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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
We exclusively reported about two weeks ago that Samsung is now working on the 2017 iteration of the Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7. It has been nearly nine months since the existing models of these handsets were launched so it's about time that the Galaxy A series was refreshed. We have already shared some […]
Samsung has updated the S Health app today with some new features. Version 5.1.1.0005 of the app, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store, now comes with a larger variety of health content in some countries. You can now save records of step challenges, which were introduced in the last update. The step challenges […]
Two days ago, we reported that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was in the process of deciding whether to ban the Galaxy Note 7 from being taken on board aircraft after Samsung decided to recall the device following its discovery that a malfunctioning battery was to blame for some handsets exploding while on charge. The FAA has today revealed that it's decided not to […]
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 […]
Earlier today, a report surfaced online suggesting that Samsung may not release a flat screen variant of the much-anticipated Galaxy S8 when it hits the shelves in the first half of 2017. Instead, it's a possibility that the firm will follow the same path it took for the Galaxy Note 7 by only launching a edge panel […]