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Samsung accused of misleading customers on Galaxy S ‘water resistance’

An Australian government watchdog agency is taking Samsung to court over claims that the company’s Galaxy phones are safe to take in the water. In 2016 Samsung released its first IP68 water-resistant phone, the Galaxy S7. All of the electronics giant’s flagship phones have since carried the IP68 certification for water resistance and have been advertised as water-friendly phones. The Australian Competition and …

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Court upholds city’s right to warn consumers about phone radiation

Wireless association CTIA has failed again to get the city of Berkeley, California, to stop warning people that using a cellphone could expose them to radiation. As part of the long-running debate over health concerns in using mobile phones, Berkeley’s “Right to Know” ordinance, which came into effect in 2016, was upheld by a court Tuesday. Berkeley had been enforcing …

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