Now playing: Watch this: Galaxy Note 8? Yes, Samsung is planning on it 1:18 Nearly two months after Samsung announced a global recall of its new Galaxy Note 7, the electronics giant reportedly still doesn’t know what is causing some phones to overheat and catch fire. And that mystery is delaying development of the Galaxy …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 has one more transportation agency against it. Amtrak announced on Twitter that it is prohibiting passengers from bringing the beleaguered smartphone onto its trains, joining the FAA in banning the device from planes. An Amtrak spokesperson told CNET this: “The safety of our passengers and employees is paramount. Effective immediately, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cell phones …
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An updated, “improved” Spotify experience is headed to 2015 and 2016 Samsung smart TVs, offering both free and premium subscribers streaming music controls tailored for the big screen. Users will be able to sync those controls up with Spotify Connect on their computer or mobile device, with an aim to make it easier to listen to music while multi-tasking throughout …
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Several owners of the now-recalled Galaxy Note 7 are accusing Samsung of ignoring their demands that the company pay for property damage caused when their handsets exploded and started fires, according to the UK-based Guardian. One customer, John Barwick of Illinois, said that fire damage in his bedroom totals over $9,000, but that Samsung repeatedly failed to return his calls, …
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Thanks to the folks at Uniqfind, you’ll soon be able to make your iPhone look like an exploded Samsung Galaxy Note 7. We’re not sure it’s the best way to spend $25, but we suspect some iPhone fanboys will take some perverse pleasure in needling Samsung fanboys with the makeover. Uniqfind’s marketing the skin — composed of back and front …
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Into a barrage of damaging headlines comes a rare bright spot for Samsung, whose fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 has been nothing short of disastrous. A J.D. Power study published Thursday found that Samsung phones rank highest in overall satisfaction among AT&T and Sprint customers. T-Mobile and Verizon customers liked Apple iPhones best. Drawing on that study and a companion study, …
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LeEco thinks of itself as the single source for all things tech. In its home country of China, LeEco is just that, delivering movies it produces on phones and televisions it makes, and hosting e-commerce and streaming sports sites on its own cloud service. “If you were to take Apple, Amazon, Paramount Pictures, Tesla, Uber and Netflix and combine all …
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Huawei, like Apple, is one of the only phone brands that makes its own processors. And its latest one, the Kirin 960, looks to be a winner. Announced at a Shanghai press conference earlier today, a phone powered by the Kirin 960 wa put to the test against an iPhone 7 and a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Android Central reports. …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 is no more 1:34 Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 nightmare continues. US law firm McCuneWright says it has filed a lawsuit regarding the recall of the Note 7. The plaintiffs in the case claim that due to the recall, they were left without phones for weeks. The suit seeks reimbursement of cell phone …
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The reviews for Google’s Pixel phones are in, and people are raving about it. CNET’s own Lynn La called it “pure Android at its best,” and praised the camera. The timing of the phone’s launch couldn’t be better, as it fills the vacuum at the high-end Android segment created by Samsung’s recall of the Note 7. We also talk about …
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