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    Market experts forecast significant contraction in smartphone market due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall

    Market experts forecast significant contraction in smartphone market due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall

    Most people would have immediately thought that the Galaxy Note 7 recall is going to benefit Apple as the iPhone 7 is being released in the midst of this entire debacle. Customers who might be considering to spend a bunch of money on Samsung's latest flagship might now look towards Apple's new flagship deterred by […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung shares fall to lowest level in two months as investors price in Galaxy Note 7 recall

    Samsung shares fall to lowest level in two months as investors price in Galaxy Note 7 recall

    Things were looking great for Samsung last month. The Galaxy S7 was performing well and the Galaxy Note 7 had received a lot of praise soon after it was unveiled. Samsung shares were surging to new record highs as investors were bullish about the company's continued sales momentum in the second half of this year. […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung sells its printing business to HP for over $1 billion

    Samsung sells its printing business to HP for over $1 billion

    Samsung today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the entire global operations and assets of its printing business to HP in a deal valued over $1 billion. The company says that this deal is part of its efforts to focus more on its core business areas. With the approval of shareholders, Samsung will […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy Note 7 remote deactivation reports refuted by Samsung

    Galaxy Note 7 remote deactivation reports refuted by Samsung

    Samsung is now urging all Galaxy Note 7 owners to power down their devices and participate in the company's exchange program as reports about the Galaxy Note 7 continue to come in even though the recall has been announced. It's certainly in the company's best interest to ensure that it replaces all Galaxy Note 7 units […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    09-12-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, Galaxy Core Prime, and more

    09-12-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, Galaxy Core Prime, 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
    Samsung sued over exploding Galaxy S7 edge

    Samsung sued over exploding Galaxy S7 edge

    Samsung has revealed what was causing the Galaxy Note 7's battery to explode which forced it to issue a global recall for its latest flagship smartphone and it has reiterated that this issue is just limited to the Galaxy Note 7. However, the company is now being sued over a Galaxy S7 edge which allegedly […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    [Poll Results!] Did you lose trust in Samsung after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle?

    [Poll Results!] Did you lose trust in Samsung after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle?

    You have all heard about the Galaxy Note 7 recall and the concerns some have raised over Samsung's handling of the Note 7 debacle. The company has already confirmed that it's going to voluntarily replace all Galaxy Note 7 handsets and it has also been open about what caused this problem in the first place. Have you […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung may remotely deactivate Galaxy Note 7’s that aren’t returned

    Samsung may remotely deactivate Galaxy Note 7’s that aren’t returned

    Yesterday, Samsung published a blog post on its Newsroom stressing how important it is that all Galaxy Note 7 owners trade in their device for a replacement, and now it's being suggested that the South Korean company may remotely deactivate units that aren't exchanged by Friday, September 30, in order to ensure the safety of its customers. This news comes following a Redditor's […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    FAA’s Galaxy Note 7 warning wiped $10 billion from Samsung’s market value

    FAA’s Galaxy Note 7 warning wiped $10 billion from Samsung’s market value

    The Federal Aviation Administration recently put out a warning about the Galaxy Note 7 being a potential fire hazard and urged passengers to not use the handset on flights. Samsung's stock has already been under pressure since the company confirmed its global recall for the Galaxy Note 7 and this warning certainly did not help. […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy A3 (2017) spotted on GFXBench with an octa-core processor

    Galaxy A3 (2017) spotted on GFXBench with an octa-core processor

    Two weeks ago, we exclusively reported that Samsung is working on successors to this year's models of the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7, and now the third-generation Galaxy A3 has been spotted in the GFXBench database. It's being referred to as Galaxy A3 (2017) and sports a 4.7-inch display, a 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm CPU, 2GB […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy J series handsets will be handed out as loaners to those who return their Galaxy Note 7

    Galaxy J series handsets will be handed out as loaners to those who return their Galaxy Note 7

    Samsung is now urging customers who have already received their Galaxy Note 7 units to take their handsets back to where they bought them from and turn them in so that they may receive a replacement. All existing customers are eligible to receive a new unit from Samsung as a replacement. The company is going […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy Note 7 banned from check-in baggage in India

    Galaxy Note 7 banned from check-in baggage in India

    You have read countless reports by now that the Galaxy Note 7's battery is at risk of explosion when being charged. Samsung has acknowledged the issue and it's now working to provide replacement inventory within a week or so. It's going to voluntarily exchange all Galaxy Note 7 units shipped since the release. Reports about […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung is urging all Galaxy Note 7 owners to participate in its replacement program

    Samsung is urging all Galaxy Note 7 owners to participate in its replacement program

    Earlier today, Samsung took to its Newsroom to share a blog post urging all Galaxy Note 7 owners to trade in their handset for a replacement even if they believe that their particular unit does not pack the faulty battery that was to blame for a few devices exploding while on charge. “Our number one priority is the safety of […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    The Consumer Product Safety Commission is assisting Samsung in its recall of the Galaxy Note 7

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission is assisting Samsung in its recall of the Galaxy Note 7

    The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has stepped in to assist Samsung in its recall of the Galaxy Note 7 following the firm's discovery that a faulty battery was to blame for at least 35 handsets randomly exploding while on charge. Earlier today, the CPSC published a statement on its official website revealing that it's […]

    • By Josh L.
    • 8 years ago
    Exclusive: Samsung is in talks with Nvidia and AMD for GPU technologies

    Exclusive: Samsung is in talks with Nvidia and AMD for GPU technologies

    There have been multiple reports in the past stating Samsung's efforts to develop an in-house GPU for its mobile processors. The company's Exynos chipset with a GPU developed internally was expected to be ready in time for the Galaxy Note 5, but the plan didn't materialise. We've now received additional information regarding the matter. Currently, Samsung is using ARM's Mali series of GPUs in […]

    • By Asif Iqbal Shaik
    • 8 years ago
    Galaxy S7 Active review: Samsung makes the Active attractive

    Galaxy S7 Active review: Samsung makes the Active attractive

    The Galaxy S7 Active continues Samsung's tradition of releasing a military standard-grade phone that draws much of its inspiration from the latest Galaxy S flagship, while adding a little something extra that some consumers want. Many have said that the Galaxy Note 7 is “an S7 edge with an S Pen,” but the Galaxy S7 Active […]

    • By Deidre R.
    • 8 years ago
    [Poll Results!] Do rumors about Samsung only releasing an edge version of the Galaxy S8 surprise you?

    [Poll Results!] Do rumors about Samsung only releasing an edge version of the Galaxy S8 surprise you?

    It's increasingly being rumored these days that Samsung is only going to release an edge version of the Galaxy S8 next year. One might say that this is inevitable given that both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S7 saw the edge version outsell its flat counterpart by a significant margin. There were rumors this year that […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Samsung’s upcoming mid-range smartphone enters testing in India

    Samsung’s upcoming mid-range smartphone enters testing in India

    We told you about a week ago that Samsung has two new mid-range smartphones in the pipeline bearing model numbers SM-G5510 and SM-G5520. Both handsets have already been spotted on websites of GFXBench and Wi-Fi Alliance respectively and the former has now also been spotted on import tracker Zauba. The tracker shows that Samsung has […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    Here’s how you identify a Galaxy Note 7 with a battery that won’t explode

    Here’s how you identify a Galaxy Note 7 with a battery that won’t explode

    It's going to take Samsung a week or so to start supplying its carrier and retail partners across the globe with replacement inventory so that it can start replacing existing Galaxy Note 7 handsets with new units. Samsung has already confirmed that it's going to voluntarily replace each and every Galaxy Note 7 unit that […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago
    AT&T finally updates the Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge to Marshmallow

    AT&T finally updates the Galaxy Note 4 and the Galaxy Note Edge to Marshmallow

    It has been over a year since Google released Android 6.0 Marshmallow. A couple of weeks ago the company actually released Marshmallow's successor – Android 7.0 Nougat – and yet those who own the Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge on AT&T are just now getting a taste of Marshmallow. AT&T has finally released […]

    • By Adnan Farooqui
    • 8 years ago