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Samsung has stopped airing Galaxy Note 7 commercials on TV
With all the bad press Samsung has been getting recently you would expect the company to go on a marketing blitz to reassure its customers and entice more people to purchase its products. It isn't exactly doing that at the moment if the Galaxy Note 7 is considered. It turns out that Samsung has stopped airing […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung China will recall 1,858 Galaxy Note 7 units
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine – China's quality watchdog – has confirmed today that Samsung will be recalling 1,858 units of the Galaxy Note 7 in the country. These units are different from the ones that Samsung is officially selling in China right now which is why sales of the Galaxy […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Galaxy S8 release might be advanced due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall
It has been over a week since Samsung confirmed the global recall of the Galaxy Note 7 due to faulty batteries. Samsung has stopped selling the Galaxy Note 7 across the globe and sales are likely to remain suspended until it provides replacement inventory because customers who need to exchange their existing units are definitely […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
![[Update] Samsung blames manufacturing flaw for exploding Galaxy Note 7 batteries](https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-7-04-226x127.jpg)
[Update] Samsung blames manufacturing flaw for exploding Galaxy Note 7 batteries
Samsung has already provided some explanation about what's causing Galaxy Note 7 batteries to explode and now an unpublished report that the company provided to regulators in South Korea reveal the reason why Samsung has had to recall 2.5 million units of the Galaxy Note 7 merely weeks after the handset was launched. Samsung submitted this […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung will no longer source Galaxy Note 7 batteries from its own battery-making division
Several reports have suggested that the faulty Galaxy Note 7 batteries at risk of overheating and explosion were sourced from Samsung SDI, the company's battery-making division, and it's believed to have met 70 percent of Samsung's demand for the Galaxy Note 7. China's Amperex Technology Limited or ATL is believed to have met the remaining […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Exclusive: Galaxy S8 code names and the interesting story behind its model numbers
The Galaxy S7 has had a great run this year and it has done quite a bit to improve Samsung's fortunes. Samsung will obviously want this momentum to continue next year as well so it's going to have to hit the ball out of the park yet again with its next-generation flagship handset which will presumably […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Samsung production facilities halted after South Korea experiences its biggest quake
Samsung was forced to halt the production line for the precision mould it uses to create the small plastic casing for its smartphones in its manufacturing plant located in Gumi, South Korea, after an incredibly powerful earthquake rocked the country on Monday. The firm's main assembly line for smartphone production continued to operate without interruption, though. However, […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Rumor: Samsung looking to replace the 3.5 mm headphone jack with a proprietary port
Apple's has done away with the 3.5 mm headphone jack with the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, a move that had been rumored for long and actually came true earlier this month. Apple wants people to use its new wireless AirPods headphones instead; the company is also paving the way for accessory makers to follow suit […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Galaxy Grand Prime+ receives Wi-Fi certification
Three weeks ago, an unidentified Galaxy-branded smartphone, which we believe to be the Galaxy Grand Prime+, surfaced on the official Geekbench online database bearing the model number SM-G532F. Unfortunately, the listing didn't shine much light on the device's specifications, other than that it'll sport a 1.4GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and will ship running Android […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung Smart Switch update brings support for data transfer from Windows Phone 8.1 devices
Samsung is rolling out a major new update to its Smart Switch app for Android today. The update, available on the Play Store and on Samsung's Galaxy Apps store, brings support for transferring content from smartphones running Windows Phone 8.1. It's something we probably should have seen a long time ago, but given the low […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Samsung’s temporary fix for Galaxy Note 7 explosions is to stop the device from fully charging
Samsung has been sending out notices to everyone who has purchased the Galaxy Note 7 asking them to return their device as soon as possible and get a new one with a battery that won't make the phone explode. The Note 7 recall is one of the largest in the tech world in recent history, and […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Footage shows a Galaxy S7 overheating and burning for no apparent reason
If someone at Samsung rhetorically asked whether things could get any worse for the company they would be beating themselves up right about now. A Galaxy S7 edge owner in the United States has already sued Samsung after the handset allegedly overheated and burned while it was in his pocket and now a Galaxy S7 owner […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
09-13-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S5, Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy A5, and more
Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
![[Update: Not working] Here’s the site where you can check if your Galaxy Note 7 needs exchanging](https://www.sammobile.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/galaxy-note-7-exploded-2-226x127.jpg)
[Update: Not working] Here’s the site where you can check if your Galaxy Note 7 needs exchanging
Update: It looks like the IMEI checker might have been a test thing and is no longer accessible (the link now redirects you to Samsung's support page). According to our readers, the IMEI checker wasn't very accurate either. Oh well, this isn't such a bad thing considering every Note 7 outside China is affected and has to […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
Samsung and LG accused of collusion to keep employee wages down
A civil lawsuit has been filed against Samsung and LG as they have been accused of agreeing to not steal each other's employees in the United States. This allegation is not that uncommon in Silicon Valley. Just last year, Apple and Google along with several other companies in Silicon Valley settled a similar lawsuit for […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen officially launched
We first reported a couple of weeks ago that Samsung had a new Galaxy Tab A in the pipeline which features the same S Pen that it has introduced with the Galaxy Note 7. We've also posted some images of this tablet and now Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
More than 70 Galaxy Note 7’s have caught fire in the United States
It has today been revealed that a little more than 70 Galaxy Note 7's have caught fire in the United States since the device started shipping this time last month. That's almost double the amount of incidents that Samsung reported when it revealed that the handset had a faulty battery on Thursday, September 1. This latest figure was released by […]
- By Josh L.
- 8 years ago
Samsung nominates heir apparent Jay Y. Lee to company board seat
A major leadership move is underway at Samsung as heir apparent Jay Y. Lee has formally been nominated for a seat on the company's Board of Directors today. He is the son of Samsung chairman Kun-Hee Lee and is widely believed to be the future leader of the company and the perfect candidate to take […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
First leaked renders of the Galaxy A8 (2016) arrive
We first picked up on the Galaxy A8 (2016) about a month ago when benchmark results of the handset revealed some specifications. Samsung launched the Galaxy A8 in July last year so a refresh is due, particularly since other handsets in the Galaxy A series have already been refreshed for 2016. A few weeks ago the […]
- By Adnan Farooqui
- 8 years ago
SamMobile Premium August giveaway winners
August is over, and we have selected the winners of the month’s SamMobile Premium giveaway! The prize for July was the Gear Fit 2, Samsung’s latest fitness tracker. Who got lucky? Well, here are the winners for August 2016! Username: ali_zaabi Country: United Arab Emirates Username: flug1000 Country: Austria Username: kareem Country: Egypt For this month (September), […]
- By Abhijeet Mishra
- 8 years ago
