Samsung withdraws from top business lobby following corruption scandal

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has withdrawn its membership from the top business lobby of South Korea after the Federation of Korean Industries was also blamed for its role in the country’s corruption scandal that has resulted in the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. Samsung has submitted a formal document of withdrawal to the federation and other affiliates of the Samsung Group are expected to do the same very soon. This wasn’t...

South Korea reaches similar conclusion, says battery to blame for Note 7 fires

The South Korean government also launched an investigation into the Galaxy Note 7 fires after Samsung discontinued the handset last year and said that it would conduct a thorough investigation into the matter. Samsung released the report of its Galaxy Note 7 investigation a couple of weeks back and explained that the battery was the culprit. The state-run Korean Agency for Technology and Standards has reached the same conclusion. The country’s Ministry...

Galaxy S8 Plus expected to outperform the Galaxy S8 this year

When it launched the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge back in 2015, Samsung made a miscalculation. It thought that since the Galaxy S6 edge was more expensive than the Galaxy S6, customers were going to prefer the latter more. That didn’t turn out to be the case. It became evident soon after launch that customers preferred the more expensive but arguably more stylish Galaxy S6 edge with its dual-edge curved display. Samsung missed out on a lot of...

Galaxy C5 Pro may arrive in markets outside China

We first reported exclusively in September last year that Samsung had the Galaxy C5 Pro in the pipeline. There have been a lot of rumors and reports about this handset ever since. Samsung may only launch it in China initially but we’ve now spotted something that suggests the company might launch the Galaxy C5 Pro in markets outside the People’s Republic. The Galaxy C5 Pro model number SM-C5010 was...

Official Galaxy S8 cases possibly leaked

We still have to wait for about a month or so before Samsung will officially unveil the Galaxy S8. A purported live picture of the handset was leaked recently and it may have provided us our first proper look at the upcoming flagship. We saw in that leaked picture that Samsung had ditched the home button and repositioned the fingerprint sensor on the back alongside the camera. Images of what are claimed...