Home 2017
Archives
Samsung looking to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7 devices
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 debacle of 2016 hardly needs an introduction. The question since the recall has always been what Samsung would do with all of these recalled devices -- highlighted by...
Analysis: Was it Samsung’s ambition that ultimately led to the demise of the Galaxy...
We know, we know. The coverage (and sensationalist reporting by others) around the Note 7 has gone on for long enough, and this will likely be our last coverage of the topic; we feel,...
Battery defects were the cause of Samsung Note 7 issues
At a press conference streamed out of South Korea this afternoon, Samsung has confirmed that it was battery manufacturing defects which led to the widely publicised issues befalling the Galaxy Note 7, and its...
Samsung’s Note 7 report may have leaked early, unsurprisingly naming that battery as the...
It's been months since the second recall of the Note 7 and even longer since the original issues surrounding emerged. Since then we've heard nothing but conjecture about the cause of the issues, was...
Report suggests aggressive design may have been Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s downfall
While we await Samsung's report into what happened with the Galaxy Note 7 (promised by the end of the year), others aren't waiting for the explanation for the Note 7's notorious battery and self...
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 To Be Cut Off From Australian Networks
To say the exploding Samsung Galaxy Note7 has been a fiasco is an understatement. All along though, Samsung has tried to do the right thing by their customers. After the recall, there are still some...
Samsung takes out full-page apology ads in the US following Note 7 issues
Samsung is moving quickly to put the Note 7 disaster behind it, and as part of that process, the South Korean company has taken out full-page ads in major US publications including the Wall...
Samsung Australia will update all Australian Note7s to mitigate risk of battery failure
The writing is on the wall for owners of replacement Samsung Note 7 phones with the electronics giant announcing today that they will be releasing an update to all replacement Note 7s in Australia...
Rumour: Samsung is reportedly looking at releasing just one flagship device next year
After what has been a very disastrous final 3 months for Samsung with Galaxy Note 7's suddenly exploding and catching fire, reports are surfacing from Korean news outlet, The Korean Herald, reporting that Samsung...
Samsung Australia gives us an update on the Note 7 and air travel In...
Unless you've had your head buried in the sand over the last few weeks you will have heard about the cases of the exploding Galaxy Note7's. On October 12, Samsung Australia recalled all Galaxy...
Developing: Samsung tested the Note 7 batteries in house
Now that Samsung has made the move to globally recall the Galaxy Note 7 (a second time), and cancel production of the line entirely, the process has moved to figuring out how this problem...
Samsung is giving Galaxy S7 users a taste of the Note 7 software
While Samsung has killed off its phablet flagship device, the Galaxy Note 7, reports are starting to come in from Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge users saying that Samsung is releasing software updates that...
Samsung’s mobile chief Koh Dong-Jin pledges to restore consumer trust
Samsung Mobile's chief DJ Koh has been with the company a while, since 1984 in fact, and he has achieved great things while in charge of Samsung's mobile division, counting the Samsung Galaxy S6...
Qantas and Virgin have banned passengers from carrying Galaxy Note 7 on flights
Following the FAA's move to ban Samsung's troubled phone from American flights, Australia's flag carrier has taken its own steps to ban all passengers from carrying the Galaxy Note 7 on any Qantas or Jetstar...
Galaxy Note 7s are now banned from all flights in the USA
If you're headed to the USA anytime soon and you're stubborn enough to have not returned you Galaxy Note 7, as advised by basically everyone on the planet, then you may want to take...