SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics announced Thursday that it will start to offer its flagship Galaxy Note 7 in a new color, Black Onyx, on Friday. The smartphone giant resumed sales of the Galaxy Note 7 on October 1 following weeks of controversy resulting from some of its phablets catching fire. The [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 defeated Apple Inc’s iPhone 7 Plus in the latest drop test, the U.S.-based IT media said Friday, following a global recall of the Android-based phablets due to possible battery problems. The two high-end models were dropped from one meter up on the back, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 25 percent of Galaxy Note 7 owners in South Korea have swapped their used phablets for new ones three days after Samsung Electronics Co. began a replacement program as part of a global recall over possible battery problems, industry officials said Thursday. The number of Note 7 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that it has decided to launch media advertisements to apologize for the ongoing global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones. The world’s largest smartphone maker said it will soon run an advertisement in major media outlets to offer an apology for causing discomfort [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Three days after Samsung advised its customers to stop using their Galaxy Note 7s and exchange them for temporary Samsung smartphones until the issues with the Note 7 are addressed, not many were found to have followed the guidelines. The Korean tech giant posted an online notice to its [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The mass recall of the Galaxy Note 7 smartphones over a battery problem has not largely affected foreign consumer loyalty to Samsung Electronics Co.’s brand, separate online surveys by Internet news websites showed Monday. According to an online survey of 11,621 Internet users by a U.S. technology news website, [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Thursday it has no plan to ban the use of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy Note 7 on planes following the company’s global recall of the smartphones for battery problems. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that it has been reviewing whether to prevent people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung has impressed consumers with iris-scanning technology and dust and water-proof enclosures in its premium phones, and LG, with its dual camera and improved audio capabilities (in the new V20). But how long will these latest technologies remain as signature features exclusive to individual models of premium smartphones? Thinking [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release a deep black Galaxy Note 7 smartphone next month as scheduled, despite the current global recall over a battery problem, a company official said Wednesday. The Note 7 is available in four colors — Black Onyx, Silver Titanium, Gold Platinum and Blue Coral. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics may be praised for its swift decision to recall faulty Galaxy Note 7 phablets, but its affiliate Samsung SDI (SSDI), which was responsible for the production of some of the defective batteries, is facing a crisis. According to industry watchers, SSDI has tentatively halted its supply of [...]