Telstra is the latest carrier partner to pause shipments of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, following in the footsteps of US service providers AT&T and T-Mobile. An internal memo from the Aussie telco revealed that Samsung has paused supply of new phones following three incidents of the Note 7 phones issued as replacements exploding. Samsung …
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Samsung’s exploding phone woes continue with more reports of replacement Galaxy Note 7s exploding. A Minnesota teenager told a Minneapolis-St. Paul TV station that she felt a “weird, burning sensation” in her thumb while holding her Galaxy Note 7 Friday afternoon. That report was followed Saturday by news that a Kentucky man had to go to a hospital to be …
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T-Mobile on Sunday became the second wireless carrier to suspend sales and exchanges of Galaxy Note 7s amid mounting reports the so-called “safe” replacement phones were experiencing the same fire and explosion issues as the original model. T-Mobile CEO John Legere announced the move in a tweet Sunday afternoon, citing concern for customers’ safety. T-Mobile becomes the second major US …
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AT&T said Sunday it has suspended exchanges of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 amid reports that replacement phones are also exploding or catching fire. The wireless carrier said it will continue to accept customers’ Galaxy Note 7s, but it will not offer the newer version of the phone in exchange. Instead, customers are encouraged to choose another Samsung phone or a …
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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 owners, the carriers are giving you an out. Sprint said that any customers with a “safe” Galaxy Note 7 can trade it in for any other device at one of its stores. Verizon and AT&T later said that they too would let customers who felt uncomfortable with their replacement Note 7 exchange it for another phone. …
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The Galaxy Note 7 keeps turning up the heat on Samsung. The Korean electronics titan could face an unusual second recall of its Galaxy Note 7, according to Bloomberg, citing two former US safety officials. The Federal Aviation Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are investigating whether a replacement Galaxy Note 7 was the smoking phone that led …
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MacOS Sierra introduced two iCloud Drive features that are certainly convenient but are also certain to put you over the free 5GB iCloud storage limit. MacOS Sierra’s ability to sync your Desktop and Document folders to iCloud Drive and to optimize your Mac’s storage to free up some space will likely exceed 5GB sooner rather than later. An upgrade to …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have just showed us the future of selfies — and maybe of social networks, too. Long story short, Zuck expects people to start hanging out with their friends in VR spaces, each person represented by a cartoony avatar. Related coverage Oculus is Zuckerberg’s big bet on the future PlayStation VR is pretty damn cool Palmer …
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Samsung may have big changes in mind for its next flagship phone. While the tech giant has not officially announced the successor to the Galaxy S7 yet (which is expected to be named the Galaxy S8) a report from the Korean news publication ETNews is speculating that the next iteration will look a lot different. Several of the alleged changes …
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Samsung’s exploding Galaxy Note 7 doesn’t appear to have hurt the company’s earnings too much in the third quarter. The Korean electronics giant said Thursday that it expects its operating profit during the period to come in at 7.7 trillion won ($6.9 billion), a modest increase of about 5 percent compared with the same period last year. The guidance is …
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