Month: October 2016
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Samsung is going to recycle all Galaxy Note 7 handsets
Samsung hammered the final nail in the Galaxy Note 7′s coffin when it confirmed that the handset is no longer going to be produced or sold. The Galaxy Note 7 is dead and those who are still holding on to their original or replacement unit are now urged to immediately stop using it and take…
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Samsung permanently shuts down the Galaxy Note7
Samsung has announced that it is ending the production of the Galaxy Note7 and permanently discontinuing it worldwide. The decision comes immediately after the company issued a press release asking users to power down all original and replaced Note7 units, and for retailers and career partners to stop sales and exchanges of the smartphone. “We…
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Samsung boost up Galaxy S7 production to cover loss from the Galaxy Note 7
Samsung today announced that it will no longer produce and sell the Galaxy Note 7. Analysts expect that the financial impact from lost sales will be as high as $17 billion. It’s interesting how Samsung was able to make its best and worst performing device in the same year. The Galaxy S7 series was launched earlier…
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New Xiaomi phone with octa-core SoC and 3GB RAM
A new Xiaomi smartphone has leaked online. The device is powered by an octa-core 2.2GHz processor (said to be Helio P20 chipset), and has 3GB RAM and 64GB internal memory. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow-based MIUI 8 and also supports VoLTE. Following are some other leaked images of the handset, which is said to be…
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Oppo R9s to have Sony IMX398 camera sensor
The Oppo R9s is not exactly a secret – aside from the leaks, there’s already been a TV commercial running in China. The logical next step has followed and the company has sent out invites for the launch event, scheduled to be held on October 19. That’s not all, however. Apparently, the smartphone’s camera will…