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Samsung will sell a refurbished version of the Note 7 to address environmental concerns
The final chapter of Samsung’s lengthy Note 7 saga apparently has yet to be written. Following pressure from environmental groups that culminated with a on-site protester at the company’s Mobile World Congress press event, Samsung has confirmed its intentions to re-release the Note 7 back into the wild in refurbished form. Read More
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Samsung records highest profit jump in 3 years
Samsung today recorded its biggest leap in profits for three years,up 50 percent year-on-year, showing that there is far more to the company than the Galaxy Note 7 saga. Samsung reportedly concludes ‘irregularly sized’ batteries caused Galaxy Note 7 explosions
Airlines can now stop making those pre-flight warnings about the Galaxy Note 7
Verizon won’t push Samsung’s Note 7 bricking update, but the other carriers will
Early this morning Samsung announced plans to finally extinguish the on-going fire that is the Note 7 once and for all here in the States by way of a software update that won’t allow the troubled phone to charge at all. Apparently not everyone involved is onboard with the move. Verizon (the parent company to TechCrunch’s parent company) quickly issued a follow up statement, citing… Read More
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Obama roasts Samsung over burning phones
The president just made a joke about Samsung’s ongoing exploding-phone problem during a speech. If this isn’t peak Note 7, I don’t know what is. Samsung offers U.S. Note 7 owners $100 to buy another Samsung
After the flaming disaster of the defective Galaxy Note 7, which earlier this week drove Samsung to nix production of the device for good, the South Korean electronics giant is upping its damage limitation strategy by offering a larger credit note for consumers who do not abandon its brand. Read More
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Samsung says half of recalled Note 7s in the US have been exchanged – mostly for new Note 7s
In case you were wondering when you’ll stop receiving those “please turn off your Samsung Galaxy Note 7” warnings before takeoff, well, we’re halfway there. Samsung announced today that “about half” of the affected phones — they mean to say, the exploding ones — have been exchanged. Read More
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The flaming train wreck that is the Galaxy Note 7 recall finally has its official stamp of approval from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and there’s now a hard date for when you can swap your phone for a new one: September 21.