As Samsung struggles to recover from the Note 7 debacle, a new smartphone controversy might be just around the corner. Several reports of the LG V20's camera glass shattering after small drops, scratches, or even as a result of simply ...
Tags: Samsung, Camera Glass
We all know the drill when it comes to smartphone launches these days: a cavalcade of leaks reveals all the details about the handset, then it gets officially introduced. But Samsung, perhaps a bit touchy following the Note 7 explosion ...
Samsung’s Galaxy S8 has the potential to be way more powerful (or have a much better battery life) than its predecessor thanks to brand new chip technology. Starting today, Samsung is manufacturing the industry’s first chips ...
Google Pixel XL vs Samsung Galaxy Note 7: Which big Android phone deserves your cash this year? We rather like Samsung's Galaxy Note 7. It's high-specced, looks gorgeous and has the best camera on the market. But there's a new ...
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BlackBerry has been undergoing a few changes of late, announcing the closure of its hardware division last month and releasing two new Android phones this year that were basically rebranded Alcatel handsets. But it seems the former ...
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Amazon has been found guilty of shipping dangerous goods by air, and now has to cough up serious cash in penance. A UK court has ordered Amazon to pay £65,000 in fines after the online retailer tried to transport flammable aerosols ...
The Korean Agency for Technology and Standards has ordered Samsung and its battery suppliers to X-ray batteries in Note 7 handsets following a global recall of the phones. As reported by the Wall Street Journal, the South Korean firm has ...
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Samsung has lifted the lid on dodgy reports from users claiming that their Galaxy Note 7 handsets caught fire. According to ZDnet, Samsung has received a total of 26 “false reports” from apparent Note 7 customers since the ...
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Reports over the weekend have detailed a strange hissing phenomenon as pertains to the newly released Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus handsets. First spotted and recorded by Stephen Hackett of 512 Pixels, the handset appears to hiss like ...
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Everything you need to know about the Google Pixel and Pixel XL Google’s Pixel and Pixel XL phones are nearly here, so here’s everything you need to know about the Google Pixel release date, specs, features, and price. ...
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It turns out that using the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 on US airlines is illegal. The Federal Aviation Administration has warned airlines that their passengers shouldn’t be using the Galaxy Note 7 in-flight. The guidance comes after ...
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Shipments of handsets, mostly smartphone models, by Taiwan-based handset makers are expected to peak at 14.49 million units in the third quarter of 2016 before sliding to 13.47 million units in the fourth quarter, according to an estimate ...
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Prices for handset peripheral chips have started to fall, squeezing further profits generated from phones, according to industry sources. Peripheral ICs for handsets include power management ICs, radio-frequency (RF) chips, modem chips, ...
Earlier this year, reputed tipster Evan Blass gave us our first hint that HTC was working on a new upper mid-range counterpart to the HTC 10: the Desire 10. Now, according to a report from VentureBeat, it has emerged the company is ...
Tags: HTC 10, new phones, VentureBeat
For fiscal first-quarter 2017 (to 2 July 2016), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $697.6m, up ...