Now playing: Watch this: Explaining the Note 7’s battery flaws (with cake) 2:31 Four months after Samsung first recalled its acclaimed Galaxy Note 7 phone, the electronics giant finally announced what caused Note 7 phones from two separate batches to catch fire in the first place: a design failure in the first battery and a …
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Samsung’s ready to claw its way back from the Galaxy Note 7 disaster. The company on Thursday estimated its operating profit for the first quarter should jump nearly 50 percent from the same period a year ago, while its revenue should be about flat but better than analysts expected. See also Samsung’s chips make up for Galaxy Note 7 financial …
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The battery inside the clear glass case starts to smoke and then turns red hot. All of a sudden, it bursts into flames. When the fire has died down, all that’s left is the charred husk of a battery — specifically, a battery meant for Samsung’s new Galaxy S8. No, this isn’t deja vu, and Samsung’s new phone isn’t experiencing …
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Livestream It’s finally happening. The Samsung Galaxy S8 was officially unveiled this morning in New York. For Samsung, the stakes are huge: After the Galaxy Note 7 battery fire fiasco, this was the company’s chance to show off its comeback phone, and it pretty much has to be a home run. The press conference just ended, but we’ve toggled back …
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Months after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, the topic remains too hot for the rest of the wireless industry to handle. With Samsung’s Galaxy S8 to launch next week, a renewed discussion of the Note 7, which had an unhealthy tendency to catch fire and which had to be recalled, is inevitable. Samsung opened that door in January when it …
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The Galaxy Note 7 is rising from the ashes. Samsung confirmed Monday that it would consider selling refurbished versions of the Galaxy Note 7, just a few months shy of two embarrassing recalls due to the phones overheating and catching fire. The South Korean company has pushed for becoming the leading industry standard for battery safety following the fiasco, finding …
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Don’t call it a comeback. Call it a minor miracle. Samsung on Monday said it’s considering selling recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices as refurbished or rental phones “where applicable.” But there’s at least one place you won’t see them again. “Samsung will not be offering refurbished Galaxy Note 7 devices for rent or sale in the US,” a Samsung spokesperson …
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It’s another nail in the coffin for the Galaxy Note 7 phone. Samsung is releasing an update to its South Korean users later this month that will stop Galaxy Note 7s from being able to charge. The move is the latest of Samsung’s many attempts to get people to ditch their devices. The company did the same for US users …
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We’re so close to the official unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S8, and Samsung won’t stop teasing us with quick ads. Samsung Mobile Korea posted the latest teaser trailer on YouTube yesterday for Korean audiences; check out the video below. The video is only 15 seconds long and doesn’t reveal too much, just the number 8 branding and that Samsung …
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Everyone expects the Samsung Galaxy S8 to be a powerful phone, but it could be even more powerful in China. Word has it that the Galaxy S8 may come with 6GB of RAM in China compared with 4GB for the rest of the world, according to IHS research director Kevin Wang. Generally speaking, phones use Random Access Memory (RAM) as …
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