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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
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[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Samsung has already provided some explanation about what's causing Galaxy Note 7 batteries to explode and now an unpublished report that the company provided to regulators in South Korea reveal the reason why Samsung has had to recall 2.5 million units of the Galaxy Note 7 merely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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
