Samsung and LG accused of collusion to keep employee wages down

A civil lawsuit has been filed against Samsung and LG as they have been accused of agreeing to not steal each other’s employees in the United States. This allegation is not that uncommon in Silicon Valley. Just last year, Apple and Google along with several other companies in Silicon Valley settled a similar lawsuit for $415 million. The case was based on a “no-poaching” pact between these companies which prohibited them from recruiting each other’s...

Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen officially launched

We first reported a couple of weeks ago that Samsung had a new Galaxy Tab A in the pipeline which features the same S Pen that it has introduced with the Galaxy Note 7. We’ve also posted some images of this tablet and now Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy Tab A (2016) with S Pen officially. Currently, the tablet has only been launched in its home market of South Korea but it goes without saying...

More than 70 Galaxy Note 7′s have caught fire in the United States

It has today been revealed that a little more than 70 Galaxy Note 7′s have caught fire in the United States since the device started shipping this time last month. That’s almost double the amount of incidents that Samsung reported when it revealed that the handset had a faulty battery on Thursday, September 1. This latest figure was released by Health Canada (the government agency responsible for consumer safety), in partnership...

Samsung nominates heir apparent Jay Y. Lee to company board seat

A major leadership move is underway at Samsung as heir apparent Jay Y. Lee has formally been nominated for a seat on the company’s Board of Directors today. He is the son of Samsung chairman Kun-Hee Lee and is widely believed to be the future leader of the company and the perfect candidate to take his father’s vision for the company forward. An Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders has been called next month where the nomination of Jay...

First leaked renders of the Galaxy A8 (2016) arrive

We first picked up on the Galaxy A8 (2016) about a month ago when benchmark results of the handset revealed some specifications. Samsung launched the Galaxy A8 in July last year so a refresh is due, particularly since other handsets in the Galaxy A series have already been refreshed for 2016. A few weeks ago the Galaxy A8 (2016) received its Bluetooth certification and made a pit stop at...

SamMobile Premium August giveaway winners

August is over, and we have selected the winners of the month’s SamMobile Premium giveaway! The prize for July was the Gear Fit 2, Samsung’s latest fitness tracker. Who got lucky? Well, here are the winners for August 2016! Username: ali_zaabiCountry: United Arab Emirates Username: flug1000Country: Austria Username: kareem Country: Egypt For this month (September), we will be giving the...

Market experts forecast significant contraction in smartphone market due to the Galaxy Note 7 recall

Most people would have immediately thought that the Galaxy Note 7 recall is going to benefit Apple as the iPhone 7 is being released in the midst of this entire debacle. Customers who might be considering to spend a bunch of money on Samsung’s latest flagship might now look towards Apple’s new flagship deterred by the possibility of the Galaxy Note 7′s battery exploding, even though Samsung has promised to replace each and every unit of the...

Samsung shares fall to lowest level in two months as investors price in Galaxy Note 7 recall

Things were looking great for Samsung last month. The Galaxy S7 was performing well and the Galaxy Note 7 had received a lot of praise soon after it was unveiled. Samsung shares were surging to new record highs as investors were bullish about the company’s continued sales momentum in the second half of this year. It all came crashing down when Samsung confirmed a battery cell issue with the Galaxy Note 7 which has forced it to recall and replace...

Samsung sells its printing business to HP for over $1 billion

Samsung today announced that it has reached an agreement to sell the entire global operations and assets of its printing business to HP in a deal valued over $1 billion. The company says that this deal is part of its efforts to focus more on its core business areas. With the approval of shareholders, Samsung will spin off the Printing Business Unit into a separate company and then sell a 100 percent stake in the newly created company and its...

Galaxy Note 7 remote deactivation reports refuted by Samsung

Samsung is now urging all Galaxy Note 7 owners to power down their devices and participate in the company’s exchange program as reports about the Galaxy Note 7 continue to come in even though the recall has been announced. It’s certainly in the company’s best interest to ensure that it replaces all Galaxy Note 7 units before someone seriously gets injured, or worse. A recent report suggested that for this purpose, Samsung will remotely...

09-12-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy A3, Galaxy A5, Galaxy Core Prime, and more

Samsung has a plethora of phones and tablets in its lineup and regularly releases firmware updates for various devices. These can include major updates, which bring a newer version of the OS to a particular device, or minor ones that improve performance and stability and fix bugs. Software updates for Samsung devices roll out in various regions every day, and you can find out which firmware updates were pushed out by the company over the...