Samsung Galaxy Note 9 blows up in purse, victim sues
A New York woman claims the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 phone "spontaneously combusted" in her purse, calling back to the Galaxy Note 7 debacle.
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Stephen Silver
Samsung to launch Galaxy Note 8 in August, ahead of Apple's 'iPhone 8'
Samsung will hold a New York City launch event for the Galaxy Note 8 in the second half of August, about a month ahead of the announcement of Apple's new iPhones, according to one report.
Roger Fingas
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 battery fire lawsuits spreading to Galaxy Note 5, S6, S7 models
Hot on the heels of the devastating recall that stopped sales of Galaxy Note 7, Samsung is now facing additional lawsuits that allege the company was aware of battery overheating and fire hazards for years—including its Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge+, S6 Active, S7, S7 Edge, S7 Active and Note 5—but failed to address the issue or warn customers. Legal action has now spread to multiple class action cases in three different states.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 7 gets Bluetooth SIG certification ahead of relaunch
Samsung's plan to start selling a refurbished version of the ill-fated Note 7 smartphone is getting closer to completion, with the renamed 'Galaxy Note 7R' receiving approval from the Bluetooth SIG ahead of its expected rerelease in a limited number of markets, possibly within the next month.
Malcolm Owen
Samsung could have its own Apple Park with $5 billion, but has the ashes of Galaxy Note 7 instead
There are a lot of ways to blow through $5,000,000,000. Apple supposedly spent that much building its new Apple Park campus, while Samsung says it figuratively (and literally) will burn through that much capital in the aftermath of rushing its flawed Galaxy Note 7 to market and then pulling it off shelves in one of the worst operational catastrophes in the history of the smartphone industry.
Industry so far 'lukewarm' towards Samsung's post-Note 7 battery testing standards
Carriers and phone makers have so far largely ignored Samsung's efforts to promote its new battery testing procedure — created in the aftermath of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 — as a possible industry standard, a report said on Friday.
Samsung reportedly plans to refurbish, resell Note 7 in emerging markets
Samsung is planning to sell refurbished units of the Galaxy Note 7 with smaller batteries in emerging markets, according to a South Korean report, in an attempt to mitigate some of the costs incurred as part of the electronic giant's battery-related smartphone recall.
Fire breaks out at Samsung factory responsible for Note 7 battery production
The Galaxy Note 7 battery saga continues to cause problems for Samsung, as a fire broke out Wednesday at a facility used in the production of the faulty batteries found in the discontinued smartphone.
US CPSC working to improve battery safety standards following Samsung Note 7 debacle
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is urging producers of lithium-ion batteries to modernize their safety standards, in order to minimize the possibility of faulty batteries causing fires in consumer devices, in the wake of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall fiasco.
Mike Wuerthele
Mikey Campbell
Neil Hughes
