Samsung reportedly has another high-end Chromebook in the pipeline

We picked up on a new Samsung Chromebook that the company quietly listed on its Korean website. The Samsung Chromebook Pro is a premium device that features a 12.3-inch touchscreen display with a 360-degree hinge, a 2GHz hexa-core processor with 4GB RAM and 32GB of internal storage as well as a stylus. It’s powered by Chrome OS and has the ability to run Android apps. Samsung is yet to officially announce this notebook so it’s unclear right...

New lawsuit alleges Samsung’s exploding issue isn’t just limited to the Galaxy Note 7

A new lawsuit filed in the US district court in California alleges that Samsung’s exploding issue isn’t just limited to the Galaxy Note 7. It claims that Samsung “chose to conceal the problem from the public … despite knowing the foreseeable and predictable risk that the phone may overheat, flame and destruct from the inside presenting a risk of serious harm or injury.” The lawsuit claims that a Galaxy S6 Active emitted a 5-inch high flame and...

The Galaxy S8 could pack an LG Chem battery

It’s been revealed that Samsung is considering using LG Chem batteries for the Galaxy S8. This news comes just one week after the firm announced that it’s ending production of the Galaxy Note 7 after replacements started catching fire. According to Maeil Business Newspaper, the company is attempting to strike a deal with LG Chem to provide the cells for what could be its only flagship smartphone to launch next year in a move...

Over a million people are still using the Galaxy Note 7

It’s believed that more than a million people worldwide are still using the Galaxy Note 7, despite the CPSC’s decision to issue a second official recall of the handset following numerous reports of replacement models bursting into flames without any warning. This latest statistic comes courtesy of South Korean publication Korea JoongAng Daily and cites customers who claim that they aren’t too keen on giving up their beloved Galaxy...

Samsung wants Silicon Valley to unite for building a 5G ecosystem

Samsung today hosted the first Silicon Valley 5G Summit, it was held at the Samsung Research American in San Jose, California. The company expects this summit to become an annual event which brings together global telecom industry leaders and calls on them for a united front in building the 5G ecosystem. More than 100 industry leaders gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges faced...

Samsung doesn’t want to replace items damaged by exploding Galaxy Note 7s

According to a new report published by The Guardian, Samsung’s insurance division isn’t willing to pay the replacement costs of items damaged by exploding Galaxy Note 7s. A faulty device reportedly caught fire in John Barwick’s house in Illinois spraying chemicals “all over [his] bed, mattress, curtains, and carpets,” which he believes will set him back around $9,000 to fix. When he Barwick contacted Samsung, he was eventually referred to a...

Samsung introduces the industry’s first 8GB LPDDR4 mobile DRAM package

Samsung has today announced the industry’s first 8-gigabyte (GB) LPDDR4 mobile DRAM package, which will greatly improve mobile user experiences on larger devices with an Ultra HD display. The 8GB DRAM package is constructed using four of the newest 16 -gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4 chips and the firm’s advanced 10nm-class process technology. “The advent of our powerful 8GB mobile DRAM solution will enable more capable next-generation, flagship...

Samsung issues a copyright claim against the video of a GTA V mod that turns the Galaxy Note 7 into a bomb

Remember the video of the Grand Theft Auto V mod that replaces the traditional in-game sticky bomb with a recalled Galaxy Note 7 that started making the rounds online a couple of weeks ago? If you don’t, there’s a good chance you’ve seen the clip without realizing it as it quickly went viral for poking harmless fun at Samsung’s ongoing exploding smartphone crisis. However, it would appear that the manufacturer didn’t...

Second Samsung Pay vulnerability discovered

A couple of months ago security researcher Salvador Mendoza claimed to have discovered a vulnerability in Samsung Pay which enabled hackers to steal credit cards wirelessly. Samsung did come out with a detailed response to his claims in order to reassure users that Samsung Pay was completely safe. Mendoza now claims to have discovered a second vulnerability in Samsung Pay which he will demonstrate at the Ekoparty security conference in...

Employees at Samsung’s mobile division fear job cuts and lost bonuses

Samsung’s mobile division is the Samsung Group’s cash cow as it accounts for nearly 70 percent of the conglomerate’s revenues which is why people who work in this division are often envied by their colleagues in other Samsung divisions. They were the ones who usually got hefty salaries and bonuses as the Group handsomely rewarded them for lifting Samsung’s brand to new heights. Now the over 26,000 employees who work in this division are being deemed...

The Galaxy Note 7 recall couldn’t have come at a worse time for Samsung

No company would ever want to go through the pain and loss of having to recall its flagship product on the best of days but when something like this happens at a time the company is already under pressure, it just makes it so much harder to steer the organization through it all. That’s really what happened with Samsung, the Galaxy Note 7 fiasco couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Korean giant. Investors in South Korea were already calling...

Someone made a smoking Galaxy Note 7 Halloween costume because why not

I’m pretty sure the Galaxy Note 7 has given a lot of people over at Samsung many sleepless nights, the entire fiasco was the stuff of nightmares to say the least. The Galaxy Note 7 is dead now but people are finding their own ways to pay homage to what might have been Samsung’s best flagship smartphone. One guy thought it would be cool to use the Galaxy Note 7 has a hand grenade in Grand Theft Auto 5 so he made a mod for that and Chris Killey came...

Gear S3 release expected by mid-November

It has been a couple of months since Samsung announced the Gear S3 smartwatch. The company said that the new wearable device would be released later this year but it hasn’t confirmed an official release date yet. There now appears to be some clarity on the matter. An unnamed Samsung executive has told a Korean news outlet that the Gear S3 is going to be released by mid-November, at least in some markets, which include the United States, South Korea...

Marshmallow still evades the Galaxy J3 (2016) in Europe

The Galaxy J3 (2016) is an entry-level smartphone from Samsung’s budget Galaxy J series. It has been out for quite a few months now, in some markets the handset is being shipped with Marshmallow installed straight out of the box. However, users in Europe haven’t been that lucky as the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update still evades the Galaxy J3 (2016) in this particular region. Samsung today rolled...

Samsung really needs to ‘adopt’ Marshmallow’s adoptable storage feature

Google doesn’t like expandable storage. The Android maker has long argued that the presence of two different types of storage on a smartphone makes it a confusing prospect for the end user, but if we look at the business side of things, it’s clearly Google’s love for and dependence on the cloud that has dictated its decision to not add support for expandable storage on Nexus (and its new Pixel) devices. But Android itself has supported external storage...

Wallpaper Wednesday: Black and White

Welcome to the latest edition of Wallpaper Wednesday. This week we’re focusing our attention on six black and white backgrounds. All images are available in a FHD resolution, which is a perfect fit for the Galaxy S7, Galaxy S7 edge, Galaxy Note 5 and other flagships, but they can, of course, be used on different smartphones too. If any of the following images...

10-19-2016 Firmware Updates: Galaxy S6 edge, Galaxy Tab S, Galaxy J5, 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...