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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 to be Revealed Next Month
Galaxy Note 8 The long awaited Samsung Galaxy Note 8 has been the talk of the mobile world lately. Sources suggest that the device will be revealed at Samsung’s ‘Unpacked’ event on August 23. However, the majority of the details of the phone are already known. End of an Explosive…
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Samsung Killing Off All Remaining Note 7’s Starting Next Week
When it was launched in fall 2016, the Note 7 was regarded as one of the best phones ever released, but starting next week, Samsung is killing off all remaining Note 7’s. Late in 2016 and earlier this year, Samsung released a mandatory software update to Note 7’s in the…
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Researchers Create Battery With Built-In Fire Extinguisher
Researchers from Stanford University have developed a battery that contains its own fire extinguishing unit. The battery includes triphenyl phosphate, a flame retardant compound, within a shell, suspended inside the electrolyte. A significant rise in temperature is enough to melt that shell, releasing the triphenyl phosphate to quell the fire.…
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Samsung Wants to Kill off Remaining Galaxy Note 7s in the US
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco was nothing short of a tragedy. It caused injuries, it put so many people in harm’s way, and it cost the company dearly in terms of revenue and brand image, and even though Samsung has issued a recall for these devices and even offered…
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Exploding iPhone 7 Torches Car
Anything Samsung can do, Apple can do better; following on from multiple reports of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones – incidents which caused the Korean tech giant to recall the handset and cease production – an Australian surfer claims that his iPhone 7 burst into flames and destroyed his…
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Samsung Offers Free Galaxy S8 to Note 7 Owners
Samsung, now oin full damage-control mode, is reportedly offering owners of its defective Galaxy Note 7 smartphone – which was recalled and discontinued due to its exploding battery – a Galaxy S8 handset as a free replacement once the new phone is launched in early 2017. “The new compensation program is…
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Samsung Pull YouTube Videos of GTA V Note 7 Grenade Mod
Samsung really doesn’t like the fact that their exploding phones have become a bit of a meme, and they really don’t like it that some talented modders have been turning grenades in GTA V into Samsung’s Note 7 phone. Beyond that, they really hate it when all these worlds come…
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Note 7 Owners Launch Class Action Lawsuit Against Samsung
Galaxy Note 7 owners have launched a class action lawsuit against Samsung after at least 112 of the smartphone handset models have exploded. The suit, launched by three plaintiffs in New Jersey, US, accuses Samsung of not acting quickly enough when first reports of defective handsets became public, leaving them…
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Samsung Opens Note 7 Exchange Program at Airports
Things have certainly gone from bad to worse for Samsung, and they haven’t been showing much sign of improvement with Note 7 devices proving extremely dangerous, and their global recall program not being successful in getting all the devices back. Now it looks like Samsung is taking the fight to…
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Bringing a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on a Plane now a Federal Crime
Whiles there are surely few people stupid enough to keep hold of a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone – at risk of the handset’s battery either bursting into flames or emitting toxic smoke – following the Korean company globally recalling the faulty device and permanently ceasing its production, those who…
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Samsung Kills Galaxy Note 7 for Good
Samsung has revealed that it is ceasing production of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone for good, after a number of the handsets exploded, burst into flames, or expelled dangerous smoke. Yesterday, the Korean company claimed that the halt on production of the Note 7 was merely temporary while it investigated…
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Samsung Halts Galaxy Note 7 Production
It seems like things are going from bad, to worse and beyond for Samsung in the last few weeks. First, we had reports that their phones were exploding, then they issued a global recall, issued a lot of replacement phones, which have also been exploding, and there are even stories…
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Replaced Galaxy Note 7 Explodes on Southwest Flight
One of the major stories over the past while has been Samsung’s ongoing battery problems. Due to a fault with the internal battery, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 had the potential to spontaneously combust and explode. This has since led to a global recall of over 2.5 million devices which is still ongoing…
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Exploding Note 7 Phones Burns 6-Year-Old Boy and Blows up a Jeep
A six-year-old boy in Brooklyn, New York, was hospitalised with burns after a Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone exploded in his hand, while on the same day a faulty Note 7 caused a Jeep in Saint Petersberg, Florida to burst into flames. The Brooklyn boy was using the Note 7…
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Galaxy Note 7 Recall to Cost Samsung $1 Billion
Samsung is set to take a $1 billion hit following its decision to recall its potentially faulty Galaxy Note 7 smartphones after a number of handsets exploded while charging, reports Bloomberg. The news comes as a huge blow to the Korean company, which was on the up following the great…
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