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Another day, another report of a safe Galaxy Note 7 exploding. The latest report comes out of Houston, Texas. The handset belongs to Daniel Franks who says that his Galaxy Note 7 burst into flames on the table while he was having lunch with his family. Franks says that it was a replacement unit he […]
Following multiple reports of replacement Galaxy Note 7 units exploding in the same fashion as recalled units, a report out of Korea claims that Samsung has suspended production of the Galaxy Note 7 temporarily. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency cites an unnamed source in its report which claims that Samsung has halted the production of […]
AT&T has confirmed in a statement issued to The Verge that it's discontinuing sales of the Galaxy Note 7. In addition to removing the handset from its lineup, the carrier also revealed that it wouldn't allow customers in possession of a recalled Note 7 to exchange it for a replacement model. Instead, they'll be able […]
Samsung needs to come up with an explanation fast. In just one week there have been four reports of safe Galaxy Note 7 units exploding in the United States, one in Taiwan and two in South Korea. It's time now to add another to the list. A replacement Galaxy Note 7 has caught fire this morning in […]
The Gear VR is Samsung's first virtual reality headset. It worked on this product with Facebook-owned Oculus, a serious virtual reality company that has since released its own powerful tethered VR headset. Samsung and Oculus continue to collaborate on this product which has been successful despite the fact that VR is still a nascent medium. Head […]
Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 Prime in Vietnam about a month ago and later launched this handset in India as well alongside the Galaxy J5 Prime. This mid-range handset has now been officially launched in the Philippines as well. The company has also confirmed when it's going to start taking pre-orders for the Galaxy J7 Prime online. […]
Earlier this year in February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. overturned a jury verdict which imposed $120 million in damages on Samsung for infringing on Apple's slide-to-unlock and quick links patent. The court also ruled that those patents were invalid and it even found Apple liable for infringing […]
An unknown smartphone with Galaxy branding has been spotted on Zauba's online database. The handset, which carries the model number SM-J327P, was imported into India for testing and evaluation purposes on Thursday, October 6. Unfortunately, it's currently unclear what moniker the device will flaunt when it hits the shelves. However, we believe that the mystery unit […]
There appears to be no end in sight for the Galaxy Note 7 debacle. This week alone there have been four separate reports of the replacement Galaxy Note 7 exploding in the same fashion as recalled units. Now reports of two new Galaxy Note 7 handsets suffering the same fate have emerged from Samsung's home market […]
Samsung would have hoped that the Galaxy Note 7 debacle would end with the replacement program but a new storm is now brewing. There have been four reports of the replacement Galaxy Note 7 devices exploding in this week alone and now even the company itself is not ruling out a potential safety issue with […]
The Galaxy Note 7 is fast morphing into a potential disaster for Samsung. Some have suggested that the company should just discontinue the Galaxy Note 7 and opt for an early launch of the Galaxy S8 instead to try and contain the fallout of the botched launch of its latest flagship. Samsung hasn't commented on the matter as yet […]
There has been some speculation recently that Samsung is going to introduce a dual camera setup with the Galaxy S8, a report out of Korea that predicted huge hardware changes for the Galaxy S8 also mentioned the dual camera. Samsung has now filed for two trademark registrations in South Korea for “LightUp Camera” and “Light+ […]
Samsung could soon have a big mess on its hands if it doesn't take an official position on the incidents involving replacement Galaxy Note 7 units. There have been multiple reports in the past week about the supposedly safe Galaxy Note 7 devices exploding in exactly the same manner as the recalled devices. Samsung hasn't confirmed yet if […]
After the immense success of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, the Galaxy Note 7 was expected to offer Samsung an upper hand against Apple's iPhone 7 devices. However, things have turned in a dramatic manner for the company. Samsung had to recall most of the Galaxy Note 7 units sold worldwide due to faulty batteries […]
Samsung has been running a replacement program for the past couple of weeks for the Galaxy Note 7. It has promised to replace all initial units of the Galaxy Note 7 with new, safe handsets. These new units were supposed to be safe and devoid of the battery cell issue that caused this entire debacle […]
Samsung reassured its customers that the safe Galaxy Note 7 units that it was handing out as part of the replacement program did not suffer from the same battery issue as the initial batch of its new flagship. The company might find it hard to substantiate that argument if reports of replacement Galaxy Note 7 […]
Earlier today, an unannounced smartphone with Galaxy branding passed through the United States of America’s official certification authority, the FCC. Sadly, the information included in the filing doesn't reveal anything about the device. It simply states that the handset carries the model number SM-C9000, which leads us to believe we're looking at the very same Galaxy […]
If a new report published by Bloomberg is anything to go by, it would appear that AT&T is considering permanently halting sales of the Galaxy Note 7 and removing it from its massive lineup of smartphones. Sources familiar with the situation have even gone as far to say that the carrier has already made the decision to […]
Following in Sprint's footsteps, AT&T has today announced that it will allow Galaxy Note 7 owners to swap their replacement for any other smartphone in its range if they have any concerns over the safety of the device. “If a customer would like to exchange a replacement Note 7 for a different device we will […]
A day later than expected, Samsung has launched its latest Tizen-powered smartphone, the Samsung Z2, in Kenya. The handset, which is available to purchase in either black or gold from local carrier Safaricom's online portal and brick-and-mortar stores for KSH 6,000 ($59), can be used with a selection of its reasonably priced pay as you go LTE bundles. The Samsung […]