investigation will go beyond batteries
Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 investigation will go beyond batteries, reveals Reuters. The South Korean company will examine every aspect of the faulty handset, including hardware, software and the manufacturing process to pinpoint the specific cause of the fires that led to it being forced to issue a second of recall all units in circulation and discontinue […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Sprint variant of the Galaxy J3 (2017) receives Bluetooth certification
On Tuesday, the long-rumored Galaxy J3 (2017) passed through the United States of America’s official certification authority, the FCC, and now a Sprint-branded variant of the handset has been granted Bluetooth certification in the region, which leads us to believe that Samsung is in the final stages of gathering the documentation required to launch a […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung to invest $24 billion in production facilities for its display and semiconductor business
Samsung has today revealed that it's going to spend the remainder of the year focusing on growing its display and semiconductor business by investing a record 27 trillion won ($24 billion) in production facilities. It's believed that around half of the money will be dedicated to beefing up the assembly of V-NAND flash memory chips […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Here’s what Samsung will do to bounce back from one of its worst quarters yet
There's no sugarcoating the fact that Q3 2016 turned out to be one of Samsung's worst quarters. It actually had the potential to be one of the company's best quarters but then the Galaxy Note 7 happened and the rest, as they say, is history. Samsung's mobile division saw its operating profit drop to the lowest […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung shareholders approve heir apparent’s board membership
Samsung formally appointed heir apparent Lee Jae-yong for a seat on the company's board of directors about a month ago. Currently the vice chairman, he also happens to be the son of ailing Samsung Chairman Kun-Hee Lee and is widely believed to take on a more prominent role in one of the biggest companies on […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung will make ‘significant changes’ to quality assurance processes after the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco
The entire Galaxy Note 7 fiasco has raised some serious questions about quality assurance processes over at Samsung. Many accepted the first recall since recalls are not an anomaly and happen in every business, but when Samsung said that the replacement devices were safe and they started catching fire as well, it really made the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Pay Canada launch expected early next month
Just yesterday, Samsung said that it's going to expand Samsung Pay to three new countries by the end of this year but there are still some that it has named but hasn't expanded its mobile payment service to yet. However, it appears that Samsung Pay might go live in Canada in the very near future, […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s third quarter results show the Galaxy Note 7 eviscerated mobile division’s profit
Samsung's earnings guidance prior to the Galaxy Note 7's demise suggested that the company would carry the momentum forward from its record-breaking second quarter as the new flagship looked poised for success. Then the Galaxy Note 7 had to be discontinued and Samsung later had to revise its guidance to show an immediate impact of about $2.3 […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Z2 is now available via Flipkart and Snapdeal in India
Trying to get their new Samsung Z2 into as many pockets in India as possible, Samsung has teamed up with popular e-commerce companies Flipkart and Snapdeal. The Tizen-based smartphone is priced at Rs. 4,590 ($70) but customers can take advantage of the early ‘Diwali' sale that Flipkart has going on. With this deal, Axis Bank […]
- By Salvatore F.
- 8 years ago
Leaked Galaxy A5 (2017) renders hint at design changes
We exclusively confirmed about two months ago that Samsung is working on the 2017 iteration of the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7. The first dubious images of the metal shell meant for the Galaxy A5 (2017) surfaced soon after our report. Today, purported CAD renders of the Galaxy A5 (2017) have been leaked […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Wallpaper Wednesday: Scenery
Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on five scenic backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones too. If any of the following images float your […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung patents fingerprint scanner with swipe functionality
A patent application made by Samsung in South Korea has been published today, it reveals that the company is thinking about bringing swipe functionality to fingerprint sensors. This feature will make the fingerprint sensor even more useful as users will be able to get certain things done by simply swiping in a particular manner. We've already seen […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Daily Deal: Save on select SmartThings smart home products today
Many brands have started pushing smart home appliances and IoT products since the past couple of years, and Samsung is one of them. If you've been thinking to try out some of the smart home products from Samsung, now is a good chance. Amazon is offering discounts on a bunch of SmartThings products in the […]
- By Asif Iqbal Shaik
- 8 years ago
Galaxy J7 (2016) now receiving September security patch in Europe
Just a matter of hours after it started distributing this month's security patch for the Galaxy J5 (2016) in Europe, Samsung has begun rolling out a similar update for the Galaxy J7 (2016) in the region. What's strange, however, is that the upgrade is dated September 1 and not October 1, which means that it […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
The Gear S3 is still on schedule to launch next month
Over the course of the past few weeks, many rumors have been bandied around claiming that the Gear S3 would miss its November release as Samsung is believed to have put a hold on future projects while it identifies the exact reason for the Galaxy Note 7's unfortunate demise. However, popular online blog Tizen Experts […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
China finally bans the Galaxy Note 7 from flights
When the Galaxy Note 7 was recalled for the first time Samsung said that customers in China were not affected by it as they were given units with safe batteries. Despite countless reports of Galaxy Note 7 units catching fire in the People's Republic, Samsung only formally recalled the handset in the country after it […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Galaxy J5 (2016) update brings October security patch
Samsung has started rolling out a minor update for the Galaxy J5 (2016) in Europe. The handset already runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow so it's not like the update will bring any major changes to the Galaxy J5 (2016). What it does bring is the October security patch which contains patches for 68 crucial bugs […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung Display betting on virtual reality panels to increase share in mobile OLED market
Samsung Display is looking to further improve its share in the mobile OLED market by betting on panels for virtual reality and augmented reality, one of the company's top engineers said at a display seminar in South Korea today. Park Won-sang, Samsung Display’s principal engineer, was speaking at the International Meeting on Information Display in […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Galaxy S8 will be the first smartphone with optical fingerprint recognition
Samsung is expected to introduce some major hardware changes with the Galaxy S8, a recent report suggested that the next flagship is going to be truly “full-screen” as the display will be curved on the top and bottom edges as well. We're now hearing whispers out of China that the Galaxy S8 is going to be […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
