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Late last month, the OnePlus Nord 2 was announced as a feature-packed mid-range phone with a compelling price tag. The smartphone features a MediaTek Dimensity 1200-AI SoC, a 6.43-inch Full HD OLED 90Hz display, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage.
Also in the mix is a 4,500 mAh battery that supports Warp Charge 65 fast...
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After last year's fiery Galaxy Note 7 disaster, many didn't know whether the "Note" brand was damaged forever or if Samsung would be able to shake off the bad press and move forward. Well, it looks though it’ll take more than battery fires to keep people away, as Samsung just announced that the Galaxy Note 8 has set a new preorder record for
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Samsung announces its brand-new Galaxy Note 8 flagship earlier this week, and why we all knew that the smartphone wouldn’t be cheap, many shuddered at its ~$950 price tag. However, there is a way to get the Galaxy Note 8 at a steep discount, although you will have to trade in your existing smartphone to take advantage...
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The wait is nearly over for Samsung’s next generation stylus-equipped flagship smartphone. A new report says that the South Korean electronics giant has penciled in Wednesday, August 23rd as the unveil date for the Galaxy Note 8.
Samsung is expected to adopt the design language of the Galaxy S8 family for the...
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Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Note Fan Edition (FE), thereby affirming its belief in resurrection, at least as it applies to the ill-fated Galaxy Note 7. The new Galaxy Note FE is Samsung's attempt at an "eco-friendly project," and though not stated, also as a way to mitigate the losses from its Galaxy...
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The Galaxy Note 7 is a black eye for Samsung, one that largely faded with the release of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. And when the Galaxy Note 8 comes out, it will have nearly faded away completely, save for the history books. That said, the Galaxy Note 7 was actually a really good handset, save for its nasty habit...
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Samsung’s nightmarish Galaxy Note 7 saga is far from over. After an explosive launch in September of last year, numerous battery fires brought a lot of negative attention to the Samsung brand and the company lost millions as a result of the subsequent recalls and replacement smartphones and cash offered to affected...
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We are just a few days away from the official launch of the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, but one previously launched (and notorious) Samsung smartphone is still making news over six months after it was first unveiled. Samsung today confirmed that it intends to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7 smartphones dependent on...
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Samsung may have been the poster child for electronics battery fires in 2016 with its Galaxy Note 7, but Apple is taking quick action to ensure that one incident involving an iPhone 7 Plus is just a fluke. An Arizona teen recently posted a video to Twitter which showed her iPhone 7 Plus in a bathroom with white smoke...
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We thought that we had heard the last of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7, but it looks as though the story just won’t die. When we last visited the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung confirmed that the smartphone’s fiery temper was the result of irregularly-sized batteries and other manufacturing irregularities.
While the cause of the...
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At long last, we have some details on why exactly some of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 devices were prone to overheating and catching fire, including replacement handsets that used batteries from a different manufacturer. Samsung has completed its investigation and determined that irregularly sized battery packs were to...
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By this point, you would think that anyone with more than a few marbles rolling around in their head would have turned in their Samsung Galaxy Note 7 by now. Samsung has gone above and beyond to give affected customers credits, gift cards, and even replacements in the form of Galaxy S7 or Galaxy S7 Edge...
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According to a new report out of South Korea, Samsung has come to a conclusion on the cause for the Galaxy Note 7 fires that caused such a ruckus during the closing months of 2016. Surprise, surprise: it was batteries all along.
Although Samsung isn’t expected to release its official findings until January 23rd, a...
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The ongoing Galaxy Note 7 saga appears to be finally winding down. In its most recent earnings forecast, Samsung has already recovered financially from the explosive fiasco and is looking ahead to record profits. Likewise, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is ending the pre-boarding practice that required...
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Things were looking pretty grim for Samsung when it threw in the towel and issued a global recall for its fire prone Galaxy Note 7 devices after failing to fix the problem with an initial round of replacements. Despite the setback, Samsung reported preliminary fourth-quarter operating income of 9.2 trillion won...
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It has now been over two months since Samsung issued a global recall for its fire prone Galaxy Note 7 handset and there is still no explanation as to what was causing the batteries in affected units to overheat. That is important information, both for Samsung and the general public who want reassurance this was a one...
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Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 was one of the most spectacular flops to hit the tech circle during 2016. What looked to be a promising flagship device was ultimately undone by internal batteries that had a tendency to overheat, causing the Galaxy Note 7 to burst into flames.
With all the negativity surrounding Samsung...
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It is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt, right? Luckily no one was injured during a Virgin America flight on Tuesday when the crew suspected one of the passengers of bringing a recalled Galaxy Note 7 on board the plane. There was no Galaxy Note 7 (our full review, pre-explosion events) handset to be found...
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Earlier today, we reported that Samsung will be issuing an update to all remaining Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that will effectively brick them. We assumed that all U.S. carriers would be taking part in order to get as many of these fire-prone devices as possible off the street.
Well, we were definitely wrong...
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The nightmarish Galaxy Note 7 saga is finally coming to an end. While Samsung has recalled the smartphone, which had a fiery launch over the summer, there are still some customers out there that are inexplicably holding on to the devices. And there’s still the slight possibility that unsold inventory could find its...
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In attempt to clot the wound inflicted by the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, Samsung has ponied up for full-page apology ads in several major newspapers in the United States. The ads, which run in print (as opposed to online), only address the Galaxy Note 7 and not the 2.8 million top-loading washing machines Samsung recently...
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Samsung can thank its lucky stars that it is not singularly focused on the smartphone market. Had that been the case, its third quarter earnings report would have been devastating. As it stands, the South Korean electronics and semiconductor outfit saw its third quarter profit slip 30 percent to 5.2. trillion won...
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