Update, 5:11 p.m. PT: Samsung’s investigation has revealed that 2 separate battery problems were to blame for the Note 7 failure. Read: Samsung answers burning Note 7 questions, vows better batteries Samsung is ready to tell the world what went wrong with its flagship Galaxy Note 7. At a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, …
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For Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, a software update has been long overdue. Samsung began officially rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to the devices this week, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. Keep in mind this version of Android isn’t the most recent, that happens to be Android 7.1.1 which is enjoyed by Google Pixel owners. …
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Samsung is ready to reveal some more details on why its Galaxy Note 7 have been exploding, but there’s a bigger mystery at hand: Why are so many people still using the potentially fiery phones? Verizon reported that thousands of its customers could still be holding onto their Galaxy Note 7 devices, even after Samsung held a worldwide recall and …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung may finally explain Note 7 failure on Monday 1:23 Some Verizon customers apparently know a hot item when they see it and don’t want to part with it. That appears to be the case with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The wireless carrier told Fortune that much to its dismay, “thousands” of its customers continue …
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The forthcoming (and unofficial) Samsung Galaxy S8 is rumored to have a bunch of new features like a smart AI assistant, an optical fingerprint sensor and a headset jack. And…an S Pen holder for the Samsung stylus typically found on Note phones? Some outlets are reporting the rumor that the Galaxy S8 will have an S Pen, after images of …
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Now playing: Watch this: Did Samsung just leak the Galaxy S8? 1:09 Samsung recently released two different ads showing off its brand-new AMOLED displays. And while the displays are cool and all, the real star of the show is the mysterious smartphone that shows up in both ads. Its unique design leads us to believe that this is the Galaxy …
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All the cool new phones are losing the headphone jack and it’s giving us separation anxiety. After it happened to the Moto Z and iPhone 7, it was rumored that the Samsung Galaxy S8 would lose its jack, too. But an alleged Galaxy S8 phone case was spotted that shows that this might not be the case (har har). Mikke …
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Now playing: Watch this: Finally! Android Nougat coming to Galaxy S7, S7 Edge 1:13 It’s about time! The Android Nougat operating system is finally rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge phones this week, as spotted by SamMobile. Android Nougat was announced as far back as August 2016, so it’s taken several months for the update to come …
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If you’ve flown at all in the last few months, then you might have noticed a certain, product-specific warning as you boarded your plane: “Passengers are prohibited from flying with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.” The prohibition still holds on passenger and cargo jets, but now, the FAA is no longer requiring airports to point it out to you before …
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If you’re going to soar over Sydney in a plane, don’t wear a dress — at least not if your flight is one of Samsung’s wild 4D VR demos. I learned that the hard way when I showed up this past week at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES. I wanted to try out Samsung’s demos that have seemingly …
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