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Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall reaches Canada, as US overheating report count...
Remember how quickly the Galaxy Note 7 explosion frenzy escalated, from one or two reported cases to 35 worldwide, at which point Samsung pulled the plug on sales and started recalling potentially...
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Still unwilling to return your Galaxy Note 7? Software update will soon limit...
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and while Samsung insists no potentially hazardous Galaxy Note 7 units will be remotely deactivated, some kind of a backup plan needs to be worked out to...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 now caught on camera randomly exploding in public
We’re going to be brutally honest with you off the bat here. Sometimes, electronic devices will break sans an apparent cause. And in very rare cases, they’ll do so by overheating, catching fire and,...
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Samsung also recalls some Galaxy Note 7 units sold in China, pulls Korean TV ads
If you were expecting some long overdue positive development on the exploding Samsung phone news front, we guess you’ll just have to wait until next week, when replacements for faulty Galaxy Note 7...
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Yet another exploding Galaxy Note 7 deemed prime suspect for Florida car fire
Roughly 2.5 million Galaxy Note 7 units sold by Samsung from Korea to the US, Canada, Australia and Continue reading »The post Yet another exploding Galaxy Note 7 deemed prime suspect for Florida car...
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Galaxy Note 7 not safe to use on NY trains and buses, new battery icons...
It’s perhaps needless to stress that, wherever or however you might intend to travel, by car, bus, train or plane, continuing to use and especially charging potentially hazardous Galaxy Note 7 units...
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iPhone 7 launches tomorrow, HTC’s onslaught of phones, and grading Note 7...
We’re running a special segment this week to discuss Samsung and the response to the Note 7. Is the media doing a fair job in reporting on these incidents? Has Samsung responded appropriately? Is...
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US Galaxy Note 7 recall turns governmental, 92 incidents reported,...
Enough confusion, speculation, mixed public messages, and failed attempts at containing one of the biggest scandals in the smartphone ... Continue reading »The post US Galaxy Note 7 recall turns...
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Samsung now faces Galaxy Note 7 explosion allegations in China
Will the madness and uncertainty ever end? Can Samsung still regain the trust of millions of endangered customers, as well as a few who were actually physically injured by faulty Galaxy Note 7 units...
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Comprehensive Bloomberg report goes behind the scenes of the Galaxy Note 7...
Samsung’s reaction to the whole Galaxy Note 7 chain-of-explosions debacle was certainly prompt and fair, with all buyers offered full refunds off the bat or eventual safe-to-use replacement devices,...
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More Galaxy Note 7 US exchange issues come to light, Chinese fire debunked
There’s both bad and good news to report on the global Galaxy Note 7 recall front, as Samsung continues to make it difficult for some of the hazardous phablet’s owners to return and quickly exchange...
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Galaxy Note 7 found not guilty of torching Jeep after ‘thorough investigation’
Any die-hard fan of classic legal TV shows like “Law & Order”, “Ally McBeal” or “Damages”, as well as viewers of the surprising recent limited hit “The People v. O.J. Simpson”, know there’s more...
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Samsung and Google provide clarity on safe Galaxy Note 7 icons and symbols
Samsung sure made a lot of errors in judgment both before and after releasing the “game-changing” Galaxy Note 7 with an insufficiently inspected battery, most recently failing to set up a proper...
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Galaxy Note 7 US exchanges now in full swing, Verizon and Sprint even reboot...
It’s no longer a big secret that Samsung made quite a mess of its otherwise honorable voluntary Galaxy Note 7 recall, especially stateside, but ever since the Consumer Product Safety Commission came...
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‘At least’ 26 claimed Galaxy Note 7 fires deemed hoaxes by Samsung
Despite an estimated $1 billion initial recall cost, $26 billion of market value lost just like that as of last week, and numerous PR blunders bound to translate into even more “heartbreaking”...
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Exchanged Galaxy Note 7 US tally reaches 500K, global sales restart to take...
Recalling every potentially faulty Galaxy Note 7 unit around the world certainly took guts, as Samsung yielded to a “heartbreaking” direct financial loss of at least $1 billion, not to mention...
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‘Isolated’ cases of malfunctioning new Galaxy Note 7 units now reported in Korea
With half of the roughly one million defective Galaxy Note 7 devices sold in the US already exchanged, according to Samsung’s latest head count, several claimed fires and explosions deemed hoaxes, and...
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All-new Amazon Fire TV Stick costs $40 with Alexa voice remote bundled in
‘Tis the season for streaming media player releases, with Amazon today following Roku’s suit in attempting to steal Google and Apple’s thunder. But the full-sized Fire TV set-top box already picked up...
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Slowly but surely, Samsung closes in on Galaxy Note 7 recall completion
Roughly four weeks ago, Samsung dropped the bombshell. But (way too) many Galaxy Note 7 owners either didn’t care about the risks of hanging on to their potentially explosive phablets, or simply...
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Samsung insists there’s nothing wrong with battery inside Chinese Galaxy Note 7
Samsung’s smartphones will probably be scrutinized for many years to come on the heels of a Galaxy Note 7 overheating scandal that refuses to go away even as the Korean tech giant makes decent headway...
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