Samsung to gamble by delaying the Galaxy S8 and sticking with the Note brand
Samsung has defied the Note7 debacle to increase its profits by 50%, but there are plenty more challenges to come for its mobile business and elsewhere.
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Investigation concludes Note7s exploded due to manufacturing errors – well, duh!
Samsung has announced it will unveil the results of an investigation into the exploding Note7 debacle next week but the WSJ has stolen its fire, so to speak.
Samsung boss dodges corruption bullet for now
The corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye also threatened the Vice-Chairman of Samsung Electronics Lee Jae-yong.
Samsung Galaxy Note7 moves one place down the US aviation sh*t-list
One small part of Samsung’s humiliation over the incendiary Note7 has elapsed with the US government no longer requiring US airlines to make shrill announcements about the device.
Huawei and Samsung celebrate smartphone strength
Huawei is crowing about out-performing the smartphone market while Samsung Electronics has seen its profits jump by 50%.
The news you might have missed over Christmas
While the majority of us were working our ways through a mountain of turkey, some poor sods were still in work making sure everything still worked.
VR wars! Samsung, Facebook and Google go toe-to-toe with Intel and Microsoft
It’s fight night and war is in the air as the consumer tech industry has divided into factions to battle for the future of VR.
Samsung review aims to put 2016 firmly in rear-view mirror
The Samsung management team has confirmed rumours it is considering a structural overhaul of the business after a pretty disastrous year for one of the worlds technology giants.
Major Samsung Electronics reorg imminent amid existential crisis
The serious-yet-perpetually-hilarious fire burning around Samsung’s fudged Note 7 crises, coupled with growing political scandal, has allegedly forced Samsung to consider divvying up its Electronics biz.
Samsung bets $8 billion on connected cars with Harman acquisition
It looks like the Note7 debacle didn’t exhaust all of Samsung’s spending money as it drops eight big ones on the connected car and audio market.
Samsung looking to AI to reboot its devices reputation
Samsung has announced plans to incorporate an artificial intelligence personal assistant into its next major release as it attempts to rebuild its position in the market following a tough few weeks.
Samsung takes spotlight off burning phones with $1bn chip investment
If ever there was a need for a company to generate some positive headlines it is Samsung. The team has recently announced plans to invest $1 billion in its Austin, Texas, semiconductor factory during the first half of 2017.
Samsung wants to be the 5G daddy
Desperate to move the conversation away from incendiary devices, Samsung hosted the first Silicon Valley 5G Summit this week.
Nobody wants to go anywhere near a Note7
Yup, you’re stuck with it. It’s time to put it at the bottom of your freezer and leave it there forever, because no one is letting these things go anywhere.
Samsung will burn through an additional $3 billion from Note7 woes
Having decided to consign the Note7 to a flame-proof dustbin Samsung has wasted little time in confessing the extent of its financial impact.
Note7 disaster cuts Samsung Q3 profits by $2.3 billion
On a calamitous day for quarterly earnings guidance Samsung has written off 2.6 trillion Korean Won ($2.3 billion) on the back of its decision to pull the plug on the Galaxy Note7.
Samsung shares plunge 7.5% as it discontinues the Note7 permanently
It’s starting to look like Samsung is ready to write the whole thing off as a hideous nightmare with sales halted and no other solution in sight.
Come on Samsung, this is getting silly now
There have been multiple reports of the new, supposedly safe, Galaxy Note7s overheating and catching fire – reigniting a crisis that was supposed to be over.
Samsung says ‘how do you like them apples?’ with Viv acquisition
That was quick! Just days after Google threw Samsung under a bus by going it alone with the AI-powered Pixel handset, Samsung has got its retaliation in.
Samsung attempts to snatch victory from jaws of melting Note7 defeat
You’ve got to give Samsung top marks for sheer gall. Less than a month after the Note7 debacle the company is claiming a win from the fact that most people accepted a replacement device.
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