Over 2.7 million Galaxy Note 7 devices returned as recall enters the final stretch

It has almost been three months since Samsung confirmed that it was recalling the Galaxy Note 7 for good and that the device was being discontinued. Those who own one are repeatedly being reminded to power down the device and take part in the refund and exchange program. Samsung has said today that more than 2.7 million units of the Galaxy Note 7 have been returned out of the roughly 3.06 million units sold worldwide after the handset was released. The...

Samsung may be thinking about spinning off its foundry business

Samsung has been working on a complex restructuring program for quite some time now. The company has been selling divisions that are weighing down its core businesses and has been taking additional steps to adopt a leaner corporate structure. A new report suggests that Samsung is thinking about reorganizing its foundry business that comes under the System LSI division to systematically grow this business. Samsung is reportedly planning to separate...

Free watch face platform Facer now available for the Gear S2 and Gear S3

Have you been feeling a bit short on watch faces for your Samsung smartwatch? Perhaps you might like to give Facer a try. For those who are unaware, Facer is a leading watch face customization platform which supports major smartwatch platforms and provides thousands of watch faces for free. Premium watch faces are also available for puchase. The creator tool can be used to easily create watch faces...

Samsung Pay beta is now live in Malaysia

Samsung confirmed in October that it’s expanding Samsung Pay to three additional countries: Russia, Thailand and Malaysia. It promised that the service would go live in all three countries by the end of this year. Samsung fans in Malaysia will be delighted to know that Samsung Pay has finally landed in their country, albeit in beta. The company is yet to officially launch its mobile payments service in the country but it’s conducting beta trials...

US carriers confirm release dates for last Galaxy Note 7 update

Samsung is going to release the last update for the Galaxy Note 7 next week in the United States. The update will leave the device incapable of charging and functioning as a mobile device by cutting network access. It’s going to work with the country’s major carriers to release it within 30 days. Verizon, the country’s largest carrier, has already said that it’s not going to release this update on its network while rivals AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile...